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ILO Publication

Guidelines and roadmap for establishing and operating Sectoral Skills Bodies at the national and regional levels in Ethiopia

This publication defines the framework for establishing and operationalizing National and Regional Sectoral Skills Bodies (SSBs) in Ethiopia. It details their mandates, governance structures, roles, and responsibilities, along with guidelines for...

From survival to success

ILO training sparks a new generation of entrepreneurs in Baidoa, Somalia

In Baidoa, Somalia, small traders are transforming their livelihoods through the International Labour Organization’s Improve Your Business (IYB) training. Once focused solely on day-to-day survival, 100 local entrepreneurs, including women like...

Industrial Skills Week Africa

Advancing skills for Africa’s industrial future

The International Labour Organization promoted inclusive, demand-driven skills development and lifelong learning during the first African Industrial Skills Week (ISWA) held in Zambia.

Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

Skills financing: An eroding pillar of social development?

Investments in skills are instrumental in achieving social and economic goals. From the perspective of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, skills are important to achieving SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, SDG 4 which includes TVET, and...

Graduation of healthcare assistants marks milestone in Lebanon’s skills development

EU-funded ENABLE Programme equips 30 young women and men with healthcare skills through work-based learning, strengthening employment opportunities and resilience.

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme

ILO Programme introduces AI in training for enterprises in the Philippines

The ILO’s SCORE Programme paves innovation among enterprises in the Philippines by integrating artificial intelligence and equipping them with smart, low-cost digital tools to boost productivity, workplace cooperation, and inclusive growth.

Institutional capacity building

Employers lead national dialogue on skills and productivity in Cambodia

The Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations, with support from the International Labour Organization, held a workshop on skills and productivity to strengthen councils connecting employers and training institutions. The event...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

From stigma to self-reliance: how skills training is blazing new trails for women in Cox’s Bazar

Funded by Global Affairs Canada, the ILO's "Leaving No One Behind" project in Cox’s Bazar equips young women and men with market-relevant, competency-based skills that support decent and sustainable livelihoods.

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Bumi’s baskets don’t break and neither does her spirit

Bamboo shavings scatter across the floor as Bumi Rakhaine bends over her work, each cut and each weave shaping not just a basket, but a future she dares to dream of. Bumi, who lived in South Chaowfaldandi of Cox’s Bazar, is a mother, a wife, and...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Cutting through barriers: Tania’s journey in a man’s world

The first time Tania picked up a saw, her hands trembled. Not from the weight of the tool, but from the weight of everyone's stares. In the bustling, male-dominated furniture market of Cox’s Bazar, a woman building a chair was something people...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Decent work, brighter futures: Roksana’s journey with shell crafts

On the edge of Cox’s Bazar town, in a small village called Chan Khola, lives Roksana Akhter, a woman whose life is shaped by both hardship and courage. But her life hadn’t always been so hard.

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Country Director Designate sees endless possibilities despite complexities of humanitarian-development operations

In the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, women and youth are gaining the skills they need to build brighter futures. The Country Director Designate for the ILO Office in Bangladesh, Max Tunon, visited project activities to see how skills...

ILO and the Government of Jordan, Convene High-Level Workshop on National Programme of Public Works

At a workshop in Amman, Government, ILO representatives, and development partners from Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, mapped out steps for a programme that will generate decent jobs for youth, women and refugees while strengthening social...

Video

Kenya’s TVET system transforms through innovations and training

Kenya’s ambition to build a globally competitive workforce hinges on the capacity of its vocational trainers. Supported by the ILO PROSPECTS programme, the Kenya School of TVET has emerged as the driving force behind modern, standards-based training...

Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)

Uzbekistan moves toward a safer working environment with a training on preventing violence and harassment

Labour inspectors and social partners in Uzbekistan build practical skills to prevent and respond to workplace violence and harassment at ILO training.

Tourism

Community-based tourism in Jaflong: creating jobs and nurturing nature

The ILO, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Tourism Board, has helped launch a community-based tourism (CBT) model in Jaflong that welcomes visitors to experience the vibrant Khasi cultural heritage while ensuring community ownership and equitable...

recommendation 2023 (No.208)

Tanzania charts the future of apprenticeship reform through tripartite dialogue

Morogoro, Tanzania (ILO News) – Tanzania’s apprenticeship reform reached a critical milestone as government, employers, and workers came together to take stock, assess progress, and chart the way forward for a stronger and more inclusive skills...

Employment in Focus series

Towards a pro-employment macroeconomic framework: The case of India

For sustainable development, economies need more than growth- they need good jobs. In this article, Radhicka Kapoor, senior employment specialist at the ILO and Amit Basole, professor of Economics at Azim Premji University argue that macroeconomic...

ILO nurtures dreams with a scent of training: Artissan Café, the fruit of SENATIC in the mountains of Risaralda

In the misty highlands of Santa Rosa de Cabal, where rural hamlets seem suspended in the clouds and coffee grows as a farming legacy, three young people decided to change the story of their community. Thanks to the SENATIC project a partnership...

ILO promotes green skills to empower sustainable development in China

On 21-22 September 2025, the ILO and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China co-hosted the ‘Green Skills for Sustainable Development’ Symposium in Zhengzhou, launching the new Guide on Core Skills for the Green Transition.