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India's 2026 BRICS Presidency

Building partnerships for decent work: The ILO's engagement with BRICS in 2026

The ILO contributed technical expertise to advance social protection, skills development, labour market formalization and digital transformation under India's 2026 BRICS Presidency.

Youth employment

Learning through experience, growing through skills: A Viet Nam Youth Network member's story

Quynh Chi, a member of the ILO-Korea Youth Network for Decent Work and Green Jobs in Viet Nam, shares how hands-on learning, opportunities to apply knowledge in practice, community engagement and collaboration with other young people have helped her...

Apprenticeship

Breaking barriers, floor by floor: Nabeha Marzan's journey into engineering

Nabeha Marzan is one of 47 apprentices who gained industry-ready skills through ILO's re-modelled industry-institute Attachment Programme with the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh, landing a full-time role with her industry partner.

Blog

Old Skills for new technologies?

AI has major implications for the skills workers need to access quality jobs. This article argues that foundational skills, more so than AI expertise, will be central for workforces to navigate this transformation.

PROSPECTS Impact

Enterprise bridges needs: how youth innovation is supporting livestock owners in Kassala

Through the ILO PROSPECTS supported i-UPSHIFT programme, a group of young entrepreneurs in Kassala State transformed a local challenge into a business opportunity, improving access to veterinary medicines for livestock farmers while creating...

Brief

Generative AI and labour markets in ASEAN: Significant exposure, limited disruption, uneven preparedness

The brief finds that while generative AI has the potential to reshape work in ASEAN, there is little evidence of widespread labour market disruption so far, with future outcomes depending largely on countries' preparedness, policy choices and...

ILO consultation advances skills recognition and fair recruitment for Indian migrant workers

Stakeholders discuss priorities for strengthening collaboration, and advancing safe employment pathways, skills recognition and fair recruitment practices.

Government institutions strengthen collaboration to advance agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste

The ILO, with support from the European Union, supports stronger government collaboration to develop sustainable agroforestry value chains and promote resilient livelihoods in Timor-Leste.

Capacity building

The role of employers organizations in EU–North Africa talent partnerships: from labour shortages to shared solutions

Employers' organizations and institutional partners met in Turin to explore how demand-driven Talent Partnerships can address labour shortages while promoting skills development and fair labour mobility.

Training course

ITCILO launches summer school on social dialogue and living wages

Organised with the support of the French Ministry of Labour and Solidarity, the course will examine how tripartite social dialogue and collective bargaining can help turn living wage principles into practice.

International day of cooperatives

A youth-led poultry cooperative gives entrepreneurs in Ethiopia a pathway to decent work

With support from the ILO, a cooperative in Addis Ababa is showing how a sustainable enterprise can strengthen livelihoods and help create opportunities for young people.

New equipment boosts Gemstone skills training in Zambia

Zambia has boosted gemstone skills development with the handover of modern gemmological equipment to Gemstone Processing and Lapidary Training Centre (GPLTC) in Ndola. Supported by the ILO and EU, the investment will strengthen training, promote...

Gender equality

Investing in Women: Gender-responsive budgeting can help transform Bangladesh's skills development system

Just transition

From child labour to union leader in geothermal power

In the Philippines, a former child labourer has become a geothermal worker and union leader, proving that a just transition, skills recognition, and labour rights can create decent work without leaving workers behind.

Just energy transition

Indonesia strengthens Just Transition Pathways in East Kalimantan's coal-dependent region

The ILO, through its IKI-JET project, is advancing Indonesia's just energy transition by equipping stakeholders with practical tools to support workers and communities in coal-dependent regions.

ILO/China Partnership Programme

ILO-China initiative strengthens teachers’ and students’ competencies and promotes green skills in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The initiative enables Lao teachers and students to enhance skills in electrical and electronic technology and new energy vehicles (NEVs) through South-South Cooperation.

Skills for employability

Technical and vocational training strengthens core skills for better youth employment in Ethiopia

Through the ILO's Global Skills Programme, technical and vocational education and training instructors are integrating core skills into classroom practice, helping young people build the communication, teamwork, digital, green and problem-solving...

National dialogue set to strengthen TVET governance in Syria

Government, social partners and international organizations discussed ways to strengthen Syria’s TVET system and align skills training with labour market needs.

Guide

What can workers’ organizations do to support quality apprenticeships?

A practical ILO guide for workers’ organizations on promoting quality apprenticeships, protecting apprentices’ rights and strengthening trade union action on skills, inclusion and decent work.

Factsheet

PROSPECTS Partnership Egypt: Expanding Hope and Opportunity

This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Egypt as it responds to growing refugee and asylum pressures, particularly following the Sudan crisis. It focuses on linking humanitarian and development efforts to expand...