News and events
2021
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Our impact, their voices
Mobile station brings training closer to farm workers in Jordan
15 July 2021
An ILO-supported mobile station is bringing training sessions to farm workers at their place of work and helping them apply their taught skills on the job, in various occupations, such as grafting and pruning.
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Our impact, their voices
Cooperatives promote decent work in Jordan
15 July 2021
A new initiative by the ILO is supporting cooperatives to expand their role and provide career guidance and job placement services to workers in Jordan's agricultural sector.
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Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
26 May 2021
Financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, five Partners join efforts to develop a new paradigm in responding to forced displacement crises, particularly through the involvement of development actors. The Partnership hopes to transform the way governments and other stakeholders, including the social partners and the private sector, respond to forced displacement crises, by fostering an enabling environment for socio-economic inclusion; improving access to education and protection for vulnerable children on the move; and strengthening the resilience of host communities.
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Increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic's rural areas
08 March 2021
The cooperation of donor, ILO, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare support and promote rural employment opportunities for people in the Xiengluang area of Dakcheung through Coffee Value chain development and rice paddy cultivation on the new irrigation scheme.
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Increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in Lao PDR's rural areas
08 March 2021
This video shows the impact of promoting decent works and employment opportunities to the beneficiaries and partners in Sepon and Atsaphone District, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. The video mainly consists of value chain development from potentials local products and promoting wage employment based on skill demands.
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Our impact, their voices
Irrigation system in rural Lao areas
01 March 2021
Capacity building for employment-intensive smallholder irrigation development in Daktleup Village, Dakcheung District, Sekong Province. The ILO supported developing a new community-based irrigation scheme in the rural area. The irrigation system can support rice and cash crops production in both wet and dry seasons.
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Coffee: Brewing up better livelihoods in Lao People's Democratic Republic
01 March 2021
Training on specialty coffee processing helps farmers in eight villages increase their income by five-fold income during the last three harvesting seasons. Specialty coffee processing became a prime income source for them which steadily increased year by year.
2020
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The EU-ILO partnership for development cooperation
02 October 2020
The EU and the ILO have a longstanding partnership based on a shared vision to achieve social justice and decent work for all. Their collaboration is rooted in the promotion of international labour standards and cooperation with governments as well as workers' and employers' organizations. Learn more about this strategic partnership.
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Guiding principles: Access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market
27 August 2020
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COVID-19 and the World of Work
COVID-19: What role for Workers' Organizations?
17 April 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak is the most severe crisis facing the world since the Second World War. It is not just a public health issue, but causing massive disruptions in the world of work. Workers’ organizations have a crucial role in combating the outbreak. Discover how...