News items
2022
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Algorithmic management: what it is, what it does and what it means for the future of work
10 October 2022
Algorithmic management has been seen as a positive technological and digital factor in the organization of economic activity, but it also raises a range of challenges. While some may see it useful for increasing organizational ability to control and monitor complex economic and work processes, the increasing capacity to collect, store and process digital information also raises questions about privacy and personal space in the workplace.
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Interview with Alexio Musindo, Director ILO CO-Addis Ababa about ProAgro Ethiopia Project
05 October 2022
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High-level meeting on the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions concludes with pledges of support and commitments for its implementation
03 October 2022
Heads of states and governments, foreign ministers, representatives from United Nations (UN) agencies, international financial institutions, and global employers’ and workers’ organizations met during the 77th UN General Assembly to pledge their support and commitment for the successful implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.
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Sida supports ILO’s work across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (2022-2025)
22 September 2022
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Workshops organised in Lomé to develop occupational minimum standards and promote skills partnerships on migration between Togo, Nigeria and Ghana
21 September 2022
Under the "SKILL-UP Program funded by Norway, constituents from Ghana, Nigeria and Togo are leading a pilot process for the harmonization of occupational standards as part of the effort to promote a skills partnership on migration in the region.
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Trade can generate more and better jobs in Southern Mediterranean countries
20 September 2022
An ILO report assesses the impact of trade growth and economic development of Southern Mediterranean countries on the quality of jobs in the region, with a particular focus on women and youth, and on SMEs in the region.
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Addressing capacity gaps of cooperatives towards creating decent jobs and profitability for its members
08 September 2022
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ILO supports first entrepreneurial steps and contributes to the creation of more than 120 new businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
01 September 2022
A consortium consisting of the German GIZ, UNDP and the ILO implemented a private sector development project, “EU4Business” in Bosnia and Herzegovina funded by the European Union and Germany. The ILO assisted start-ups as a means to job creation. The four-year project recently came to an end – it is time to take stock of what the ILO achieved.
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Malawi Youths empowered with dairy farming skills
01 September 2022
30 youths in Blantyre, Malawi have graduated at Mafe Skills Development Centre.
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ILO co-hosts TICAD 8 Side Event
22 August 2022
Human security and emergency jobs for peace and resilience/ Experiences through partnership between Japan and the ILO for the promotion of decent work agenda in the context of fragility
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Second meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan
17 August 2022
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Teaching and the teaching profession in a digital world- Zambia
22 July 2022
Zambian constituents of the International Labour Organization have adopted a roadmap towards a human-centred digital future in education.
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How to integrate employment into trade and investment policies?
21 July 2022
Launch of the METI Programme in Egypt and first meeting of the Policy Working Group (PWG)
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Improving the production and productivity of the poultry sector towards creating more and decent jobs in Ethiopia
14 July 2022
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ILO is set to rehabilitate roads in the Greater Sepik Region in Papua New Guinea under the EU-Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme
04 July 2022
ILO through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme creates employment opportunities for rural populations in the Sepik region by applying employment-intensive work methods in road maintenance works to improve the access of farming communities to markets.
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ILO presented at the 2022 Pacific Update
29 June 2022
The 2022 Pacific Update is co-hosted by the Development Policy Centre and the University of the South Pacific’s School of Accounting, Finance and Economics. The Pacific Update is the premier forum for discussion of economic, social, political, and environmental issues in the region.
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High-level Dialogue on the New Regional Framework on Climate Mobility concludes
24 June 2022
The regional dialogue was facilitated through the PCCMHS programme led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) alongside the International Labour Organization (ILO), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The joint-agency PCCMHS programme is funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security and the New Zealand Aid Programme.
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Launch of the METI programme and first meeting of the Policy Working Group in Jordan
21 June 2022
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ILO supports child labour e-learning programmes in Fijian schools
12 June 2022
A partnership of the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries and the Fiji Ministry of Employment, Productivity & Industrial Relations
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Qauia women benefit from ILO business training
07 June 2022
An initiative of ILO’s MAP16 child labour project.