Videos
2018
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What types of innovations are needed?
27 November 2018
Part of the video series entitled “Voices on apprenticeships: A skilled workforce for the future”.
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What role do apprenticeships play in the future of work?
27 November 2018
Part of the video series entitled “Voices on apprenticeships: A skilled workforce for the future”.
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GAIN Webinar 1: World Employment and Social Outlook (2018): Greening with Jobs
24 July 2018
This session presents the World Employment and Social Outlook 2018 report (WESO) , with a specific focus on the methodological toolkit used to undertake such economic scenario modelling exercises related to a just transition towards greener economies.
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17th Regional Seminar for Labour Based Practitioners
05 March 2018
The 17th Seminar of Labour-Based Practitioners was organized by the Government of Ethiopia in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on November 13 to 17, 2017 in Addis Ababa. The theme of the seminar was "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach”. The Seminar brought together 490 participants including policy makers, programme directors and practitioners from 27 countries across the world.
2017
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Training young people to fulfil real needs in the rural economy
04 September 2017
Deborah Greenfield, ILO Deputy Director-General, speaks about how training rural youth to become barefoot technicians has helped provide solutions to local challenges in maintaining rural works and in employment generation.
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A day in the life of Road Maintenance Workers
06 February 2017
Tulasi Pangini and Indra Bahadur Sunar, from Kaski, Pokhara are two beneficiaries of the World Bank/ILO road rehabilitation and maintenance project, which use labour-based approaches in the rural communities.
2016
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Promoting Decent Work opportunities for disabled people in Fiji
03 December 2016
This video describes some of the work the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries is doing in collaboration with the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) to assist disabled persons in Fiji. This initiative is part of the Pacific Enable Project
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Community Based Emergency Employment - Tropical Cyclone Winston recovery
01 August 2016
Enabling rural farmers and families to access social protection to reduce loss of income through Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE)
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A journey towards human security
01 July 2016
This movie demonstrates a journey by the insecure, unprotected and the most vulnerable populations who have endured devastating floods of 2010, rebuild their lives and attained their Human Security, through a One UN project implemented by ILO, FAO and UN WOMEN in 120 villages of rural Sindh.
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Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Canada
10 June 2016
Emily Norgang, Senior Researcher of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) shares her views about the challenges of Global Supply Chains in Canada and the possible ways to implement Decent Work in Global Supply Chains.
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Global Supply Chains: Lessons from the USA
09 June 2016
Cathy Feingold, International Director of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) shares her views about the challenges of Global Supply Chains in the United States and the possible ways to implement Decent Work in Global Supply Chains.
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Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Indonesia
06 June 2016
Eduard Parsaulian Marpaung, deputy-President of the Confederation of Indonesia Prosperity Trade Union (KSBSI) explains the challenges of Global Supply Chains in Indonesia.
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Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Bahrain
06 June 2016
Hasan Alhalwachi, General Secretary of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) explains the challenges of Global Supply Chains in Bahrain and how Trade Unions can implement decent work in global supply chains.
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Job creation and employment: The case of Jordan
06 June 2016
Haidar Touran, General Secretary of the General Federation of Jordan Trade Unions (GFJTU) explains the challenges of job creation and employment in Jordan.
2015
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Working poverty remains main concern for young people in Sub-Saharan Africa, says ILO
05 November 2015
Two in three young workers in Sub-Saharan Africa are living on less than US$2 a day, says Sara Elder, Chief Technical Advisor of the ILO's Work4Youth project. While attending The MasterCard Foundation's first "Young Africa Works Summit”, in Cape Town in October 2015, Sara Elder stressed the urgency to invest in policies directed to scale up infrastructure in rural areas and to boost the potential of the agricultural sector as the primary employer of youth in Africa.
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Release of Training Manuals for Barefoot Technicians (MGNREGA) and for Contractors & Field Engineers (PMGSY) and Impact Assessment Study of PMGSY Roads
27 October 2015
Training manuals for barefoot technicians (MGNREGA) and contractors & field engineers (PMGSY) as well as impact assessment study of PMGSY roads were launched at an event jointly organized by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, and the ILO at Vigyan Bhawan on 6 October 2015 during the visit of Ms. Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director-General (Policy), ILO, Geneva.
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Supporting recovery & reconstruction in the aftermath of cyclone Pam in Vanuatu
27 October 2015
Highlighting ILO’s programmes in response to cyclone Pam in Vanuatu – maximising local employment through Labour Based Technology (LBT) for road construction and maintenance
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Highlights of the Youth Employment Trends
14 October 2015
The global youth unemployment rate has dropped to 73.3 million in 2014, 3.3 million less than the crisis peak in 2009. Good news but still a long way to go according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015 report.
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A journey towards formalization
26 August 2015
This video shows a large number of people in Nepal work in informal business. Their contribution to the country's economy remains unseen and unmeasured. This affects not only the country's budget, but also hampers the economic planning and the country's development goals.
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Solomon Islands: Cash for work helps natural disaster recovery
22 July 2015
Climate change directly affects lives around the world, especially as extreme weather events become more common. In the Solomon Islands, villages were washed away when heavy torrential rains, caused two rivers to burst their banks. The ILO's Cash for Work program helps the government, and workers from those communities restore their villages and livelihoods.