News and press releases
March 2014
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Japanese Government donates US$3 million to help Typhoon Haiyan victims
13 March 2014
The Japanese Government is to fund a US$3,000,000 project to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan rebuild their livelihoods.
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Power restoration in Mindanao worst typhoon-hit areas
11 March 2014
The Philippine government has committed to restore electricity in all Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) affected areas within 45 days. The ILO supports this by applying a labour intensive approach and engaging workers for power restoration of five affected communities.
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TESDA, ILO aid typhoon survivors with training and tools
06 March 2014
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the ILO signed a partnership agreement to help thousands of people affected by Haiyan through skills training, decent work and sustainable livelihoods.
February 2014
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ILO pursues its medium-term rebuilding strategy in Davao Oriental
28 February 2014
Workers who lost their livelihoods to Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) are now part of rebuilding efforts in Mindanao. The ILO has accelerated its medium-term interventions on sustainable livelihoods with the support of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Lessons from Japan's tsunami response to aid Philippines Typhoon Haiyan victims
19 February 2014
A high-level ILO delegation from the Philippines agreed during a visit to Japan that creating decent work opportunities will be the key to the long-term success of the response to Typhoon Haiyan.
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Rebuilding livelihoods after super typhoon Haiyan
05 February 2014
Three months after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit parts of the Philippines, the ILO response programme is expanding with the support of the Governments of Norway and Japan, the International Maritime Employers’ Council and other partners.
January 2014
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ILO: Sustainable livelihoods key for post-Haiyan recovery
07 January 2014
Building on years of experience, the ILO is helping survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan restore their livelihoods by supporting the government in providing emergency employment, skills training and enterprise development.
December 2013
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ILO: Emergency employment and livelihoods spell recovery
26 December 2013
Over 20,000 workers who lost their livelihoods to Typhoon Haiyan were hired under the emergency employment programme to help rebuild their communities within decent and safe working conditions. This approach has been used in countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste to help the vulnerable who suffer the most in crisis and disasters.
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ILO and private sector join hands to protect typhoon-affected workers
23 December 2013
The private sector helps ensure that people in Haiyan-affected areas do not fall victims again of work-related illnesses or accidents. Consuelo Foundation, Ace Hardware and SM Cares partner with ILO to provide much-needed emergency employment for thousands of families and to promote safety and health.
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ILO Assistant Director-General commends typhoon emergency employment work
13 December 2013
By the end of the year, 20,000 workers and their families will have benefited from the Emergency Employment Programmes run by the Department of Labor and Employment, with the support of the International Labour Organization. The ILO’s most senior official in Asia Pacific visited Tacloban and Basey, two typhoon-hit areas to look at progress and needs on-the-ground.
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ILO Assistant Director-General to visit typhoon areas
10 December 2013
Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, the ILO's Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, is to pay a visit to the Philippines to visit those affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), talk to workers taking part in emergency employment programmes and review efforts to rebuild the livelihoods of those affected.
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ILO supports DOLE's emergency employment programmes
09 December 2013
The ILO is giving technical expertise and financial support to the Department of Labor and Employment's emergency employment programmes for Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) victims.
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ILO: Invest in 100,000 people and change half a million lives
02 December 2013
Livelihoods are a priority need for the 2.4 million vulnerable workers affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The Philippine government, with ILO support, has put in place Emergency Employment Programmes to help disaster-stricken families to begin rebuilding their lives, and reviving the economy, through decent jobs.
November 2013
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ILO: Service sector severely affected by typhoon Haiyan
28 November 2013
Half of the workers affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan were working in the service sector, said the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Japan allocates US$500,000 to help typhoon Haiyan livelihood recovery
27 November 2013
The Government of Japan and the ILO have allocated US$500,000 to help support the post-Haiyan response in the Philippines. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has provided the funds under the ILO/Japan Fund for Building Social Safety Nets in Asia and the Pacific. The fund is to be used to support the recovery from natural disaster.
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ILO rallies partners to donate to livelihoods recovery in Philippines
19 November 2013
Following the loss of life and livelihoods in Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the ILO response is focused on emergency employment schemes to help rebuild communities and restore livelihoods through decent work.
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ILO says five million workers affected by Typhoon Haiyan
18 November 2013
Roughly a quarter of those employed in the affected areas have got their livelihoods destroyed or disrupted by Typhoon Haiyan. The ILO, along with UN sister agencies, supports the government, employers' and workers' organizations to help workers and their communities.
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Typhoon Haiyan: Emergency employment programme to help rebuild livelihoods
12 November 2013
The ILO is helping put in place emergency employment programmes as part of US$ 301 million relief appeal launched by the United Nations today.
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ILO supports victims of earthquake in the Philippines
04 November 2013
Thousands of workers were badly affected when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Central Visayas, Philippines in mid-October. Preliminary estimates of the International Labour Organization (ILO) show that 440,000 workers have been affected by the quake in Bohol.
October 2013
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VN gains Philippine experience in vocational education reform
30 October 2013
As Viet Nam is amending the Law on Vocational Education and Training, the ILO in Viet Nam organized a study tour for senior officials to see the Philippine models.