Creating jobs through inclusive infrastructure investments

This 6-week eLearning course on inclusive infrastructure investments provides an opportunity to explore how to effectively create more and better jobs through sustainable and inclusive infrastructure investments. Participants will learn more on how to design, implement and monitor infrastructure investments that boost job creation, at the same time addressing economic, social and environmental challenges. The course has been designed by the EIIP team at the ILO in partnership with ITC-ILO

2019 TICADVII ILO Side Event

ILO Future of Work High-Level Dialogue Jobs4Youth: A Human-centered Agenda to Boost Investments and Productivity in Africa

18th African Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

The theme of this edition is: "Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation".

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Capacity Building Trainings

The main goal of the training was to strengthen the capacity for the implementation of an OSH management approach in the rural roads construction.

Academy on Green Jobs Promotion in the MENA Region

This one-week capacity-building event aims to discuss how the potential for green jobs in the MENA region could be realised. The overall purpose is to contribute to enhancing institutional capacities for transformative change towards greener and more inclusive economies.

17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

The theme of this edition is: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach". Participants will discuss the role and contribution of employment-intensive approaches in achieving the SDG outcomes mainly focussing on building national capacities for employment creation, expanding employment-based social protection floor and conserving the environment - including addressing climate change and its adverse effects.

Design and Implementation of Public Employment Programmes and their link with Social Protection

1st Knowledge Sharing Workshop of all Africa Labour-based Training Institutions

The Knowledge Sharing Workshop brings together trainers from 18 National Educational and EIIP Training Institutions in Africa. The workshop mainly aims to provide a forum for exchanging of teaching/training experiences among the participating institutions and creating learning opportunities between them with regards to their operational setup, and enhancing labour-based (LB) training skills, as well as contributing to joint research and development activities.

Release of Training Manuals for Barefoot Technicians (MGNREGA) and for Contractors & Field Engineers (PMGSY) and Impact Assessment Study of PMGSY Roads

Ms. Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) inaugurated the release of the Training Manuals for Barefoot Technicians (MGNREGA) and for the Contractors and Field Engineers under the PMGSY Project. Ms. Polaski also released the “Impact Assessment Study of Improved Rural Road Maintenance System under the PMGSY”. Ms. Polaski highlighted the need for India to adapt its labour policies as its economy transitions from agriculture to manufacturing in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.

16th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

The theme of this edition is: "Labor based approaches as solutions for sustainable development challenges in the context of decentralization" Institutional and operational issues of employment intensive approaches will be addressed under the angle of strategies and resources for sustainable funding of labor-based investments targeting local communities, in terms of rational use of natural resources and local materials for labor-based works, development of alternative construction technologies, creation of green jobs and environmentally friendly economic growth, training opportunities to improve youth employability, resilience and social welfare of local communities