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Summary report published reviewing the Seasonal Worker Programme and Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme through the lens of international...

Joint UN-Uzbekistan Achievements in Strengthening the Social Protection System Discussed

TASHKENT, 17 December 2021, – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a meeting for national and international development partners to...

International Migrants Day

Winners of the 2021 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

The competition aims to promote balanced and ethical reporting on migrants and labour migration and encourage the media to address stereotypes and misconceptions.

Informal Economy

Fijian informal sector business owners and workers access social security

The Informal Economies Recovery Project partnered with fellow UN projects - Markets for Change and REACH, to coordinate an outreach to the Rakiraki municipal market and Conua in the province of Nadroga in Fiji.

Webinar on the 2018 International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) guidelines

ILO Director-General was a keynote speaker at the 33rd World Cooperative Congress

Joining online at the World Cooperative Congress, Mr Ryder noted that a human-centred recovery requires recognition of cooperatives as critical social and economic actors to build more resilient communities, and to strengthen local economies.

Young Indonesians enthuse to participate in short film-making classes on OSH issues

In line with the One Minute Video Competition (Kompetisi Video Semenit/KOVID), the ILO organized two short film-making classes related to occupational safety and health (OSH) issues to encourage the dissemination of information to help breaking the...

Seminar on digital transformation of social insurance in China organized online

ILO online course on HIV testing at the workplace

The relationship between cooperatives and the wider SSE was explored during two events around the World Cooperative Congress

The relationship between workers’ organizations and cooperatives explored at the World Cooperative Congress

Violence and Harassment

South Africa ratifies the Violence and Harassment Convention

South Africa became the tenth country in the world, and the fourth African country, to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190).

ILO, the Netherlands ink agreement to support Viet Nam to better address future skills needs in garment sector

Trainings of trainers contributes to occupational safety promotion in coffee supply chain in Lam Dong

The events are part of the ILO’s Vision Zero Fund Project on improving safety and health in cooperation with the public and private sector in the coffee supply chain in Viet Nam.

Cooperative society of solid waste collectors of Mbeubeuss-Bokk Diom is established

December 10 2021 was a historical day for the waste collectors at the MBEUBEUSS landfill, as it marked the birth of the “Cooperative society of solid waste collectors of Mbeubeuss-Bokk Diom”.

The ILO helps re-energize the Migrant Workers Office at the Kuwait Trade Union Federation

The ILO launched a bi-monthly meeting programme at the Kuwait Trade Union Federation, convening migrant workers, representing at least sixteen migrant communities in Kuwait, and various national trade union leaders and coordinators, to discuss key...

Enabling access to justice for African domestic workers accused of ‘absconding’ and ‘theft’ in Lebanon

The FAIRWAY Programme supported the Ethiopian community organization ‘Egna Legna Besidet’ to provide legal aid to more than 200 African migrant domestic workers, in order to clear the path for their return home.

ILO and KOICA launch a new development cooperation project in Tunisia

Signature of the agreement for the implementation of the cooperation project "Strengthening the impact of employment policies and supporting the creation of ICT-based jobs for young people and women in Tunisia" between the Korea International...

ILO highlights intervention models on building sustainable local communities through cooperatives

The ILO presented its experiences of working with cooperatives on child labour in global supply chains and forced displacement contexts during the 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

ILO discusses the role of cooperatives in promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in value chains

The ILO was invited to participate and present in the panel “Strengthening our Cooperative Identity by supporting ethical value chain management” organized in the framework of the ICA’s 33rd World Cooperative Congress.