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ILO and partners establish official recognition of prior learning system in Jordan, expanding pathways to decent work

The pilot initiative helped Jordanians and Syrian refugees turn skills and experience into recognized qualifications and pathways to future employment, laying the basis for the RPL system institutionalization

Trade, investment and decent work

Informal workers need stronger voice in Africa’s trade policies, ILO research finds

Informal jobs account for more than three quarters of trade-linked employment in Africa, yet informal workers and small businesses often struggle to participate in the decisions that affect them. A new ILO brief identifies ways to strengthen their...

Care economy

Asturias and the ILO launch project to improve working conditions for women caregivers in Colombia

The initiative, supported by an EUR 80,000 grant, marks the first collaboration between the government of Asturias and the ILO.

Viet Nam readies itself to support an ageing society, with decent work, skills, and social protection at its core

A new Government decision encourages collaboration with ILO to help support longer working lives, reskilling, and protection for older workers.

ILO assessment

Nepal floods threaten jobs and livelihoods far beyond affected areas, ILO assessment finds

ILO assessment highlights risks to workers from damaged infrastructure, disrupted trade and widespread informal employment.

Local economic development

Toledo communities sign on to advance next phase of PROSPER

Twelve communities in Toledo District, Southern Belize formally sign on to partner with the Government and the ILO in the European Union-funded PROSPER project, in developing locally driven economic plans for implementation.

Decent Work

Jamaica targets better jobs, stronger enterprises and worker protection

Government, employers and workers have completed a national validation exercise for Jamaica’s proposed Decent Work Country Programme 2027–2031, refining priorities and results before the programme moves to finalization and approval.

Social protection

ILO report highlights pathways to expand social security coverage for workers in informal economy

Drawing on experiences from China, Kenya and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the report highlights the importance of flexible participation, public financing, digital services and gradual reform.

Viet Nam advances enterprise workforce development with new training fund framework

Viet Nam has adopted a new framework for enterprise human resource training funds, with ILO-supported research contributing international evidence and policy options to strengthen workforce skills development and investment.

Japanese parliamentarians see Japan-supported International Labour Organization initiatives in action in India

Study visit highlights efforts to promote formalization, protect children, improve occupational safety and health, and extend social protection in a changing world of work.

Investment in skills can spur growth, unlock job potential in Kosovo's hospitality sector

Findings of the new ILO assessment confirm that with the right investments in skills, training quality and partnerships, Kosovo’s hospitality sector could become a strong driver of economic development and decent work, in particular for youth.

Social protection

SOLAR II advances rights of coffee, tea, and forestry workers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The SOLAR II project scales up interventions to increase social security coverage and advance labour rights in the northern and central regions, by strengthening service delivery and empowering local communities.

ILO partners strengthen local action on labour rights in India’s cotton communities

Discussions identify pathways to sustain fundamental principles and rights at work, strengthen services for cotton farmers and explore community-based cooperative solutions.

Trade unions strengthen cross-border cooperation to promote decent work for Indian migrant care workers

Workers’ organizations call for active trade union participation in labour migration governance across the India–Germany corridor.

Institutional capacity building

Indonesian employers prepare to shape major policy reforms

Indonesia's employers' organisation, APINDO, is preparing to help shape the labour, skills and business-conduct reforms expected as Indonesia moves toward OECD accession, with ILO support.

ILO expands support for formal employment and decent work in Türkiye

The ILO Office for Türkiye, with continued support from the German Development Bank, KfW, has extended the project “Promoting Decent Work for Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens” until December 2027 to further support...

ILO highlights labour rights at Samarkand Forum on Human Rights

The ILO emphasized the role of decent work, social justice and international labour standards in advancing human rights and sustainable development at the Fifth Samarkand Forum on Human Rights in Uzbekistan.

Alliance 8.7

Philippines sets roadmap against forced labour, child labour and exploitation

The Philippines crafts a national roadmap to accelerate action against forced labour, child labour, human trafficking and modern slavery as it seeks to become an Alliance 8.7 Pathfinder country.

ILO project improves social protection coverage for over nine million people

The Multi-donor project in support of the ILO Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All concludes after five years of supporting countries to strengthen social protection systems and make progress towards universal...

Transition to the formal economy

Eastern Caribbean tourism can drive productivity, decent work and formalization

A new ILO study covering five Eastern Caribbean countries calls for productivity, decent work and the transition to formality to advance together in the tourism sector.