Publications
The ILO publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies, relevant to the South Pacific Island Countries. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested from the ILO Library in Suva.
2019
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Employment and environmental sustainability in Papua New Guinea
18 November 2019
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of jobs; (iv) jobs in renewable energy; and (v) scoring on the Environmental Performance Index.
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Employment and environmental sustainability in the Pacific islands
18 November 2019
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of jobs; (iv) jobs in renewable energy; and (v) scoring on the Environmental Performance Index.
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Labour mobility in Pacific island countries
10 November 2019
At the ILO’s High Level Tripartite Forum on Climate Change and Decent Work in the Pacific Islands Countries in PNG on 24-26 July 2019, the current state, challenges and future strategies for Labour Mobility in the Pacific will be discussed. This Working Paper will serve as a starting point for discussion at the Forum on labour mobility.
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Web Application on Freedom of Association
02 November 2019
How to secure and promote freedom of association? This web application provides an overview of the principles on freedom of association and explains how ILO procedures and bodies can be best used to secure and promote freedom of association across the world.
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Fact Sheet: Enhancing protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region
01 November 2019
This factsheet is a programme brief on the project “Enhancing protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region” and is also known as the Pacific Climate Change, Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) programme.
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Strengthening capacities of employers'and workers' organizations on promotion of youth employment in disaster and conflict settings
21 October 2019
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Report: Developing a Joint Roadmap for Fiji as a Pathfinder Country to Achieve SDG Target 8.7
30 August 2019
National Strategic Planning Forum Draft Report - August 2019
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Workers’ Guide to Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation (No. 205)
28 August 2019
Through this Workers’ Guide, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) provides information and guidance on how trade unions can ensure the implementation of this new global tool to their advantage. It is intended to serve as a valuable reference to workers’ organizations on the provisions of Recommendation No. 205.
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Cook Islands Decent Work Country Programme 2019-2022
25 July 2019
The Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) is a policy framework designed to support and assist the Cook Islands Government in achieving its National Sustainable Development Plan 2016-2020
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Future of work for climate resilience in the Pacific islands
09 July 2019
This policy brief highlights how the Pacific Islands are at a crossroads where better jobs can be developed in response to climate change. It also outlines how the Pacific region could transform itself through job creation related to areas of climate change mitigation; if the local populations, especially younger people, are given the right skills and training.
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Digitalization and decent work: Implications for Pacific island countries
09 July 2019
This report identifies emerging trends of digitalization globally and their associated impact on businesses, workforce, particular older workers, women, and young workers. It also presents findings of interviews and surveys conducted with over 60 key stakeholders: senior representatives from government organizations, the education sector, employers’ associations, trade unions, and youth organizations across the eleven ILO Pacific Office member countries
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Samoa National Employment Policy 2016-2020 Labour Market Monitoring Report
02 June 2019
This report provides an updated statistical profile of the Samoa labour market for the purposes of monitoring economic and employment trends during the period covered by the SNEP. Based on analysis of recent macroeconomic data and results of the Samoa Labour Force Survey 2017.
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Papua New Guinea Decent Work Country Programme 2018-2022
01 February 2019
The Decent Work Country Programme 2018-2022 for Papua New Guinea serves as a framework to support the Government of PNG to achieve its National Development Strategy “Vision 2050”, its’ National Strategy for Responsible Sustainable Development, its’ Development Strategic Plan 2010-2030 and Medium-Term Development Plans, and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs).
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Samoa Decent Work Country Programme 2017-2020
01 February 2019
In the final review, Samoa's constituents prioritized the need for Samoa and ILO to place a greater emphasis on aligning the new DWCP with existing policies such as the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment 2015-2020.
2018
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ILO Pacific Newsletter - December 2018
07 December 2018
In this edition of the ILO Pacific Newsletter, you will find some accomplishments from our programmes/projects, updates on events and other highlights of ILO’s work in the Pacific from June to December 2018
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Recommendation No. 205 on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience: What Role for Trade Unions?
12 October 2018
This policy brief aims at assisting workers’ organisations in positioning themselves with regard to conflicts and disasters, in particular, with regard to the generation of employment and decent work for the purpose of prevention, recovery, peace, and resilience with respect to crisis situations arising from both conflicts and disasters.
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TC Gita - (Tonga) Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) report 2018
31 May 2018
The immediate objective of the Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) was to support food security and loss of income of the identified villages through a social protection lens.
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ILO Pacific Newsletter - May 2018
24 May 2018
In this edition of the ILO Pacific Newsletter, you will find some accomplishments from our programmes/projects, updates on events and other highlights of ILO’s work in the Pacific from January to May 2018
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The ILO MNE Declaration: What’s in it for Workers?
01 May 2018
The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) was negotiated and adopted by governments, employers and workers in 1977. It is the only ILO instrument that provides direct guidance on how companies can contribute to the realization of decent work for all and highlights the central role of freedom of association and collective bargaining as well as industrial relations and social dialogue.
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Implementing guidelines for a just transition in Asia and the Pacific: Lessons from the Philippines
02 April 2018
Lessons from pilot projects promoting just transition to greener economies in Asia-Pacific. These guidelines offer the ILO and its constituents a framework and practical tool to ensure that national and global efforts to tackle climate change and other environmental challenges also advance employment creation goals, social justice and fair transitions for workers, enterprises and communities on an equal footing.