News from projects funded by the EU

STRENGTHEN2

STRENGTHEN2 reinforces employment impact assessment capacity for national stakeholders and international partners in Namibia

Ship to Shore Rights

Access to justice expanded for migrant fishing and seafood processing workers in Cambodia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) delivers training to key stakeholders on resolution of migrant workers' grievances in Banteay Meanchey, Koh Kong and Pursat provinces.

ILO workshop strengthens nexus coherence and coordination in the Palestinian Social Protection sector

The workshop was underpinned by training elements on how to respond to complex situations through agile and adaptive management approaches and tools.

Gender-based collective bargaining agreements better protect rights of woman workers

The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia Programme promotes a gender-based collective bargaining negotiation and agreement to better protect the rights of woman workers in the seafood processing industry.

Workplace cooperation and industrial relations

Free advisory package offers electronic factories in Viet Nam support in improving workplace cooperation and industrial relations

Registration for the Programme opens until 10 April 2023.

Iraq and ILO intensify efforts to strengthen social security system, in light of recent ratification of ILO flagship Social Security...

Supporting the process to ensure the extension of social security coverage to workers in the private sector has been one of ILO’s key priorities under a European Union funded programme to reform social protection in Iraq.

New ILO paper: “Education attainment gap in Iraq and the potential of social protection to reverse it”

A new ILO working paper examines loss of earnings due to Iraq’s education gap and outlines the potential of social protection to address this gap, based on international good practices.

First regional knowledge-sharing workshop on the impact of trade and investment policies on productive and decent employment in the...

TVET awareness campaign

ILO supports the Ministry of Education to introduce awareness campaign for TVET enrolment

In 2021, the ILO Skills 21 project funded by the European Union supported the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in consultation with TVET institutes to develop a campaign strategy and plan for a continuing TVET awareness campaign to increase...

Training workshop

Developing, negotiating and implementing Bilateral Labour Migration Agreements (BLMAs)

Chile: National Occupational Safety and Health Profile proposal is presented

Authorities highlighted the importance of having such tool, which allows identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the national OSH system and the possible of existing gaps with international standards and comparative experience.

STRENGTHEN2

STRENGTHEN2 project visits Cameroon to discuss its needs on Employment Impact Assessment

STRENGTHEN 2 project concludes its second Mission to Malawi

Introducing labour and social security laws to university students in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO hold symposium on introducing labour and social security laws into university teaching curricula.

Questions and Answers

Q&As on: The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in employment impact assessments

The STRENGTHEN2 project, a joint initiative of the ILO and the European Union, is investigating the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for employment impact assessments of infrastructure investments in sub-Saharan Africa. This Q&A provides...

Trade for Decent Work

Tripartite partners assess the need for revision of Mongolia's Law on Trade Union Rights

On 15 February 2023, ILO constituents in Mongolia assessed the need for a possible revision of the Law on Trade Union Rights. 

Joint press release

National Gender Equality Programme launched

"Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal” (Shashakta Mahila, Sambridhha Nepal) will contribute to the full realization of human rights and agency of Nepalese women, girls and people of diverse genders.

Multi-stakeholder meeting focuses on the extension of social security to Iraq’s farm workers

Organised by the ILO with the support of the European Union, a meeting with multi-stakeholders in Basra centred around the challenges faced in the inclusion of farm workers in social security coverage and ways to address them.

#RatifyC190

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2022

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an international initiative that takes place between 25 November and 10 December, starting with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and ending with Human...

#RatifyC190

Influential voices of Mongolia call for zero tolerance for violence and harassment at work

From actors to politicians, activists to athletes – a wide range of influential people from various sectors of Mongolian society have joined forces to urge ratification of C190, the very first international treaty to recognize the right of everyone...