News and articles
2024
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ILO/China Partnership Programme
Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting held in Lao to Map Out Strategy for 2024
10 April 2024, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting held successfully in Lao PDR.
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Press release
Young people in Thailand’s Songkhla and Yala provinces struggling to enter the labour market
09 April 2024,
New ILO report shares insight into the current youth employment situation and the need for greater support for young people to find decent work.
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© ILO 2024
Press release
EU supports ILO and partners to empower community leaders to ensure safe migration of Filipino fishers
03 April 2024, Cebu, Philippines
Outreach effort leverages church network across the country to help convey the practical realities of work in fishing.
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News
Review highlights progress made and challenges facing Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s National Social Protection Strategy
02 April 2024,
Recommendations include ways to improve overall social protection coverage and the quality and efficacy of social welfare programmes.
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News
Lao Social Security Organisation officials improve their actuarial and modelling skills
02 April 2024,
Training helps key officials gain confidence in skills to financially manage national social security schemes.
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News
Bolaven Plateau communities embrace social security
02 April 2024,
A pilot initiative is bringing social protection services to farmers in rural areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
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News
Coffee and tea producers in southern Lao PDR gain taste of better working conditions
02 April 2024,
Through a number of initiatives, ILO is helping the Paksong Tea Cooperative enjoy better working conditions and labour rights.
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Press release
National dialogue promotes quality employment and decent work
31 March 2024,
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and the International Labour Organization convene national dialogue to engage stakeholders on key issues, with a call for actionable outcomes for quality employment and decent work.
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Press release
Indonesia launches its Road Map for Care Economy for a more Gender Equal World of Work
28 March 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Office in Indonesia supports the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection in the development of a Road Map on Care Economy for a Transformative, fair and Equal World of Work in Indonesia.
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Global Accelerator
Philippines joins the Global Accelerator aiming to expand jobs and social protection
27 March 2024, Manila, Philippines
To address challenges and channel investments, the Philippines becomes a pathfinder country of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, a joint high impact initiative of the United Nations to create decent work and extend social protection for sustainable development.