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From ideas to impact: How ILO training series is transforming the businesses of entrepreneurs in Jordan

Shireen, Hanin, and Linka share how a business and entrepreneurship course helped them turn their visions into successful ventures.

Social protection

From protection to empowerment: Social security and inclusion of persons with disabilities

From being denied access to school as a blind child to standing before policymakers as a university student, Vu Thi Hai Anh’s journey shows how inclusive social protection can turn exclusion into empowerment when barriers are removed.

PROSPECTS Impact

ILO-supported skill training creates pathways to decent work for refugees in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State, where refugees often face limited access to formal employment, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is strengthening pathways to decent work and self-reliance through targeted, market-driven skills...

Ethiopia Strengthens Fair Recruitment Oversight through the Migrant Recruitment Advisor (MRA) Platform

Targeted IT training and stakeholder consultations lay the foundation for embedding the Migrant Recruitment Advisor within Ethiopia’s labour migration governance system.

Aligning Data, Skills, Protection and Recruitment Governance under a Coordinated National Framework in Ethiopia

This article highlights the outcomes of the National Project Co-Creation and Co-Design Workshop held in Bishoftu in January 2026 under the EU–ILO Action. It outlines how federal and regional institutions, social partners and technical stakeholders...

Wilfred Jenks Lecture Series

Guy Fiti Sinclair: The law of inter-organizational relations, a view from the ILO

This lecture focusses on the question of relations between international organizations (IOs), or inter-organizational relations, and in particular the role of law in regulating or shaping those relations. The overall goal of the lecture is to argue...

Productivity ecosystems for decent work

ILO welcomes Swiss mission, highlighting progress on productivity and decent work in Viet Nam

High-level delegation of Swiss Government, employers and workers reviews ILO-supported initiatives linking productivity growth with improved working conditions.

Decent work and women’s economic empowerment

From displacement to decent work: Women rebuild roads and their futures in Somalia

With ILO support, displaced and host community women in Baidoa in southwest of Somalia are training as stone cobblers, earning income and rebuilding vital roads. The project promotes decent work, gender equality, and hope for families affected by...

Adapting Traditional Craft to Modern Market Demand

"My biggest problem was not skills or materials, but the market. I could make products, but I did not know how to reach buyers or get fair prices,” said Nathan Mugote.

ILO/China Partnership Programme

From skills to growth: Improving a family business in a changing economy

Skills training helps a young Lao entrepreneur modernize his family business and build a more secure future.

A Return, a Loan, and a Fresh Start

“I started my business with only one hundred thousand shillings, half from my savings and the other half borrowed from a friend,” she said.

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PROSPECTS Partnership in Jordan: Highlights from the year

Since 2019, the PROSPECTS Partnership has been strengthening opportunities for refugees and host communities across Jordan—supporting skills, jobs, protection, and resilience for a more inclusive future.

Occupational safety and health

Building a safety culture in Lebanon’s greenhouse sector

New OSH guidelines and on-site awareness sessions are helping greenhouse manufacturers and installers adopt safer practices across Lebanon.

From displacement to employment: Syrians build better lives through decent work in Jordan’s Zaatari Camp

ILO employment services are helping Syrian refugees like Hanan and Malika access training and secure jobs, while also supporting Syrians wishing to return to their country.

Hazardous work on the road: ILO training helps combat worst form of child labour

16-year-old Mohamed transported hazardous materials for work, placing him in the worst form of child labour. With support from ILO trainings, he put that reality behind him and found more suitable work. Spearheading a dual approach to combatting...

Our impact, their voices

Their lives transformed through ILO programmes in Indonesia

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Indonesia’s membership in the ILO, six beneficiaries from across the country share how ILO programmes have shaped their lives and strengthened their communities over the years.

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Between work and school: The struggle of children in Lebanon’s agricultural fields

The ILO, through the PROSPECTS partnership, is supporting Lebanese and Syrian children, families and communities to combat child labour across Lebanon’s agricultural areas.

2025 in review

Together for Social Justice: A year of action and impact

In 2025, the International Labour Organization helped shape a renewed multilateral agenda for the world of work. Together with partners and communities around the world, the ILO strengthened standards, advanced inclusion, and demonstrated that...

Child labour

Strengthening coffee farming communities in Viet Nam to prevent child labour

When what seems normal can still carry child labour risks.

From greenhouse to greatness: The inspiring journey of Malawi’s Thocco Mweneungu

Thocco Mweneungu, a young entrepreneur from Mzuzu, turned greenhouse farming skills from the Global Skills Programme into a thriving cosmetics business, property ownership, and job creation— an inspiring story of empowerment and resilience.