News from projects funded by the EU

Social Protection

ILO supports technical exchanges between EU and China on extending social protection coverage for platform workers

ILO organized a study visit to Europe aiming at having technical exchanges with EU Members States (Belgium and Spain) and European Commission around the common challenge of extending social protection coverage for platform workers.

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 team talks about Employment Impact Assessments at ILC 2024

STRENGTHEN2

STRENGTHEN2 workshop on measuring non-direct employment impacts

Press release

ILO empowers Egypt's business landscape

The Federation of Egyptian Industries and ILO collaborated to accelerate formalization and the role of companies in mitigating informality.

Press release

EU, ILO and TradeInvest Timor-Leste join forces to develop and expand coconut business opportunities in Timor-Leste

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and TradeInvest Timor-Leste, supported by the European Union, sign a Technical Cooperation Agreement to develop coconut business opportunities in Timor Leste.

Press release

New PROTECT project supports women migrant workers and children in Indonesia

A new initiative launched by the European Union (EU) and two agencies of the United Nations (UN)—the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)— will help strengthen the rights of women migrant...

Social protection

ILO supports online technical exchange between China and Portugal on social protection coverage extension for platform workers

ILO Beijing Office in collaboration with ILO Office in Lisbon, organized an online technical exchange session between Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) of China and Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (MTSSS) of...

METI programme

Second regional technical training on employment and investment in the southern Mediterranean countries

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 and EIIP teams reinforce capacities in Rwanda

LDC graduation

International labour standards a vital toolbox for Bangladesh’s sustainable development prospects

Bangladesh’s government and employers should recognize international labour standards as a strategic toolbox readily at their disposal for use to steer the country to attain its envisioned sustainable economic growth.

Child Labour

Kick-off of CLEAR Supply Chains project in Uganda

EU-STREIT Project in Papua New Guinea

ILO Regional Director inaugurates rehabilitated road in Papua New Guinea

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New Migrant Worker Resource Centre supports safer migration for Indonesian migrant fishers

The centre in Tegal, Central Java Province will empower migrant fishers, helping reduce the risks of exploitation and trafficking in persons.

Social protection

ILO and partners promote social protection for a just transition in China

ILO and Partners Inaugurates Green Jobs & Green skills Project in Ghana

The ILO and its Partners have commenced the implementation of the Integrated Action on Green Jobs and Skills Project to promote a coordinated approach towards green and digital skills development and promotion in Ghana.

ILO’s Opportunity Salone Programme empowers youths in Bombali district

Makeni, the headquarter town of Bombali district, receives huge support from the ILO’s Opportunity Salone Programme funded by the EU, to maintain 14km feeder roads and thereby create links within the communities, providing decent jobs for unskilled...

Press release

EU supports ILO and partners to empower community leaders to ensure safe migration of Filipino fishers

Outreach effort leverages church network across the country to help convey the practical realities of work in fishing.

Social protection

Bolaven Plateau communities embrace social security

A pilot initiative is bringing social protection services to farmers in rural areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Social protection

Coffee and tea producers in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic gain taste of better working conditions

Through a number of initiatives, ILO is helping the Paksong Tea Cooperative enjoy better working conditions and labour rights.

Labour migration

New EU-UN ‘PROTECT’ project supports women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia

A new initiative launched by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) will help strengthen the rights of women migrant workers and children in Southeast Asia, while reducing their vulnerabilities.