Timor-Leste resources

April 2024

  1. Project Brief (2024): Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience in Timor-Leste

March 2024

  1. EU-ILO join forces to strengthen Agroforestry Value Chains in Timor-Leste

    The European Union, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), facilitated a multi-stakeholder workshop on agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste, under the EU’s Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project.

February 2024

  1. New Agroforestry Skills project launched to improve youth integration into Timor-Leste’s labour market

    The ILO and its social partners, with support from the European Union, promote skills development for youth and women in Agroforestry sector in Timor-Leste.

  2. Timor-Leste launches its Social Security Portal

    The Government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO, launches its Social Security Portal in three languages, providing easy access to information to all people of Timor-Leste.

January 2024

  1. Mediators in Timor-Leste promote social dialogue for better dispute resolution

    The ILO training has improved the capacity of mediators in Timor-Leste for better dispute prevention and resolution in the country.

December 2023

  1. Employers’ and workers’ organization of Timor-Leste signed a Joint Commitment to Eradicate Workplace Violence and Harassment

    Both employers’ and workers’ organizations, with support from the ILO, are committed to create a working environment that is free from violence and harassment in Timor-Leste.

November 2023

  1. Special Edition on 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence in Timor-Leste: November 2023

  2. ILO supports the deliberation of law on violence and harassment in the world of work in Timor-Leste

    The government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO’s Spotlight Initiative project in Timor-Leste, is in the process of finalizing the drafting law on violence and harassment in the world of work.

  3. Young female entrepreneur strives to transform her life for a better future

    26 April 2017

    Leaving her unfortunate experience behind, Ana Paula de Jesus da Silva, who took part in ILO’s Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead) training programme, is determined to continue expanding her business for a better future.

  4. ILO joins forces with Timor-Leste Trade Union Confederation to end violence against women

    The Timor-Leste Trade Union Confederation (KSTL), with support from the ILO Spotlight Initiative in Timor-Leste, has been actively promoted the elimination of violence against women at both community and company levels.