News and articles
2020
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World Youth Skills Day 2020
Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
20 July 2020,
The World Youth Skills Day 2020 took stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on skills development and explored how young people can respond to the economic crisis.
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News
ILO project provides technical support for international conference on skills development
17 July 2020,
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Press release
ILO supported initiative receives recognition for service to returning migrants during Covid-19
17 July 2020,
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar National League of Volunteers presented Samaritan’s Purse Migrant Assistance Centre with a certificate of recognition for services to prevent Covid-19.
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Press release
Expert roundtables explores how COVID-19 might reshape garment production in Asia
15 July 2020,
The ILO hosted two roundtable discussions with leaders from across the garment industry, to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect production in the sector.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Indonesia and Thailand to strengthen their port inspection to combat trafficking and forced labour at sea
15 July 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
To combat forced labour and human trafficking onboard fishing vessels in the Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Thailand, with support from the ILO, took a step to develop a bilateral protocol on port State inspection on foreign fishing vessels.
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COVID-19: Promoting skills development
Supporting the development of digital learning in Indonesia
14 July 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
The ILO through its skills development programmes supports the capacity building of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in 47 countries, including Indonesia. Nine Indonesian representatives have been part of the ILO’s e-learning programme.
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Press release
PM Sheikh Hasina addresses ILO Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work
14 July 2020,
Honourable Prime Minister addressed the largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments to discuss how to better rebuild economies in the post-pandemic recovery
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Better Work
New report shows improvements across Viet Nam’s garment factories
13 July 2020,
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Virtual Global Summit
ILO Global Summit builds commitment to create better world of work after COVID-19
13 July 2020,
Global leaders discussed strategies to ensure the world of work after the COVID-19 pandemic tackles the vulnerabilities exposed by the outbreak, including a lack of social protection, the informal economy, inequality and climate change.
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Opinion editorial on COVID-19 and skills development
Why skills development is even more imperative for Indonesia
13 July 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
An opinion editorial by Tauvik Muhamad and Dede Sudono, Project Manager and Project Officer, respectively, of the ILO's industry Skills for Inclusive Growth Phase-2 Project, focusing on the importance of skills development for Indonesia. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 11 July.