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Factsheet

Promoting fair and ethical recruitment in the Viet Nam-Japan Migration Corridor (FERI)

Report

The potential for productive diversification using skill-relatedness networks in Argentina

This paper explores SRN interactions in Argentina over the past decade and identifies the most significant relationships and their productive diversification as well as their export potential.

Newsletter

An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Türkiye”...

This newsletter provides information on the activities from January to April 2025 covering a 4-month period of the project “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in...

Kingdom of Eswatini

National Occupational Safety and Health Policy

Leaflet

Know your rights at work in Thailand

Every worker in Thailand is entitled to safe working conditions, fair wages, adequate rest, respect and the right to organize. But many are still unaware of the rights and protections guaranteed by laws.

Brief

Fair recruitment of Lao migrant workers: A comparative review with international labour standards and guidelines

This policy brief offers a comparative analysis of the labour migration governance framework in relation to international standards and guidelines and provides recommendations to help ensure fair recruitment and decent work for Lao migrant workers.

Ship to Shore

List of contractors and grant beneficiaries – Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme (2020–2024)

This document provides a public record of all contractors and grant beneficiaries under the EU-funded Ship to Shore Rights South-East Asia programme (2020–2024) for contracts and grants above EUR 15,000.

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Analysis of the construction sector and related employment in Cameroon

This report presents an analysis of the construction sector in Cameroon, examining its contribution to GDP and employment, the extent of informality, and the opportunities to expand decent job creation through Employment-Intensive Investment...

Legislative frameworks on complaints and remedy procedures for Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia

This policy brief analyses legislative frameworks for complaints and remedy procedures for migrant workers in Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia. It highlights that access to these mechanisms is severely limited by the financial and staffing constraints of...

Registration, Licensing, and Inspection of Private Recruitment Agencies for Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia

This policy brief examines the registration, licensing, and inspection of private recruitment agencies in Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia to improve regional migration management. The research, based on studies of Ugandan domestic workers in Saudi...

Registration, licensing, and inspection mechanisms of legislative frameworks for Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia

This policy brief focuses on labour migration in Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia, analysing the effectiveness of their registration, licensing, and inspection mechanisms for recruitment agencies. The brief identifies that the lack of comprehensive...

Skills development

Coconut culinary training

In Siargao Island, Philippines, coconut farmers in Del Carmen turn their harvests into culinary delights through an ILO Coconut culinary training that blends tradition, tourism, and innovation.

Social Dialogue and Labour Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean

The report is an analytical and reference tool for understanding the state of social dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean and guiding its strengthening in the coming years.

Labour migration

Capitalizing on return migrant workers: Policy options to promote entrepreneurship and investment in the Pacific

This research provides critical insights and actionable recommendations to harness the potential of returning workers, not just as beneficiaries of migration, but as agents of sustainable development.

Employment and Labour Relations bill

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan 2020-30

An independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan 2020–30, reviewing progress from 2020 to 2024. It assesses relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and emerging...

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO's Better Work Programme (2014 – 25), with a focus on Phase V Strategy (2022 – 27)

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of ILO's Decent Work Country Programme strategies and activities in ILO-subregion of Central America with...

An independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programme strategies and activities in Central America from 2020 to 2024, with emphasis on Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico. It assesses the ILO’s contribution to national decent...

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO's Better Work Programme (2014 – 25), with a focus on Phase V Strategy (2022 – 27)

This independent high-level evaluation will be discussed during the Governing Body Session in November 2025.

High-level evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of ILO's Decent Work Country Programme strategies and activities in ILO-subregion of Central America with...

This independent high-level evaluation will be discussed during the Governing Body Session in November 2025.