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ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia programme launches “Safety and Health at Sea” board game

Innovative board game aims to equip workers in the fishing and seafood processing sectors with essential knowledge about occupational safety and health

A rehabilitated irrigation channel and economic empowerment for residents of Lebanon’s Damour area

A project by the ILO’s ENABLE programme is working to empower agricultural communities through employment opportunities and infrastructure rehabilitation of an irrigation channel.

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Upskilling mediation and arbitration professional in Greece

Enterprises registration procedures and transformation steps to the formal sector

A workshop organized by the Federation of Egyptian Industries and an ILO- EU project focused on company registration procedures in Egypt.

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 project is building the technical capacity of national actors on Employment Impact Assessment and development policy...

Occupational safety and health

Central Java takes bold steps to enhance occupational safety and health on fishing vessels

ILO continues to be at the forefront of efforts to promote occupational safety and health in the fishing industry, enhancing the capacity of labour inspectors to prevent risks and hazards onboard fishing vessels.

ILO and partners discuss efforts to expand social protection in Iraq in light of new Social Security Law

A mutli-stakeholder meeting focused on measures needed to ensure the effective enforcement of the new law by partners working closely to implement a social protection reform programme, with the support of the European Union.

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 project is reinforcing local technical capacities and the institutionalization of Employment Impact Assessments in Cameroon

National workshop on Sustainable and Responsible Business practices for the realization of decent work

A national workshop advances sustainable and responsible business practices, fostering dialogue among stakeholders to embed ethical, inclusive, and green business models.

STRENGTHEN2

STRENGTHEN2: Employment impact assessment to maximize job creation in Africa

The STRENGTHEN2 project is a joint initiative of the European Union and the ILO that focuses on job creation through investments.

International labour standards

New report evaluates Pakistan’s compliance with GSP+ labour standards obligations

The report charts progress, identifies gaps in compliance indicators and provides practical recommendations for improvement.

Vision Zero Fund (VZF)

International Labour Organization promotes safety and health in coffee supply chain

The #CoffeePeople campaign, launched on International Coffee Day, urges collaboration between governments, employers, workers' organizations, and the private sector to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for the millions of coffee workers...

Sustainable supply chains

EU and UN agencies join forces to address root causes of child labour

A new EU-funded action will tackle the root causes of child labour in supply chains, focusing primarily on coffee and leveraging existing efforts on cobalt. Under the leadership of the ILO, the project will be jointly implemented with FAO and...

Labour migration

ILO report reveals the challenges and precarity experienced by many Lao migrant workers

New research sheds light on the key issues faced by Lao migrant workers and outlines measures to help ensure they can migrate more safely and obtain decent work.

Ship to Shore Rights

ILO Indonesia strengthens its tripartite coordination to ensure decent work in fishing and seafood processing sectors

The meeting bolsters collaboration between the government, employers’ and workers' organizations and civil society organizations to ensure decent work for Indonesian migrant fishers and seafood processing workers in Indonesia.

STRENGTHEN2

The STRENGTHEN2 project concluded its third mission to Malawi

Operationalizing the humanitarian-development-peace nexus for social protection in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Efforts to boost coherence between humanitarian and development activities are laying the groundwork for a stronger Palestinian social protection sector.

Ship to Shore Rights

Indonesian and Thai employers cooperate to boost labour standards in the seafood industry

Workshop fosters a cross-border exchange of knowledge and cooperation aimed at championing good labour practices across the seafood processing sector.

Our impact, their voices

Skills training proved to be a transformative experience for Rozen

The EU-funded Skills 21 project is making a real difference to the lives of young women and men in Bangladesh.

Social security

Mobile offices to provide social security services in rural communities

Loveleen De, Social Protection Project Manager, Lao People’s Democratic Republic explains a pilot project to serve agricultural and home-based workers who have difficulty travelling to the Lao Social Security Offices to register or claim benefits....