Publications

May 2013

  1. Implementation of the Decent Work Agenda in West Africa:

    01 May 2013

  2. United Nations in Zimbabwe Newsletter Issue 7 May - August 2013

    01 May 2013

    The feature story in this seventh issue of the UN in Zimbabwe Newsletter highlights the just ended UN World Tourism General Assembly with focus on promoting tourism for sustainable development. The newsletter also covers efforts on food and nutrition security as well as Millennium Development Goals progress in Zimbabwe. The remaining articles highlight issues related to health, youth employment, rural development, gender, and migration.

April 2013

  1. Pretoria Newletter: April 2013

    15 April 2013

    In this newsletter we also cover the important area of green jobs. Finding a balance between the people dimension and the environmental dimension is becoming critical for enterprises to become self sustainable.

  2. Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East

    09 April 2013

    This study sheds light on the situation of trafficked adult workers in the Middle East, both women and men. It analyses the complex processes by which vulnerable migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labour in various types of work in the region, and the constraints that prevent them from leaving.

  3. Construction of low volume sealed roads

    01 April 2013

March 2013

  1. Capacity building of cocoa and agriculture extension officers and other key partners on child labour - Report

    31 March 2013

    The activity is to enhance the capacity of the extensions services in the provision of relevant support to farmers to improve cocoa and other agriculture production through effective Occupational Safety and Health measures, actions against child labour, especially with respect to hazardous work, including their active participation in the Ghana Child Labour Monitoring System (GCLMS).

  2. e-Nichito_Voices of Concern: A call to action!

    11 March 2013

    The youth employment challenge in Zambia, like any other African country remains a critical concern to be addressed.

  3. Measuring Decent Work in Zambia

    04 March 2013

    The Decent Work Country Profile at a glance

  4. ECOWAS Regional Action Plan for the elimination of Child Labour - Especially the worst forms (Second version - including Accra Simposium Declaration May 2013)

    01 March 2013

    The current ECOWAS Regional Action Plan for the Elimination of Child Labour aims at ensuring that children are shielded from activities that are detrimental to their physical, social or psychological well-being.

February 2013

  1. Pretoria Newsletter: February 2013

    15 February 2013

    The International Labour Conference, held in June 2012, adopted a new international labour standard which concerns national floors of social protection (referred to as Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)). This standard was adopted with the support of government, employer and worker delegates of the ILO's 185 Member States and is the culmination of a growing recognition, worldwide, of the role of social protection in promoting inclusive economic growth.

  2. The Gambia Labour Force Survey (GLFS 2012)

    01 February 2013

    The 2012 Labour Force Survey is geared towards providing labour market indicators to assist in policy and decision making at the macro and micro level. Indicators produced would also be helpful in monitoring the labour market, mainstreaming of employment in national development agenda such as the PAGE, Vision 2020 and international targets such as the MDGs.

January 2013

  1. Youth Employment Newsletter e-Nchito

    31 January 2013

    Youth Employment Newsletter e-Nchito Voice of Concern: A call to Action! Issue 2

  2. Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection

    09 January 2013

    This publication sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation.

  3. Bituminous Sealing of Low Volume Roads using Labour Based Methods: Training Manual

    01 January 2013

    ILO has supported the government in introducing the application of employment intensive approaches (EIA), developing planning and implementation tools, capacity building interventions and most recently the introduction of emerging entrepreneurs to partner the government in the delivery process.

  4. DECENT WORK PROGRAMME for Somaliland

    01 January 2013

    The Somaliland DWP is based on the premise that Decent Work is the opportunity for social protection is provided.

  5. LFS Report

    01 January 2013

    This survey was conducted against the background of an almost complete lack of timely, accurate, and relevant time series data on the labour force in Somaliland which could be used for policy making and human development planning. This is the first Labour Force Survey to be carried out in Somaliland within living memory

December 2012

  1. Quick Impact Employment Creation Project (QIECP) for Youth through Labour-based Public Works (QIECP) in Sierra Leone.

    26 December 2012

    In response to the post-conflict challenges of social and economic development in Sierra Leone, the Government developed PRS II, or the Agenda for Change (2008-2012), which focused on reducing the high level of unemployment among the youth through investment in employment creation.

  2. The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge

    20 December 2012

    This paper explores the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health issues, labour issues and regulatory frameworks, and links this growing global problem with the International Labour Organization’s current and future work.

  3. DWCP support to improving social dialogue and women’s entrepreneurship and workers' rights (Final Evaluation Summary)

    19 December 2012

    Projects MOZ/08/02/FLA and MOZ/09/01/FLA - Evaluation consultants: Francesca Romana Pastorelli & João de Azevedo

  4. Evaluation of the RBSA support towards achieving the 2010-11 Biennium CPOs on employment in Africa (Outcome 1-3) (RBSA Evaluation Summary)

    12 December 2012

    RBSA Funded Activity - Evaluation Consultant: Mr. Stanley Karuga