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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...
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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
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,...
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
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.
Media advisory
ILO to release new report on social dialogue
ILO-EU Project
New EU-funded initiatives with ILO and IOM to boost socio-economic development in Southern Belize
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
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...
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