Tonga resources
August 2023
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Entrepreneurs hailed as catalysts for sustainable economic growth
30 August 2023
The Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo fosters innovation and collaboration in the Pacific Islands’ entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Expo harnesses Pacific core values: Vosarogo
30 August 2023
Acting Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, SMEs and Coummunication, Filimoni Vosarogo said in the Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo organized by the Ministry for Trade in collaboration with UNDP, the International Labour Organization, and the Asian Development Bank that the Expo is an opportunity to work together to harness the core values of Pacific communities.
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Expo to bolster business opportunities
30 August 2023
The Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo organized by the Ministry for Trade in collaboration with UNDP, the International Labour Organization, and the Asian Development Bank unleashed the potential of entrepreneurs and small enterprises.
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Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo
The Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo serves as a dynamic platform where visionary entrepreneurs, strategic partners in business development, financial experts, and influential stakeholders converge with a shared goal: Fortifying the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Pacific Islands.
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Concept note of the Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo
29 August 2023
The event brings together key stakeholders to discuss further opportunities to develop the ecosystem in the Pacific during 30-31 August 2023 in Suva, Fiji.
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Fact sheet: Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) Programme - Phase II
08 August 2023
July 2023
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Evidence-based policy making: Unravelling opinions from facts in Pacific Island Countries
25 July 2023
Training enhances capacity to use evidence and data to shape policies relating to the world of work
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Pacific regional meeting on labour mobility sets path for partnership
11 July 2023
Dialogue strengthens collaboration between trade unions and employers to help ensure safe and regular migration.
January 2023
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The Pacific region statistical and labour community benefit from an ILO training on the latest international statistics standards
23 January 2023
The ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries in partnership with the International Training Centre (ITC), the ILO Department of Statistics and the ILO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific is conducting a Labour Market Statistics and Analysis Academy for the Pacific Island Countries.
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Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security – Phase II
01 January 2023
The Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) Phase II programme builds upon the outcomes of the Phase I programme, while drawing on its lessons learned and experiences.
December 2022
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17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting
The 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) will bring together government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States in Singapore to discuss concrete steps to drive a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
November 2022
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Pacific Islands: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet
30 November 2022
The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Pacific Islands, as well as vulnerability to climate change and sectors with green jobs potential.
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Tonga: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet
30 November 2022
The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Tonga, as well as vulnerability to climate change and sectors with green jobs potential.
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3rd UN Pacific Forum on Business and Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Regional Office for the Pacific and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) are organising the 3rd UN Pacific Forum on Business and Human Rights to be held from 21-22 November 2022 in Suva, Fiji in a hybrid format.
September 2022
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Climate Change and Labour Mobility in Pacific Island Countries Policy Brief published
14 September 2022
The International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration have jointly prepared a policy brief on ‘Climate Change and Labour Mobility in Pacific Island Countries.’
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Climate Change and Labour Mobility in Pacific Island Countries
14 September 2022
The Policy Brief provides an overview of labour mobility in the context of climate change, discusses the impact of labour mobility on climate change adaptation and makes recommendations for policy design, labour mobility programmes and research, and is based on a desk review of working papers, research publications, academic articles, policy briefs, reports and other publications produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and other organizations.
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Labour Standards on Fishing Vessels
13 September 2022
This project, funded by the Government of New Zealand, will support Pacific Island Countries to address the issue of poor working conditions, labour rights violations and human trafficking on fishing vessels in the Pacific and contribute to making employment on fishing vessels in the region safe, decent and worthwhile.
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Promoting Implementation of ILO Standards in Pacific Island Countries
13 September 2022
The project funded by the Australian Government - Attorney-General's Department 'Promoting Implementation of ILO Standards in Pacific Island Countries (PICs)’ objective is to build capacity, knowledge and consensus on how to implement International Labour Standards (ILS) in the region to address some of the key development and labour market challenges.
August 2022
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Pacific webinar: Navigating shocks and crises, a Framework to support smaller firms in developing countries
Organized by the ILO’s SME unit, with the support of McKinsey & Company, this webinar series aims to promote dialogue on the different ways governments & ecosystem partners can best collaborate to help small business to overcome crises & build resilience.
