News and statements on labour migration
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WorldSkills Africa underlined the importance of skills development for refugees
29 April 2022
The ILO and its partners supported a team of trainers and a refugee contestant to participate in this internationally-recognized skills competition, providing them with a powerful opportunity to learn from global talents and strengthen their networks.
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Industry exposure for vocational trainers to address skills gap in Ethiopia
19 April 2022
A public-private partnership led by ILO PROSPECTS Ethiopia is providing industry interface to trainers from vocational institutes, enhancing their understanding of skills in demand and evolving management practices.
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Supporting employment and vocational training for Syrian refugees and host communities
10 February 2022
A joint project by the ILO and the government of Germany (through the KfW Development Bank) provides skills through vocational training for Syrian refugees and Jordanians in host communities.
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© Kıvanç Özvardar / ILO 2022
Skills and lifelong learning: A path to a positive future
09 December 2021
The International Labour Conference continues its discussions on skills and lifelong learning. It’s an issue at the heart of the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work. Read how Syrian refugee, Morshed Ali, transformed his life through skills training and education in host country, Turkey.
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Seventy students graduate from the industrial welding skills programme in Turkana and Garissa, Kenya
13 July 2021
The ILO in Kenya collaborated with the East African Institute of Welding (EAIW), the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the county governments of Turkana and Garissa to introduce a six-month welder training programme to empower youth, provide them with employment-relevant skills and address the mismatch between skills and jobs available in the labour market in Turkana and Garissa counties.
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Training programme that “Empowers, Skills, Employs”
01 April 2021
Having gained a more detailed understanding of the challenges, ILO PROSPECTS Kenya partnered with Turkana and Garissa county governments, the East Africa Institute of Welding (EAIW) and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) to deliver a dual-learning welding skills programme accessible to refugee and host communities.
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Overcoming barriers and stereotypes: Social inclusion in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
01 April 2021
In partnership with the East African Institute of Welding (EAIW) and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), a dual learning industrial welding training programme with low barriers to entry and deliberately targeting female youth and persons with disabilities has been developed and is currently being implemented in Turkana and Garissa Counties, Kenya.
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Social cohesion in fragile contexts through TVET
06 December 2020
A cohort of TVET and other educational practitioners received training on core skills for social cohesion and peaceful coexistence from 30 November to 03 December 2020 in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, in an effort by ILO to promote stronger economic relations and contacts between Forcibly Displaced Populations (FDPs) and their host communities.
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“Change starts in your mind”: How Tsehay Berhane found an alternative to migration
07 May 2018
Migrants – mostly women – account for more than 80 per cent of domestic workers in the Arab states, which is the highest percentage globally.
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Updated Skills Development Programme for Domestic Workers – including Migrant Domestic Workers – Launched in Argentina
19 May 2015
The Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW) provided support to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Argentina to review its Vocational Training Program for domestic workers and to update its training materials in order to incorporate the provisions of the ILO Convention 189 and include migrant domestic workers’ issues.