News from projects funded by the EU

Labour intensive employment

ILO is set to rehabilitate roads in the Greater Sepik Region in Papua New Guinea under the EU-Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme

ILO through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme creates employment opportunities for rural populations in the Sepik region by applying employment-intensive work methods in road maintenance works to improve the access of farming communities to markets.

Multi-stakeholders committee, convened by the Government and the UN, holds its first meeting to discuss integrated social protection...

Led by the Government of Iraq, the Social Protection Sector Coordination Committee is a new coordination mechanism to accelerate the reform of the social protection sector, with the support of the European Union.

Labour intensive employment

Creating decent income-earning opportunities for rural communities in Papua New Guinea under road maintenance programme

ILO through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme creates employment opportunities for rural populations in the Sepik region by applying employment-intensive work methods in road maintenance works to improve the access of farming communities to markets.

Launch of the METI programme and first meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan

Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia Programme

Thai seafood processing industry agrees new steps to improve working conditions

The Thai seafood processing sector has agreed to do more to embed good labour practices within the management and operational systems of the industry for the benefit of its workers.

The capacity development programme of Labour Attachés

Training of Trainers’ on Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media successfully concluded

The CLEAR Cotton project built the capacity of 30 masters trainers on eliminating child labour in the cotton value chain thanks to the SCREAM methodology

Ship to Shore Rights

ILO launches three new migrant worker resource centres for Cambodian migrants in the fishing industry

The ILO-EU Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme opens Migrant Worker Resource Centres focused on Cambodians seeking work abroad in the fishing and seafood processing sectors.

Op-ed

At land or sea, decent work is a right for all

An ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude prevails all too often when it comes to the labour rights of workers employed in South East Asia’s fishing and seafood processing sectors. On International Workers' Day, Mi Zhou and Benjamin Harkins argue that...

Social protection

Coffee and tea workers the focus of new ILO project launched in Lao People's Democratic Republic

New project set to reduce vulnerability of workers in the Bolaven Plateau region through training and strengthening of grassroots organisations.

‘Out of sight, out of mind’ attitude hampering COVID recovery for fishers and seafood processors in South-East Asia

New ILO-Cornell brief finds that exclusion from pandemic relief measures and social protection schemes hits migrant fisheries workers hard.

Case story

Visit at Binh Minh Coffee Cooperative, Dak Lak Province

The Vision Zero Fund project in Viet Nam organized a training visit in Dak Lak Province on 10-12 March 2022.

Free advisory package helps electronics factories enhance social dialogue and working conditions

The Programme opens for registration until 18 April 2022.

Labour Migration Trends and Statistics: A Training Module on “Labour Mobility”

The ILO focuses on coordinated efforts in realizing decent work in Indonesia’s fishing industry

The ILO initiates a coordinated consultation meeting for its fishery sector to strengthen its supports to realize decent working conditions for Indonesian fishers within the country and abroad.

Workers with disabilities

New guide offers insights to business on employing people with disability in the Asia-Pacific region

Updated ILO resource aims to help companies looking to provide accessible and supportive workplaces.

Voices from our partners: Professor Dynah Basuil Executive Director, Ramon V. Del Rosario Sr. Center for Corporate Responsibility

"The Philippines is a young country. And we have a lot of purpose-driven young people, more vocal about their aspirations and their expectations of how companies need to become more responsible towards their impacts on society"

Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

ILO Governing Body agrees on key occupational safety and health discussion at International Labour Conference 2022

An amendment to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, to include occupational safety and health, will be discussed during the 110th session of the International Labour Conference.

Labour inspection

Labour inspections to be strengthened following ILO Governing Body decision

New guidelines on labour inspections will complement existing International Labour Organization Conventions and advance respect for labour rights in the world of work.

Producing actuarial analysis with limited data – ten lessons from Myanmar

As part of ILO’s efforts to strengthen social security, the SP&PFM-Myanmar project work included a range of analysis including (1) undertaking an actuarial analysis and costing of the proposed unemployment insurance scheme set out in the 2012...