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Skilling migrants: A triple win for government, migrant workers and employers

The International Labour Organization calls for collaboration and knowledge sharing among key stakeholders to ensure skills training and recognition for migrant workers.

High level visit

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy visits India

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, Deborah Greenfield, set to visit India to attend the inter-regional expert forum on Skills and Migration and meet ILO constituents.

Youth unemployment

Pilot on-the-job training launch in Moldova

Underprivileged jobseekers, particularly the young benefit competencies that are demanded by labour market

Our impact, their stories

Enterprise based training delivers results in Bangladesh

Enterprise Based Training is helping one major Bangladesh Ready Made Garment company to reduce the numbers of low-skilled ‘helpers’ and providing a pool of trained staff to step in when staff shortages occur.

World Youth Skills Day

With relevant skills, youth can help accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

On World Youth Skills Day, ILO highlights the need to provide new skills for young people that respond effectively to new forms of work.

19 Receive Skill Training in Dry Wall Partitioning

Going Green with Dry Wall and Ceiling Installation

Video interview

Training is paramount to access the overseas market

Shameem Ahmed Noman speaks about the critical role that training centers play for migrant workers and the need to expand them in a country like Bangladesh.

Video interview

Skilling workers is key to remittance flow and better job prospects overseas

Jabed Ahmed speaks about why skilling plays a critical role for migrating workers from Bangladesh.

Arising Hopes from the Foot of Sinabung

The video documents best practices and human stories of the ILO’s Mt. Sinabung Recovery Support Programme as part of a joint UN effort, aimed to improve community welfare in the Karo District through capacity building and training programmes using...

new guidelines and techniques

Employment agencies staff trained on new job search techniques in Moldova

Staff learning to use new guidelines and techniques in job search and employment counselling

Vocational education, lifelong learning

Moldova approves draft law on Skills Committees

Vocational education reform advance with Committee contributions

Youth Entrepreneurship Facility in Uganda - Final evaluation summary

Evaluation consultant: Katerina Stolyarenko

ILO and Russian Federation discuss second phase of the project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy”

ILO officials and senior representatives of the Ministries of Education and Science, Finance, Labour and Social Protection, Foreign Affairs, Employers and Workers’ organizations and other key stakeholders involved in Skills Development met in Moscow...

Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People: Tackling the Challenge in Qalyoubia and Menoufia - Final evaluation summary

Evaluation consultant: Bassem Adly

Investing in work based learning

The brochure highlights relevant concepts, data and key resources regarding technical and vocational education and training from The Interagency Group on Technical and vocational education and training (IAG-TVET).

ILO and SGS partner to deliver SCORE Training to SMEs around the world

Geneva, Switzerland | 4th July 2017

Skills and trade

ILO, WTO launch study on investing in skills for inclusive trade

Enhancing the skills of a country’s workforce lifts the export performance of its enterprises and better prepares them to meet foreign competition in the domestic market, according to economists from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and...

The European Union and ILO join hands with VTASL to provide NVQ certification for 90 youth in Batticaloa

Under the European Union Support to District Development Programme (EU-SDDP), International Labour Organization (ILO) have joined hands with Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTASL) to increase the skilled labour force in 2 trades namely...

Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)

ILO business management training programme has led to the creation of 9 million jobs globally

The Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) course has trained 15 million people and resulted in the start-up of at least 2.65 million new businesses, ILO study says.

The ILO DW for SDGs Notes Series: Skills for Employment (Short Version)