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Masterclass Series “The SKILLS Bridge”
Episode 7 - Revolutionizing Skill Development: India's Sector Skills Councils
The ILO in collaboration with The World Bank, UNESCO, and National Skill Development Corporation, India organises the next upcoming episode of the “SKILLS Bridge” Masterclass series. This session will delve into the crucial topic of sector skill councils (SSCs), exploring their role in bridging the gap between skills demand and supply and promoting innovation in the context of fast changing world of work. The Master Class will focus on exploring the success factors for SSCs and providing policy guidance for countries planning to establish or strengthen their SSCs.
Regional workshop
Strengthening apprenticeship systems in the informal economy in Africa to promote quality, innovation and transitions to formality
ILO- ITUC Africa
High level panel on Migrant workers' contribution to the development of the African continent
As part of the commemoration of International Migrant Day 2022, the ILO, in collaboration with ITUC-Africa, organises a High-Level Panel to emphasise migration's contribution to development and to empower migrant workers.
#EndChildLabour2021
Africa marked the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa and the Day of the African Child!
The African Union, ILO and UNICEF held a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, who discussed 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.
Launch of the Trade for Decent Work Project- Ghana
The Ghana project aims at improving the application of the ILO Fundamental Conventions as well as compliance with reporting obligations to the ILO supervisory bodies, in particular regarding child labour and the worst forms of child labour, in sectors with high incidence such as the cocoa sector, and related conventions contributing to decent work in those sectors and connected activities in the local and global value chains such as all services and transport.
ILO Green Week and Earth Day 2021
Africa regional launch of the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative and “the social dimension of the ecological transition” project
In the context of the ILO’s Green Week and this year’s Earth Day, the ILO and its tripartite constituents will host a regional launch of the Climate Action for Jobs Initiative. The event will also launch the social dimension of the ecological transition project on advancing climate action, a just transition, and decent work in Africa.
Ghana
Capacity Building on Skills Anticipation in the Tourism and Hospitality sector
The SKILL-Up Programme is supporting the national TVET system to better develop the skills needed in the country’s labour market.
High Level Meeting for Operationalization of Employment Impact Assessment in the Public Sector
STRENGTHEN Strategic Knowledge Sharing Seminar Ghana
Sub-Regional Tripartite Consultations for the Formulation of Skills Partnerships on Migration Western Africa and the Sahel
Skills partnerships can contribute to reaping migrants’ potential more effectively, being an innovative mechanism for maximising brain gain and sharing the benefits of migration for both origin and destination countries.
ECOWAS meeting of Experts' and Ministers in charge of Labour and Employment (ECOWAS Social Dialogue Forum)
In order to strengthen dialogue, coordination and collaboration among Member States in the labour and Employment fields within the region, the ECOWAS Commission institutionalized the ECOWAS Ministers in charge of Labour and Employment meeting in 2006. In the same vain, ECOWAS established a Tripartite Forum of Social Dialogue in 2011 by the adoption of the Supplementary Act A / SQ.1/7 / 07/10. One of the main objectives of the Forum is to prevent and resolve conflicts, to promote peace and social stability, and stimulate socio-economic development and integration at the national and regional levels.
SCORE HoCo Programme kicks off in Ghana
Under the ILO Project "Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) " , a programme focusing on the Hospitality sector in Ghana Hospitality Coaching (HoCo) has been designed to address sector deficits and tap into the huge opportunities that exist in the Ghanaian economy.
Forum on child labour and working conditions in small-scale mining
Inter-Regional Knowledge-Sharing Forum on Child Labour and Working Conditions in ASGM
The International Labour Organization's CARING Gold Mining Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, will host the first-ever Inter-Regional Knowledge-Sharing Forum to discuss issues on child labour and working conditions in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) on 28-30 May 2019.
Policy Working Group Meeting - Joint Briefing of Project Studies
Briefing Meeting on Cocoa Study with Selected Stakeholders in the Cocoa Sector
Policy Working Group Meeting to Review 2017 Activities
Event
Launch of How Immigrant Contribute to Ghana's Economy in Accra (ECLM project)
An event was held in Accra on 20 June 2018 to launch the report, <a target="" href="/global/topics/labour-migration/publications/WCMS_634506">How Immigrants Contribute to Ghana's Economy</a>. The report was produced in the context of the project "Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination" (ECLM). The agenda for this event can be downloaded below.
Strategic Policy Working Group Meeting
One-Day Study Visit to Export Companies in Agro-Processing Value Chain
Technical Training Workshop