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Capacity building of TVET officials on mid-term budgetary frameworks (MTBF) and budget analysis

The Skills 21 project, funded by the European Union, organised a five-day residential training workshop titled 'Capacity building programme on sector-based financing' for TVET officials on appropriate planning, implementation and audit of the budget...

ILO Beneficiary story

Elena never gave up and finally found a job she loves. A story of labour market inclusion of people with disabilities in the Republic of...

“There are many ways you can fulfil your dreams,” Elena believes, “regardless of bumps in the road along the way. Disability is an obstacle, a huge one, but the human spirit is resilient, and one has to keep going forward”. Read the story of Elena...

Message from Dennis Zulu, ILO Caribbean Director, on the Just Transition Declaration

The ILO is already supporting countries to achieve a just transition through the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative. Launched by the United Nations Secretary-General during the 2019 Climate Summit, this important programme is being spearheaded and...

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Sabah stakeholders seek solutions to forced labour, child labour challenges

Challenges and best practices to address child and forced labour were discussed by a wide range of Sabah stakeholders recently.

Press Release

Better Work Jordan Creates a Lifeline for Quarantined Migrant Workers

During the initial period of Covid-19 pandemic, migrant workers were stuck in the employer-provided dormitories. The joint team of trade union organizers and BWJ team reached out to workers during the lockdown, hearing their concerns.

Press Release

Better Work Jordan talks new strategy with trade union president

Press Release

From receptionist to union organizer : Maya Aktar’s dream of empowerment comes true in Jordan

Enhancing the organizational structure and communication between the union board and migrant workers have been one of the key objectives of this project. In this regard, the union hired union organizers from the workers’ countries of origin. The...

Lao Government and UN discuss social protection implementation and financing

The UN Joint Programme “Leaving No One Behind: Establishing the Basis for Social Protection Floors in Lao PDR” held a Programme Advisory Committee Meeting in Vientiane Capital on 5 November 2021, to discuss progress and achievements to date, to...

Three Employers’ Organizations Launch Their New Websites

All three websites – in Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan – were developed with the expertise and know-how of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Workshop: National Employment Policy to facilitate job creation and decent work in Iraq

Government officials, social partners and other relevant stakeholders discuss development of a national employment policy for Iraq, with ILO support.

Market-based interventions to create more and better jobs in the dairy value chain in Somali Region, Ethiopia

On 25 October 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Suisse launched their joint intervention to develop the dairy value chain in the Fafan zone of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.

ILO/China Partnership Project

New skills network to promote South-South cooperation launched

Latin America and the Caribbean

ILO announces winners of the 2nd ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call on e-formality and skills development

Winning proposals offer innovative solutions for labour formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean through new technologies and skills development.

TVET in Ukraine

A virtual immersion into Vocational Training: Preparing students with the help of simulators

67,000 TVET students in Ukraine will get access to virtual training simulating key technical processes in 4 occupations. The ILO supported the development of four virtual training simulators. These efforts are part of the plans of the Ministry of...

The ILO and ITU highlight opportunities for boosting youth employment in the digital economy in Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions

On 1 November 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invited key youth employment stakeholders to discuss, validate the results and identify potential priority areas in the study on...

Informal Economy

Creative associations in Fiji establish formal partnership with National Private Sector Organization and starts mentoring programme

The initiative was technically supported and funded by the United Nations joint Informal Economies Recovery Project.

New trade union services to workers

Information is power: new web application protects workers’ rights in North Macedonia

The Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (SSM) with ILO assistance developed a web application which enables reporting labour rights violations to trade unions and ultimately to the State Labour Inspectorate. Since its launch on 23 April 2021, ...

The ILO holds launch event for its project on the development of cooperatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

The launch will take place on November 24, 2021 to highlight the project activities and to improve coordination and communication between partners.

The ILO undertakes activities supporting the development of cooperatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

A Cooperative Support Programme (CSP) in the OPT is launched with support from the Italian Government

ILO COOP discusses WIEGO report on enabling social protection in the informal economy through worker-led schemes in Africa

The SNI and WIEGO research report on "Enabling social protection within the informal economy: Lessons from worker-led schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo" financed by OSF was launched at a webinar jointly organized with StreetNet International on...