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Launch of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee for the Entrepreneurial Statute: The ADIJEFE project paves the way for the Formalization...
ADIJEFE

Launch of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee for the Entrepreneurial Statute: The ADIJEFE project paves the way for the Formalization...

On November 28, 2024, the workshop to set up the monitoring and evaluation committee for the status of the entrepreneur marked an important milestone in the project to improve the system for integrating young people and formalizing businesses...

UN agencies partner with Kenya to promote safe migration, mobility and social inclusion
Joint UN Programme

Partnership

UN agencies partner with Kenya to promote safe migration, mobility and social inclusion

UN agencies and Kenya launch a $28.5M Joint Programme (2024-2026) to promote safe migration, mobility, and social inclusion. The initiative supports Kenya’s Vision 2030 through policy, capacity building, and partnerships.

Towards METI’s project closure: Workshop on sustainable supply chains and financing
METI Workshop Participants

METI Project

Towards METI’s project closure: Workshop on sustainable supply chains and financing

The programme for Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Mediterranean (METI) marked the beginning of its final activities on 10th December, celebrating the achievements of this four-year initiative. Participants from...

Asia and Pacific: Unions develop common strategies in shaping a new social contract
Maria Helena conference-manila-2024

Press release

Asia and Pacific: Unions develop common strategies in shaping a new social contract

Representative of Unions, employers, governments and academia across Asia and Pacific meet in Manila, Philippines, to discuss on macroeconomic policies for economic development and fundamental principles and rights at work, including collective...

Cooperatives provide a pathway to inclusion for informal workers
ICA session - transition from the informal to formal economy

Cooperatives provide a pathway to inclusion for informal workers

On 26 November 2024, the Global Cooperative Conference hosted a session on the role of cooperatives in the transition from the informal to the formal economy.

ILO advances gender-responsive just transition in Egypt
Group of participants pose for a photo with the ADWA' project and ILO roll-ups.

ADWA' project

ILO advances gender-responsive just transition in Egypt

The ILO promotes strategies that empower women’s entrepreneurship development and climate action within the principles of the Decent Work Agenda.

Indonesia showcases progresses and achievements on promoting Non-Discriminatory Policies and HIV prevention programme at workplace
Repsentative of Ministry of Manpower wearing batik opens the World Day in Jakarta.

World AIDS Day

Indonesia showcases progresses and achievements on promoting Non-Discriminatory Policies and HIV prevention programme at workplace

The ILO and the Ministry of Manpower have jointly established and implemented various programmes on HIV prevention at workplace aimed to achieve the three zeros in Indonesia: zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero discrimination.

National Dialogue’s three key recommendations to foster responsible business practices for decent work in Indonesia’s electronics industry
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Business and human rights

National Dialogue’s three key recommendations to foster responsible business practices for decent work in Indonesia’s electronics industry

Government officials, representatives of employers' and workers' organizations and enterprises formulated recommendations for a sustainable and competitive electronics sector in Indonesia.

Advancing a just transition with indigenous peoples

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Advancing a just transition with indigenous peoples

Representatives from 21 countries recognized the commitment to a just transition can only succeed when indigenous peoples are active protagonists and partners in climate action and sustainable development.

Statistics advance cooperative innovation and impact
ICA session - The role of statistics in measuring and creating impact

Statistics advance cooperative innovation and impact

The session on the role of statistics in measuring and creating impact through cooperative innovation was held under the "Shaping a Cooperative Future" pillar at the Global Cooperative Conference in New Delhi.

Nature-based Solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030, but investments in skills needed
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ILO-UNEP-IUCN report

Nature-based Solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030, but investments in skills needed

Addressing the skills gaps and nature-based infrastructure are crucial to unlock the potentials of decent work creation and environmental benefits of nature-based solutions.

Colombia ratifies Convention No. 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981
Ratification ceremony of Convention No. 156, 6 December 2024: Mr. Gustavo Gallón Giraldo, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in Geneva and Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the ILO.

International Labour Standards

Colombia ratifies Convention No. 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981

Colombia becomes the 47th member State to ratify Convention No. 156.

ILO's GALAB project launches community of practice to address child labour in Nigeria's cocoa sector
Participants of a Workshop stand together for a photo

ILO's GALAB project launches community of practice to address child labour in Nigeria's cocoa sector

The Global Accelerator Lab (GALAB) project is launching a Community of Practice to empower informal workers' representatives in Ondo State to eliminate child labour in the cocoa sector.

Mombasa County hosts a sensitization workshop on extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal and rural economy,...
Stakeholder Workshop participants during the Social Protection Strategy Sensetization for Workers in the Rural and Informal Economy, including Refugees in Mombasa County

Mombasa County hosts a sensitization workshop on extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal and rural economy,...

Creating more and better jobs: Jordan’s trade and investment roadmap in Jordan
Group Photo closure Event METI in Jordan

METI Project

Creating more and better jobs: Jordan’s trade and investment roadmap in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan (News) – The Policy Working Group of the EU-funded Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment (METI) programme gathered for the fifth time with government officials, and representatives from workers’ and employers’...

ILO Director-General meets Zimbabwean President, tripartite constituents, on first official visit to Zimbabwe
ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa

ILO Director-General meets Zimbabwean President, tripartite constituents, on first official visit to Zimbabwe

On his first visit to Zimbabwe since taking office as ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo highlighted the need for greater social justice as well as the challenges of creating more decent work opportunities.

ILO to release new report on social dialogue
 Turkana Chamber USAID Social Dialogue

Media advisory

ILO to release new report on social dialogue

New EU-funded initiatives with ILO and IOM to boost socio-economic development in Southern Belize
A group of people standing in front of flags and SDG banner

ILO-EU Project

New EU-funded initiatives with ILO and IOM to boost socio-economic development in Southern Belize

ILO and the Government of Norway renew their partnership
1 trainer teaching 3 trainees how to cook in professional kitchen, Tanzania.

Skills and Lifelong Learning in Africa

ILO and the Government of Norway renew their partnership

The Government of Norway and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have renewed their strategic partnership agreement for 2024-2025 to strengthen the skills development eco-system in targeted countries and contribute to human development...

Labour provisions in trade agreements promote decent work
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Labour provisions in trade agreements promote decent work

Labour provisions are an increasing feature of trade agreements, as underscored by the ILO during the Trade and Sustainable Development Forum hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). At the Forum, the ILO discussed the impact of...