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UNDP and ILO partner for stronger human rights standards in Pakistan’s business sector

UNDP and ILO have joined forces to promote responsible business conduct and better protect workers across Pakistan.

Skills development

Dialogue with private sector highlights collaborative approach to skills development in Bangladesh

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Africa unites to transform skills and apprenticeships

More than 100 stakeholders from 24 African countries gathered in Mombasa, Kenya, from 14 to 16 May 2025, to drive forward a shared vision: quality skills and apprenticeships that empower workers, especially in the informal economy.

Employment policy

Vanuatu validates its first National Employment Policy

The policy will help foster skills development, expand employment opportunities and promote an inclusive labour market

Strengthening the Financial Sector's Capacity to Support Green Growth and Decent Jobs in Iraq

The ILO, with support from Italy and in partnership with ITCILO and CBI, Delivers Green Finance Training to Promote Inclusive, Sustainable Employment Opportunities

ILO introduces the Self-Assessment Method for Social Dialogue Institutions (SAM-SDI) in Indonesia

A two-day workshop empowers Indonesia’s National and District Tripartite Councils with tools for improving the inclusiveness and effectiveness of their social dialogue institutions.

JobAgri workshop pushes for stronger agri-employment policies in Ghana

The JobAgri Ghana project is helping align agriculture and employment policies to boost decent work and productivity. A workshop in Accra brought together stakeholders to validate findings and chart the way forward for more inclusive, coherent...

Media Advisory

ILO to release comprehensive new index on how generative AI affects jobs worldwide

The report offers the most comprehensive global analysis to date of how generative AI may impact the world of work.

Development cooperation

Qatar supports ILO with USD 2 million in flexible funding for decent work

Agreement strengthens ILO’s global efforts to advance decent work in crisis and development contexts.

Skills

National Apprenticeship Policy takes shape in Tonga

Stakeholders push forward development of a new policy to help alleviate skills shortages in key sectors while building a resilient, skilled workforce.

Cooperatives in Bethlehem drive local livelihoods and decent work despite resource and access challenges

ILO and Italian Agency for Development Cooperation conduct joint visit to assess cooperative-led development in the West Bank’s Bethlehem district.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic makes notable progress in strengthening social protection

Contribution of ILO-UNDESA project to policy development, governance and implementation of national social protection system recognised.

Jordan’s occupational safety and health inspection capacity bolstered through training initiative

Under an EU-funded programme, the ILO and Jordan’s Ministry of Labour are equipping labour inspectors with training needed to obtain globally recognised qualifications in health, safety and environmental management.

UN calls for faster action on child labour as world misses goal of ending the practice by 2025

Delayed action on child labour threatens global Sustainable Development Goals.

Study Visit to Spain

Türkiye and Spain strengthen cooperation on workplace compliance and social dialogue

Turkish delegation conducts a study visit to exchange best practices in strategic labour inspection, preventive occupational safety and health, and social dialogue.

ILO hosts strategic roundtable to strengthen Lebanon’s stone fruit sector

Through BOUZOUR project the ILO brings together stakeholders to boost export readiness, enhance coordination, and promote decent work across agricultural value chains.

ILO supports Sierra Leone’s labour transformation, unveiling historic job tracking platform

Sierra Leone, with the support of the ILO, has taken a bold step in reshaping its labour landscape with the successful hosting of National Labour Conference and the launch of the Sierra Leone Labour Market Information System (SL-LMIS), with Sierra...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025

Empowering university students to champion workplace safety and health

The ILO’s series of interactive sessions on safety and health at work have engaged hundreds of students from several universities to become proactive agents of workplace safety and health.

ILO joins national dialogue on new Palestinian labour strategy

More than 3.5 million workers potentially affected by the devastating earthquake in Myanmar

A new brief by the ILO reveals that over 3.5 million workers employed in the area hit by Myanmar’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake face potential income losses of US$36.8 million per day. It calls for urgent support to restore jobs and livelihoods.