Resources on Rural economy
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Microinsurance saves the day for cocoa farmers
19 July 2019
An ILO partnership with a major cocoa buyer and an insurance company saved the day for a family of cocoa farmers. Their story shows the difference microinsurance can make for some of the most vulnerable people.
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News
Training of trainers on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Comoros
12 July 2019
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News
Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas
28 June 2019
ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.
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News
Roll-out of Think.Coop and Start.Coop in the occupied Palestinian territory
27 June 2019
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Formation BIT/AFD
Promouvoir l'emploi à travers les opérations de l'AFD
Le Programme Emploi Jeune du BIT et l'AFD a organisé une formation à Paris le 25-26 juin pour renforcer les capacités de mesure des résultats sur l'emploi pour l’ensemble des interventions soutenues par l’AFD dans tous les secteurs
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News
Training trainers to promote cooperation development in Jordan’s agriculture sector
25 June 2019
An ILO “training of trainers” workshop strengthens the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees in Jordan’s agricultural sector.
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ILO100 YOUTH DEBATE, 13 June 2019, 14h-15h30
ILO100 YOUTH DEBATE: Young leaders and labour market transitions
This YOUTH DEBATE brings together young leaders from across the globe to share their views about key elements that impact young peoples’ transitions to and within the labour market. The focus will be on decent work and productive employment from the perspective of: the school-to-work transition; technological change, including new forms of work and lifelong learning; and gender equality, rights and voices.
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Today and tomorrow with decent jobs for youth, 1-3 August, Abuja, Nigeria
GLOBAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FORUM 2019
Join three days of lively discussions and thought-provoking activities with young people, governments, and social partners leading to concrete outcomes to advance social justice.
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World Day Against Child Labour
World Day Against Child Labour sheds light on working children in Jordan’s agricultural sector
12 June 2019
ILO Jordan holds events for children working on farms to highlight importance of education on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour.
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Infrastructure and productivity in Jordan
Supporting farmers in water-scarce Jordan through ILO’s labour-intensive approach
04 June 2019
An ILO project in Jordan supports hundreds of local farmers with the construction of rainwater cisterns to help improve infrastructure and agricultural productivity.