Employment intensive investment news
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17th Regional Seminar for Labour Based Practitioners
05 March 2018
The 17th Seminar of Labour-Based Practitioners was organized by the Government of Ethiopia in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on November 13 to 17, 2017 in Addis Ababa. The theme of the seminar was "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach”. The Seminar brought together 490 participants including policy makers, programme directors and practitioners from 27 countries across the world.
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News
Milestone attained with take-off of contractor training programme
29 January 2018
The ERA Agro-Forestry Project seeks at capacitating 40 contractors, together with central government and municipal officials to construct and supervise rural roads within agro-forestry areas.
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17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
ILO's closing remarks
19 December 2017
Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"
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17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
Keynote Speech by Director of ILO Country Office, Addis Ababa
19 December 2017
Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"
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17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
Opening remark by ILO Regional Director for Africa
19 December 2017
Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"
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17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
Ministers from 9 countries call for an employment-intensive approach to create jobs and ensure income security to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG)
19 December 2017
Ministers from some 8 African and 1 Asian countries at the 17th Regional Seminar for Labour Based Practitioners have called on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to support the formulation of employment-intensive investment strategies that support local capacity building initiatives, build vocational training capacity, and establish monitoring and evaluation systems.
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News
Agro-Forestry development is on the move
24 November 2017
The ERA Agro-Forestry project organized its Inception Workshop for presentation of the progress achieved during the first 5 months of implementation.
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17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
Participants Statement from the 17th Regional Labour-based Seminar
15 November 2017
Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"
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17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners
Ministerial Declaration from the 17th Regional Labour-based Seminar
15 November 2017
Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"
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Our impact, Their voices
‘Barefoot engineering’: How to boost rural development and local youth employment
20 September 2017
Shortage of engineers in rural areas has been affecting the quality and effective service delivery of the infrastructure works launched under MGNREGA in India. A training programme, set up by the Ministry of Rural Development with technical assistance of the ILO, addresses the skills gap while providing decent jobs to thousands of discouraged youth and promoting sustainable development in rural areas.