Employment Intensive Investment in

Vanuatu

20 December 2019

Activities of the Employment Intensive Investment Programme in Vanuatu

Video

Demanding Just Transition for Pacific Young workers and employers

04 December 2019

As the world engages at COP25 to discuss climate change, young workers and employers from the pacific express their concerns and priorities to achieve a just transition for decent work. They are concerned as future leaders of workers and employers organizations and are at the frontline of the impact of climate change.

Event

Working out of disaster - from response to recovery and preparedness

From 2015 until now, the ILO has supported post-disaster action in three Pacific island countries through conducting Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNAs) of the Employment and Livelihoods Sector, implementing employment-rich recovery projects and through helping micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to establish disaster-resilient business practices. The demand for preparedness and recovery tools for the MSME’s is high, considering the effect of the disaster to income and employment.

Publication

ILO/Japan Cooperation - Factsheet 2017

13 August 2017

Japan is a founding member State of the ILO, and a valued partner in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Japan has ratified 49 Conventions, including 6 Fundamental, 3 Governance and 40 Technical Conventions. Japan holds one of the ten permanent government seats on the ILO Governing Body as a State of Chief Industrial Importance.

Green jobs

New services help Vanuatu recover from Cyclone Pam

01 December 2015

As world leaders discuss climate change in Paris, the ILO is helping Vanuatu to rebuild stronger and greener to better prepare for future storms.

Employment-Intensive Investment

Vanuatu Employment Project – Increasing the quantity and quality of employment in recovery and reconstruction after cyclone PAM

18 June 2015

News

Vanuatu Department of Labour launches Employment Services Vanuatu (ESV) and calls on registrations

03 June 2015

The three month pilot will focus on Shefa province and is designed to provide services to formal sector employees who lost jobs as a result of cyclone Pam and want to return to the workforce, including unemployed young people who are seeking career counselling, training and jobs.

Report

Vanuatu Tropical Cyclone PAM 2015: Post Disaster Needs Assessment

30 April 2015

Project

Vanuatu - Cyclone Pam - ILO response

31 March 2015

ILO to coordinate and implement technical assistance as part of the national recovery and reconstruction phase in Vanuatu - Post Cyclone Pam

Social safety nets

ILO/Japan Fund for Building Social Safety Nets in Asia and the Pacific (SSN Fund)

15 June 2011

The SSN Fund aims to broaden the use of social safety nets through a wide range of projects to extend existing social security systems, promote occupational safety and health (OSH), develop human resources, strengthen labour inspection, eliminate forced labour and foster entrepreneurship. The Fund also responds to natural disasters by implementing crisis response activities in the affected areas to support disaster recovery.