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January 2024
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Entrepreneurship
Your burning questions on entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka answered by experts
19 January 2024
Being an aspiring youth entrepreneur can be daunting! Randhula de Silva - Founder and CEO of GoodLife X, and Dr Nirmal De Silva - Entrepreneur, Strategy Consultant and Associate Professor in Business, break down the A, B, Cs of starting your own business, and succeeding as a youth entrepreneur in Sri Lanka.
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Meaningful youth engagement
ILO's Youth-to-Youth Fund to tackle youth unemployment in Ethiopia
12 January 2024
Youth-led organizations in Ethiopia participated in a competition to secure financial and technical support for their proposals to promote decent work and economic inclusion of young people from the host and refugee communities.
December 2023
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Document
Enterprises Monthly Newsletter
20 December 2023
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ILO Brief - Bulletin No. 2
Impact of the escalation of hostilities in Gaza on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Bulletin No. 2
20 December 2023
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ILO assessment
Palestinian unemployment rate year-on-year is set to nearly double as a result of escalation of hostilities in Gaza
20 December 2023
The International Labour Organization and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics estimate that the ongoing hostilities have wiped out at least 66 per cent of employment in the Gaza Strip.
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News
Employers’ and workers’ organization of Timor-Leste signed a Joint Commitment to Eradicate Workplace Violence and Harassment
15 December 2023
Both employers’ and workers’ organizations, with support from the ILO, are committed to create a working environment that is free from violence and harassment in Timor-Leste.
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Document
Frames of Portraits from PROSPECTS
14 December 2023
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Article
Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities
13 December 2023
Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth and decent work for both host and forcibly displaced communities. The exhibition will be on from 14 December to 11 January in its first phase.
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Greening SMEs
Global SCORE4Climate workshop to unlock innovative green practices in SMEs
11 December 2023
ILO SCORE Programme organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) to introduce the new SCORE for Climate Action (SCORE4Climate) training module to set small and medium enterprises on their path towards a circular economy
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News
Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes for women & girls: A Plea for Action
10 December 2023
To mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence observance, the Government of Canada funded ILO’s ProGRESS project supported the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) to conduct a rapid survey on gender-based violence (GBV) in TVET institutes, involving students, the TVET managers and officials, with a particular focus on sexual harassment. Total 296 (172 male and 124 female) participated in the rapid survey from 132 institutes.