Press release

ILO and Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia launch a project to enhance disaster resilience in Kebribeyah and Jijiga town

27 May 2021

Addis Ababa; Ethiopia; 25 May – The International Labor Organization (ILO) together with the Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia organized an official launching workshop on the project to enhance disaster resilience through employment intensive water works, supported by the Government of Japan, in Jijiga town, Somali regional state, Ethiopia.

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Benefits and impact of the ERA-AF Project to rural agro-forestry communities in Timor-Leste

26 May 2021

The video documents benefits and impacts of the ERA Agro-Forestry (ERA-AF) Project to rural agro-forestry communities in Timor-Leste.

Our impact, their voices

Local communities benefiting from market linkages to agro-forestry areas in Timor-Leste

14 April 2021

The rural road project has benefited local communities, providing better access to markets, farms, public health, education and community services.

News

Improving access to water and healthcare in East Darfur and West Kordofan: Contractors training kicks off in Sudan

06 April 2021

On 21 March 2021, the ILO kicked off a three-week training course for local contractors from the East Darfur and West Kordofan States. The theoretical component of the training, held in Khartoum with a hybrid format of online and in-person lectures, aims to equip local contractors with labour-based and cost-effective construction techniques. These techniques have a significant capacity to absorb community workers in need of livelihood opportunities.

Press release

Japan and ILO to support environmental and socio-economic resilience of Sudan

31 March 2021

The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.9 million to the ILO’s dual response to recent flooding and the COVID-19 pandemic in Khartoum, Sudan.

Press release

Lanao del Sur launches biggest water system with ILO, Japan, MOLE

30 March 2021

A new water system built by community members under the ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project connects six villages in Lanao del Sur to provide clean and safe water, promote decent work and contribute to peacebuilding in the Bangsamoro region amid COVID-19.

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ILO addresses the Geneva Science-Policy Interface at the event on “Governing in the Age of Complexity: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics”

29 March 2021

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ILO highlights the role of employment in infrastructure development at the UN Environment Management Group meeting

23 March 2021

Press release

The Government of Japan partners with the ILO to support disaster resilience through waterworks restoration in Ethiopia

15 March 2021

The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.1 million to the ILO’s response to enhance disaster resilience through the employment-intensive restoration of waterworks in the city of Jijiga and among refugee-hosting communities of Kebribeyah in the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.

Employment creation

Iraq: Jobs and cultural heritage the focus of new ILO-EU-UNESCO collaboration

24 February 2021

With support from the European Union, the programme will use employment-intensive approaches to create decent jobs and upgrade skills and employment services for internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and host community members, while preserving and rehabilitating cultural heritage sites.