Publications
The ILO publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies, relevant to the South Pacific Island Countries. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested from the ILO Library in Suva.
2021
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Report: Youth takes the floor - Empowering youths as agents for peace and social cohesion
03 June 2021
The “Youth takes the floor” training course was designed, facilitated and delivered by ITC (International Training Centre, Turin, Italy) and DevCurate (Bangkok, Thailand) for 35 youths in the Solomon Islands.
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MPTF Informal Economies Recovery Project Monthly Newsletter
08 April 2021
This e-newsletter will be a monthly edition highlighting the stories of beneficiaries and support provided to them by the Informal Economies Recovery Project funded by the UN COVID Multi-Trust Partnership Fund, jointly implemented by ILO, UNESCO, UNDP and IFAD.
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ILO Pasifika Update March 2021
31 March 2021
In this edition of the ILO Pacific Newsletter, you will find updates on events and other news highlights of ILO’s work in the Pacific from December 2020 to March 2021.
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Quarterly Newsletter: Pacific Cimate Change Migration and Human Security Programme (PCCMHS) March 2021
30 March 2021
The PCCMHS programme’s quarterly newsletter - March 2021
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Extending social security to domestic workers
12 March 2021
Key lessons learned from international experience
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Extending social security to workers in the informal economy
12 March 2021
Key lessons learned from international experience
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Measurement, awareness raising, and policy engagement project (MAP16) in Fiji
26 February 2021
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ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 7th edition
25 January 2021
2020
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ILO Pasifika Update November 2020
04 November 2020
In this edition of the ILO Pacific Newsletter, you will find updates on events and other news highlights of ILO’s work in the Pacific from April to October 2020.
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Quarterly Newsletter: Pacific Cimate Change Migration and Human Security Programme (PCCMHS) November 2020
01 November 2020
The PCCMHS programme’s quarterly newsletter Issue 1 - November 2020
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Pacific labour market review 2020
07 September 2020
This report presents a baseline assessment of the labour market situation in the Pacific Island Countries. The report was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, within the framework of the ILO project on “Strengthening Labour Market Information Systems and Methodologies for Post-Disaster Needs Assessments in the Pacific Island Countries”, covering primarily three of the most disaster-affected countries – Cook Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
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Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC) assessment report on impact of COVID-19 on employment and business
28 August 2020
In-crisis rapid assessment: 13 May - 19 June 2020 (Volume 1). Supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Pacific Island Countries (CO-Suva), the ILO’s Bureau for Workers Activities (ACTRAV) and the ILO Project “Increased capacities of employers’ and workers’ organizations to participate effectively in the development of social and labour policy”.
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Tackling the COVID-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and the Pacific
18 August 2020
Young people’s employment prospects in Asia and the Pacific are severely challenged as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Youth (15–24 years) will be hit harder than adults (25 and older) in the immediate crisis and also risk bearing higher longer-term economic and social costs, says a joint ILO-ADB report.
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TC Harold - (Fiji) Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) report June 2020
27 July 2020
The immediate objective of the Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) was to support food security and loss of income of the identified villages through a social protection lens.
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Impact of COVID19 on employment and business in the Pacific
26 July 2020
To determine the impact of COVID19 on employment and business in the Pacific Island Countries, the ILO Pacific Office is working with its National Tripartite Constituents in the member countries to undertake Rapid Assessments (RA). RA’s for Fiji and Samoa has been completed with a solid model to replicate in Tonga, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Kiribati.
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An ILO for All Seasons-The International Labour Organization's Ways out of Crisis
29 June 2020
Over a hundred years, the ILO has developed International Labour Standards and Policy Responses to mitigate the effects of employment and social crises.The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how hasards move in a globalized world. It has highlighted the need to use the tools that are available for countering social and economic crises and securing the safety and health of workers. This book traces the development of these tools and the ways in which they have been successfully applied over the last hundred years.
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Social protection systems for all to prevent homelessness and facilitate access to adequate housing
20 February 2020
The role of social protection systems in reducing poverty and inequality, preventing homelessness, and facilitating access to adequate housing.
2019
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ILO 45 years in the Pacific 1974-2019
01 December 2019
To celebrate the ILO Centenary in 2019, the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries looks back and reflects on the ILO presence in the Pacific and its work with tripartite and other social partners. This publication is a selective and reflective documentation of the ILO’s work in the region, to illustrate the diversity, the ‘journey’, and some of the activities and achievements of ILO technical assistance in the Pacific over 45 years.
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Employment and environmental sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
20 November 2019
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of jobs; (iv) jobs in renewable energy; and (v) scoring on the Environmental Performance Index.
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Employment and environmental sustainability in Vanuatu
18 November 2019
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact sheet for Vanuatu is part of a series providing a baseline for key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance in 36 countries across Asia and the Pacific. These indicators include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of jobs; (iv) jobs in renewable energy; and (v) scoring on the Environmental Performance Index.