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Handbook

Handbook on measuring green jobs and skills for green jobs: Monitoring, evaluation and learning

This Handbook offers practical guidance for measuring and assessing green jobs and skills for green jobs within in the context of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).

Best practices

Compendium of promising practices for the promotion of jobs and skills for a green economy

This Compendium presents practical examples of interventions promoting green jobs and skills for green jobs, that were supported by development partners from the G7 and the European Union (EU). Each case, demonstrating proof of impact and responding...

Argentina

Drivers of change. Towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains in the Argentinean automotive industry

This publication compiles the technical inputs and agreements reached since 2023 to define a road map for the Argentine automotive industry. In line with the ILO's mandate to promote decent work, this document seeks to prioritize actions...

Assessment & Evaluation Guide

Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course: Assessment & Evaluation Guide

Trainer Manual

Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course: Trainer Manual

Policy brief

Identifying skills needs in Qatar’s financial sector: a perspective for policymakers

This policy brief explores the skills landscape of Qatar’s financial sector through an in-depth survey of firms licensed under the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). It identifies key workforce challenges—such as a disproportionately managerial...

Learner Manual

Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course: Learner Manual

A learner manual for the Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course, designed to build the knowledge and skills of technical and non-technical officials involved in South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme. It supports...

METI Policy Brief

The impact of trade and investment policies on productive and decent employment in Tunisia

A policy brief by the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Mediterranean (METI) Programme.

Factsheet

Satellite Technical and Vocational Training Centre for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia

This factsheet captures the construction of a Satellite TVET Centre by the International Labour Organization in Fafan Zone, Somali Region, to facilitate refugee access to quality market relevant vocational skills training, and to prepare young...

Impact insurance

Attaining and improving profitability and sustainability in inclusive insurance

The purpose of inclusive insurance is to build the financial resilience of underserved market segments, such as small businesses, smallholder farmers, and low-income households. This goal can only be achieved if schemes are profitable or financially...

Guidelines

Green Employment Diagnostics for a Just Transition

A practical framework to support social partners in analysing how climate change and the green transition shape economies, jobs and livelihoods—and to design policies that create decent work while ensuring a just and inclusive transition.

Traction through action: An antidote to paralysis by analysis?

The what, why and how of action research

Recommendations

Protect and respect human rights through public procurement towards a sustainable society

Recommendations for responsible business conduct and labour practices in value chains

Green economy

A green economic growth model for Jamaica: Scenarios for fostering green growth

Results from the model scenarios show that an accelerated transition towards a green and climate resilient economy is highly positive for job creation, social development and economic growth.

METI Policy Brief

The impact of trade and investment policies on productive and decent employment in Morocco

A policy brief by the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Mediterranean (METI) Programme.

METI Report

Trade and Value Chains in Employment-Rich Activities (TRAVERA) Analysis of the Engineering Products and Services Sectors in Jordan

A study by the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Mediterranean (METI) Programme, exploring the trade and investment requirements to improve Jordan’s engineering sector.

METI Report

Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED): Analysis of the engineering products and services sectors in Jordan

A study by the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Mediterranean (METI) Programme, exploring the skills requirements in Jordan’s engineering sector.

ILO Care Economy Brief

Closing the gender gap in paid parental leaves: Better parental leaves for a more caring world of work

This policy brief by the International Labour Organization (ILO) explores the persistent global gender gap in paid parental leaves and its implications for gender equality in the world of work.

Expanding childcare services to boost women’s entrepreneurship and employment in Ukraine. A case study

In 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched an initiative in Ukraine to address the low labour market participation of women with young children by enhancing access to childcare services through alternative, affordable, accessible,...

Expanding childcare services through women’s entrepreneurship development in Moldova. A case study

In 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a pilot initiative in Moldova to address the low labour market participation of women with young children by enhancing access to childcare services. The project, implemented in...