News and press releases

This is a list of official ILO press releases issued by the ILO Country Office for South Pacific Island Countries. The most recent release is at the top.

May 2016

  1. The Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) project and ILO staff assist cyclone victim

    26 May 2016

    The Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) project has provided wages and tools to support three villages in Tailevu to clear farm areas that were damaged by the recent cyclone and commence replanting. The immediate objective of the CBEE was to support food security and loss of income of the identified villages through a social protection lens.

April 2016

  1. Fiji Government, ILO launch employment opportunity For Nailega villagers

    25 April 2016

    The Fiji Government and International Labour Organization Office for Pacific Island Countries has launched a mini pilot project on community based emergency employment.

  2. Interview with Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) expert Ms Asha Kambon

    22 April 2016

    Ms Asha Kambon was the lead consultant for the ILO led Employment, Livelihoods & Social Protection (ELSP) assessment of the Fiji Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA). She is one of 3 developers of the PDNA methodology in the world. She speaks to ILO about her recent experience in Fiji and provided a technical insight into the methodology and principles.

  3. Improving capacities for employment, livelihoods and social protection assessments during disasters

    19 April 2016

    The ILO delivered a first time training in Fiji on Employment, Livelihoods & Social Protection (ELSP) assessment as part of its technical assistance to the government led Post Disaster Needs Assessment.

March 2016

  1. ILO supports Fiji government lead Post Disaster Needs Assessment

    21 March 2016

    ILO (SUVA) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) delivered a training on the Employment, Livelihoods and Social Protection sectors as part of its technical assistance to the government lead Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA).

  2. International labour standards training delivered to judges, lawyers and advocates in Fiji

    11 March 2016

    The International Training Centre of the ILO has delivered training sessions to legal professionals on International Labour Standards in Suva this week. The training sessions were delivered to lawyers and advocates, as well as members of the judiciary and was supported with funding from Australian Aid.

  3. Maximising employment and social protection outcomes in crisis response programmes

    04 March 2016

    Tropical Cyclone Winston

February 2016

  1. Kingdom of Tonga becomes 187th ILO member State

    25 February 2016

October 2015

  1. Career Counselling critical for informed career choices for youths

    20 October 2015

    A training course run by ILO to establish a group of local career counsellors who could train others and/or provide direct counselling to young people, who want to seek waged and self-employment in Solomon Islands

  2. A young entrepreneur making use of her abilities

    20 October 2015

    Solomon Islands young disabled persons entrepreneurship success story by Youth@work

  3. Building skills for senior Papua New Guinea OSH inspectors

    02 October 2015

    A training programme was developed in response to an assessment of current and future needs to implement legislative responsibilities and provide a platform for building the skills of the Inspectorate

  4. Implementation of the OSH Bill - Papua New Guinea

    02 October 2015

    The Department of Labour and Industrial Relations, with technical support from the Fiji Government has been developing an OSH Bill to substantially update the existing legal framework and provide for improved compliance with International Labour Standards.

September 2015

  1. Film highlighting climate change and migration launched

    30 September 2015

    “The Land Beyond the Horizon” captures the stories of Pacific islanders whose lands and livelihoods are threatened by climate change, as well as those who have had to relocate to other countries, and discusses the impacts on their lives, cultures, languages and traditions.

  2. Trade Union supports disenfranchised workers after Pam

    04 September 2015

    A programme is underway to build the institutional capacity of the Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions (VCTU) and support formal sector workers who lost jobs due to cyclone Pam.

August 2015

  1. New Package of Labour and Occupational Safety and Health Law Passed in Kiribati

    31 August 2015

    New labour legislation passed in Kiribati in August has significantly raised the profile of international labour standards and made major changes to the governance of labour relations in the country.

  2. Vanuatu Trade Unions: Building Back Better

    19 August 2015

    Members of the Vanuatu Council of Trade Unions (VCTU) participated in workshop facilitated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and funded by the Government of Japan, through the Social Safety Net Project.

  3. ILO partner to advance youth employment through green jobs in green works

    17 August 2015

    A partnership between the International Labour Organization and the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment Samoa has officially commenced work on exploring youth employment opportunities within the climate change and environment sector.

  4. Promoting decent work for older out-of-school children in or at risk of child labour

    06 August 2015

    The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries in conjunction with the International Training Centre for the ILO (ITC-ILO) conducted a Sub-Regional Skills and Livelihood Training for Older Out-Of-School Children in Child Labour or At Risk in the Pacific from the 27th to 31st July, 2015 in Nadi Fiji.

June 2015

  1. ILO Pacific Office and UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office Celebrate Anniversary of the Adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention

    16 June 2015

    Today marks the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and Recommendation No. 201. These new standards, adopted in June 2011, are a strong recognition of the economic and social value of domestic work and a call for action to address the existing exclusions of domestic workers from labour and social protection.

  2. Cook Islands become 186th ILO member State

    12 June 2015