Resources from ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries

  1. Equality and discrimination

    25 April 2012

  2. Solomon Islands ratifies six ILO Human Rights Conventions

    25 April 2012

    Following several years of cooperation between Solomon Islands and the ILO, the Government of Solomon Islands has decided to ratify six fundamental conventions. The registration of which was made on 13 April 2012 in ILO headquarters

  3. Temporary employment boosts early recovery from Fiji floods - UN

    25 April 2012

    The cash-for-work initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from UN Women and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is being implemented with the Government of Fiji to focus initially on market vendors in Rakiraki, one of the country’s worst affected districts, located halfway between the capital Suva and the western town of Nadi.

  4. Temporary employment boosts early recovery from Fiji floods

    25 April 2012

    Link to a article on the cash-for-work programme of the UN

  5. Radio Australia's Pacific Beat Q&A with ILO TACKLE

    25 April 2012

    A report has found that child labour exists in PNG and the worst forms exist in Port Moresby.

  6. Radio Australia - A report has found that child labour exists in PNG and the worst forms exist in Port Moresby.

    25 April 2012

    Link to the transcript of the interview of Marie Fatiaki (TACKLE) with Radio Australia

  7. Child labour in Papua New Guinea

    19 April 2012

    The first comprehensive child labour research report for Papua New Guinea.

  8. Child labour in Papua New Guinea

    18 April 2012

    The report of child labour in Papua New Guinea provides an overview of the processes, key findings and recommendations of the Child Labour Research Surveys, supported through the TACKLE project, in two sectors in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea including: i. Commercial sexual exploitation of children; and ii. Children working on the streets.

  9. Human Capital – A Driving Force for Business Growth

    17 April 2012

    The ILO’s concern for building human capital is essentially because countries at all development levels have found that adequate education and skills increases their ability to innovate and adopt new technologies. They make the difference between inclusive growth and growth that leaves large segments of society behind. A workforce that has been appropriately trained and is able to continue learning boosts investor confidence and thus job growth.

  10. Wages policy in Fiji report of 2011 tripartite workshop series

    17 April 2012

    Wage policies, including processes for establishing minimum wages, are central to decent work. This publication reports on discussions in three separate constituent workshops on wage policy in Fiji, draws themes from those discussions and makes observations and suggestions to prompt further dialogue on wage policy and the improved operation of the current system.