Press release

ILO: 2.2 million workers affected by Typhoon Odette in the Philippines

14 January 2022

One month since Super Typhoon Odette (Rai) hit the Philippines, a new ILO assessment reveals nearly 2.2 million workers have been directly affected.

ILO in action

A win-win for young refugees and local farmers

02 August 2021

The third of our ILO in Action series of video stories takes us to an ILO refugee project located in Bassikounou, Mauritania. Led by ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Federico Barroeta, the project trains young people in building public infrastructure. In the locality of Lemkhaiss, they are helping to build a dam that will benefit livestock agriculture, the development of seasonal farming and will also reduce risks linked to flooding.

World Youth Skills Day 2021

The skills young job seekers need

15 July 2021

On World Youth Skills Day 2021, ILO Senior Youth Employment Specialist, Susana Puerto, spoke about the impact of COVID-19 on young people’s education and job prospects and the skills that are in demand by employers and a changing world of work. The ILO has published a new Global Framework on Core Skills for Life and Work in the 21st Century, which will be launched at an event for World Youth Skills Day on 15 July.

World Day of Social Justice

Why should the future of work put people and planet first?

20 February 2020

It’s your future it’s our planet. So why should the future of work put people and planet first? What do you think? Post your answer with #MyFutureOurPlanet to raise your voice on #SocialJusticeDay.

Green jobs

ILO-supported national initiatives win policy ‘Oscars’

16 October 2019

The Future Policy Awards, recognizes the world’s most impactful policies empowering youth.

Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

Innovations for Decent Jobs for Youth

The event provides a platform for governments, social partners, youth and civil society, private sector, foundations, UN entities and beyond to explore collaboration on innovations that work for decent jobs for youth under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Event

High-level event on Youth Employment for Peace and Resilience

Under the aegis of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, the event is co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the Ministry of Employment and Social Security of Spain and the Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations.

Climate and decent work solutions

Green jobs in Albania: “We have to learn from the mistakes of the past”

09 December 2015

As world leaders meet in Paris to advance climate and decent work agendas, an ILO project has created much-needed jobs for Albanian youth – while cleaning polluted lakes and rehabilitating degraded agricultural land.

News

UN Secretary-General talks about green entrepreneurship opportunities for young people around the world

27 June 2013

"Entrepreneurship is about innovating, breaking down barriers, taking risks and showing that new business models can tackle longstanding problems."