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Tripartite Regional Workshop to Validate Study & Roadmap

ECCAS Member States, Stakeholders Convene to Validate Study Findings and Roadmap for Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers in the Region

The Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP) is a collaborative initiative between the African Union Commission (AUC), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM). Adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State, the JLMP's strategy emphasizes intra-African labour migration and aligns with the First 2023 Ten Year Plan of the AU's Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is currently implementing projects to enhance rights-based governance for labour migration and mobility in Africa, ensuring gender-responsive regulations and protections for all migrant workers; increase availability and utilization of labour migration data & statistics by MSs and RECs for evidence-based policy-making; and support MS to establish systems that promote safe, secure, and equal working conditions for migrant workers in formal and informal sectors with access to social protection and skill recognition.

Social Partners from 39 African Countries Gather to Chart Course for the Future of Work in the continent

The International Labour Organization took part in the event in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on promotion of social dialogue on employment.

ILO partners with the African Union to spearhead transformative macroeconomic policy framework for employment generation in Africa

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the International Training Centre, Turin conducted a capacity development and planning workshop on pro-employment macroeconomic and sectoral policies for African Union (AU) member states. The training was in response to the widening decent work deficits and growing inequalities that threaten achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Africa.

International Labour Standards

Rwanda ratifies the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment

Convention No. 190 is the first international labour standard to address violence and harassment in the world of work.

International Labour Organization, Rwanda holds capacity building workshop on Unemployment Protection

The workshop equipped participants with a better understanding of what unemployment protection is and how it brings together unemployment benefits, ensuring income security and active labour market policies, as well as supporting laid off workers to get back into employment.

Promoting Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for African Migrant Workers

Fair recruitment, international labour standards (ILS), union-to-union agreements, and monitoring and reporting

Digital economy

ILO and Rwanda partner up to boost decent jobs for youth in the digital economy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) announces a new development cooperation project, designed to promote employment for Rwanda's youth.

STRENGTHEN2 participates in the 19th Regional Seminar in Kigali, Rwanda

Data science researchers from UK and Rwanda collaborate with the ILO to drive the global impact of financial education

An exciting collaboration between the University of Liverpool, The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda and the ILO aims to use the power of data analytics to increase the impact of the ILO Global Programme on Financial Education and to drive positive behavioural change amongst target groups in Africa and beyond.

Opportunities and challenges on Labour Migration: An Experience-Sharing Forum among East African Countries to be held in Zanzibar, Tanzania

ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme

Call for Participants: Youth Advisory Group on Digital Jobs

ILO conducts training of business formalization coaches to help young agri-entrepreneurs formalize their businesses

Business formalization training for young agripreneurs from Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda

#EndChildLabour2021

Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director for Africa at the event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

I commit the Office to work as one ILO to mainstream child labour issues into all relevant areas of work of the Abidjan Declaration implementation plan, in order to maximize our contribution to ending child labour in Africa. We will work closely with our tripartite Constituents to do so

#EndChildLabour2021

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based on the 2020 Global Estimates on Child Labour and related recommendations, which had been launched by the ILO and UNICEF on 10 June.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | RWANDA - “The project helped national policies to reduce poverty and create jobs”

An ILO-led programme helped the government and social partners to make sure job creation goes along with economic growth.

ILO and UNDP host youth and women economic empowerment training in Kigoma

The programme focuses on building the business literacy of 289 beneficiaries of which 85% are women.

Labour Administration

Rwanda ratifies the Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150)

ILO Head for Africa on official visit to Rwanda

ILO Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon aims to strengthen ILO-Rwanda cooperation during the International conference on youth employment which takes place in Kigali, Rwanda.