News and Press releases

February 2024

  1. Navigating the future: Insights from Kenya's envisioning event on digital policy

    27 February 2024

    The Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs in Kenya convened to evaluate its strategic direction and chart the course for joint advocacy and a coordinated approach to driving an inclusive and productive digital transformation.

  2. Collaborative Effort Paves the Way for Fair Recruitment in South Sudan

    26 February 2024

    A validation workshop in Juba, South Sudan to finalise the draft regulatory guidelines for Private Employment Agencies (PrEAs) in the country

  3. ILO programme and partners elevate the knowledge and skills of Ghanaian trainers for the garment industry

    26 February 2024

    The Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme upskills trainers of implementing partner Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI) to enhance their understanding of the garment sector and improve application of SCORE Training methodology to enterprises in the sector

  4. ILO Intervention Boost Vegetable Farming in Port Loko District

    26 February 2024

    ILO Opportunity Salone Programme is bridging the gap in the vegetable value chain by creating access to good seeds, tools, finances, and direct training for farmers to scale up production processes, backed by the funding support from the EU, in Sierra Leone.

  5. Shaping Narratives, Changing Lives: The Role of Media in Labour Migration

    24 February 2024

    Enhancing the understanding and capacity of media professionals in Ethiopia to comprehensively and accurately report on labour migration.

  6. Work Wise Youth: ILO’s new guide to create awareness on youth rights at work

    23 February 2024

    The ILO developed and launched a new guide to support young people, including the ones in forced displacement contexts, to understand their labour rights, in turn empowering them to advocate for fair and dignified working conditions.

  7. The EAC Takes Steps Towards Regional Social Protection Policy

    21 February 2024

    Reviewing, considering, and providing input to the first draft of the EAC Policy on Social Protection and agreeing on the next steps to finalise the process of development of the regional policy.

  8. ILO supports Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to establish Productivity Statistics Technical Working Group in Ghana.

    19 February 2024

    Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has inaugurated a 11-member productivity statistics technical working group as part of Technical and Financial support from the International Labour Organization (ILO). The support seeks to collaborate with GSS to produce the first official Labour and Multi-factor Productivity Statistics for Ghana.

  9. Coordination with the Limpopo Department of Public Works Roads and Infrastructure

    16 February 2024

    Planning session

  10. ILO, UFPCI and PCSM-CI raise awareness of the need for voluntary and well-prepared migration of young footballers in Côte d'Ivoire

    15 February 2024

    The International Labor Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Union des Footballeurs Professionnels de Côte d'Ivoire (UFPCI) and the Plateforme des Centrales Syndicales sur la Migration en Côte d'Ivoire (PCSM-CI), is continuing its campaign to raise awareness among young footballers in Côte d'Ivoire of the importance of voluntary and well-prepared migration.