News and articles

2017

  1. Article

    Turning mission impossible into mission possible

    02 June 2017,

    Read Johannes (Hans) Lokollo, Senior Adviser for ILO Nepal from 1996-1999, as he takes you on his journey of turning the impossible into possible.

  2. News

    A Coaching Programme for Youth in Fragile Settings

    31 May 2017,

    “A Coaching Programme for Youth in Fragile Settings: a Training of Coaches” has opened today in New Delhi. At the opening ceremony, participants were welcomed by Dr Sher Verick, ILO Country Office Deputy Director. The programme is composed of a face-to-face workshop which runs from 9 to 12 May 2017 and which will be followed by a distance learning component, then by a second face-to-face component in November 2017. Both workshops will take place in India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, thanks to the precious support of the ILO India Country Office and Decent Work Country Team. The contents and training materials for the programme were developed by the ITCILO and the Development Alchemists.

  3. News

    Garment sector in Cambodia: Declining employment despite rising exports

    30 May 2017, Phnom Penh

    Despite strong export performance, Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector shows a decline in employment according to the latest Bulletin issued by the ILO.

  4. Press release

    Lao PDR launches a new Decent Work Country Programme focusing on jobs creation and rights at work

    30 May 2017, Lao PDR

    Lao PDR launches its second Decent Work Country Programme which will cover the period 2017-2021.

  5. The Future of Work in the Pacific

    Eleven Pacific Island Countries committed to create Decent Jobs for future generations

    26 May 2017,

    Representatives from ILO’s 11 Pacific member States along with key stakeholders from the Pacific development community discussed the Future of Work in the Pacific and proposed policy priorities to address the transformations unfolding across the region's labour markets.

  6. News

    Training programme for Afghanistan – Week 4: Entrepreneurship

    26 May 2017,

    The fourth module of the One Year Training Programme on Employment Policies: Moving from Fragility to Resilience – Tailored for Afghanistan has officially started today in New Delhi. The module, which focuses on Entrepreneurship, will run until 26 May and sees the participation of 26 representatives of the Afghan Government as well as of Workers’ and Employers’ organizations.

  7. News

    Recognizing domestic workers as workers through skills development and employment contract

    26 May 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia

    The ILO through its Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers (PROMOTE) Project has been promoting decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour through skills training programme and standardized certification as well as the application of employment contract.

  8. Skills

    ILO to hold an Inter-regional Technical Forum on Skills for Trade, Employability and Inclusive Growth

    25 May 2017,

    The Forum will be hosted by the International Labour Organization in partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

  9. News

    Being an Entrepreneur in India: Voices from the Field

    24 May 2017,

    On Wednesday 24 May 2017 a group of young local entrepreneurs met at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi to share their own experience of being an entrepreneur in India and starting and running a business with participants to the One Year Training Programme on Employment Policies: Moving from Fragility to Resilience – Tailored for Afghanistan. The event was part of the Fourth Module of the Programme, which focuses on Entrepreneurship.

  10. News

    ILO Decent Work Team Senior Employers Specialist visits Pakistan

    22 May 2017,

    Mr Ravi Peiris, Senior Specialist, Employers Activities, from the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team (DWT), New Delhi Office, recently visited Pakistan and had detailed deliberations with the ILO Pakistan team and with the Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) to take stock of their needs for technical assistance from the Bureau for Employers' Activities of the ILO (ACT/EMP) and from the Employers Specialist in the DWT Team.