Projects

The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for South Asia and Country Office for India (DWT/CO-New Delhi) operates a wide range of programmes and projects in the sub-region focusing on relief and development challenges. Details of each programme and project can be found below.

2023

  1. EU-India Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration and Mobility - Phase II

    1 October 2023 - 31 October 2025

    The objective of the project is to support cooperation on migration and mobility and address challenges related to irregular migration within the EU-India migration corridor.

  2. Setting Adequate Wages (SAW)

    1 October 2022 - 30 September 2026

    The Setting of Adequate Wages (SAW) Project is a global project, funded by Netherlands, MOFA. It aims to enable decent living standards and household incomes for workers and their families while at the same time ensuring the sustainability of enterprises which create jobs for these workers.

  3. Skills Innovation Challenge Call in India: Upgrading informal apprenticeships through digital transformation

    3 July - 31 December 2023

    ILO, in partnership with UNICEF/YuWaah, calls for innovative solutions from not-for-profit organizations in India that support upgrading informal apprenticeships through digital transformation. Four winning organizations will receive financial support, technical guidance, and global visibility of their innovation in skills development. The deadline for application is extended until 3 September 2023 (24:00 Delhi time).

2022

  1. Building resilience for the future of work and the post COVID19: Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) Phase II

    1 December 2022 - 30 November 2025

    The project aims to contribute to the reduction of decent work deficits and gender inequalities in the informal economy and promote the transition to the formal economy in Nepal, India and Pakistan.

2021

  1. Safety + Health for All Workers in South Asia

    1 December 2020 - 31 December 2023

  2. Safety + Health for All Workers in South Asia: Nepal Component

    1 December 2020 - 31 December 2023

    The ILO/Japan project on “Safety + Health for All Workers in South Asia” is being implemented in the framework of the ILO’s Flagship programme “Safety + Health for All”. The project will contribute towards improving the safety and health of workers in plantation sector in South Asia (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka). This page describes the Nepal component under the project.

  3. Safety + Health for All Workers in South Asia: India Component

    23 December 2020 - 31 December 2023

    The ILO/Japan project on “Safety + Health for All Workers in South Asia” is being implemented in the framework of the ILO’s Flagship programme “Safety + Health for All”. The project will contribute towards improving the safety and health of workers in plantation sector in South Asia (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka). This page describes the India component under the project.

  4. Safety + Health for All Plantation Workers in South Asia: Sri Lanka Component

    1 December 2020 - 31 December 2024

    The ILO/Japan project on “Safety + Health for All Plantation Workers in South Asia” is being implemented in the framework of the ILO’s Flagship programme “Safety + Health for All”. The project will contribute towards improving the safety and health of workers in plantation sector in South Asia (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka). This page describes the Sri Lanka component under the project.

  5. Promoting green and decent jobs creation in the waste value chain sector in India (specifically bio-medical, plastic and chemical wastes)

    2 August 2021 - 31 December 2023

    Project aims at building national and just transition in municipal, solid and liquid waste management with focus on bio-medical, plastic and chemical which has seen rise due to COVID 19 pandemic.

  6. Expanding decent employment opportunities in the Care Economy in India

    1 August 2021 - 31 December 2023

    To realize gender equality and decent work for all, India needs to create more decent employment opportunities, improve the working conditions of workers in the care sector who are mostly women, and work towards promoting a better sharing of unpaid care responsibilities.