Labour market governance and working conditions resources

February 2023

  1. Quality Apprenticeship and Lifelong Learning in China – Phase 2

    01 February 2023

    The project provides capacity building on quality apprenticeship, skill anticipation and matching, and core skill development with focuses on social inclusion and the green transition. The project aims to promote workers’ employability, reduce job-skill mismatch in the labour market in China, and enhance international exchanges on apprenticeships and lifelong learning.

January 2023

  1. Timor-Leste Labour Force Survey 2021 - Final Report

    26 January 2023

    The Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2021 in Timor-Leste provides robust data to present a comprehensive picture of the Timor-Leste labour market. It analyses various labour market indicators and provides detailed information disaggregated by sex, age and region on the economic characteristics of the working-age population.

  2. The Pacific region statistical and labour community benefit from an ILO training on the latest international statistics standards

    23 January 2023

    The ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries in partnership with the International Training Centre (ITC), the ILO Department of Statistics and the ILO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific is conducting a Labour Market Statistics and Analysis Academy for the Pacific Island Countries.

December 2022

  1. Indonesia Business Forum 2022 showcases a decade of progress and challenges in Indonesia’s garment industry

    16 December 2022

    Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), highlights a collective effort undertaken by Indonesian garment industry to gain a significant improvement in compliance of labour laws and standards.

  2. Asia–Pacific Sectoral Labour Market Profile: Information technology and other information services

    06 December 2022

    This brief is published as a companion piece to the ILO Asia–Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work.

  3. Asia–Pacific Sectoral Labour Market Profile: Health and social work

    06 December 2022

    This brief is published as a companion piece to the ILO Asia–Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work.

  4. Asia–Pacific Sectoral Labour Market Profile: Agriculture

    06 December 2022

    This brief is published as a companion piece to the ILO Asia–Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work.

  5. Asia–Pacific Sectoral Labour Market Profile: Accommodation and food service activities

    06 December 2022

    This brief is published as a companion piece to the ILO Asia–Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work.

November 2022

  1. Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia: Project highlights (2019-22)

    30 November 2022

    Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia is a regional ILO-Sweden initiative launched in 2019. It aims to bring together knowledge and insight from across the garment sector in Asia, and leverage this for enhanced regional coordination and industry action to drive decent work and sustainability goals. Highlights from the final project workshop (22-23 November 2022).

  2. Jobs in Asia and the Pacific record modest recovery while future growth prospects remain challenging

    28 November 2022

    Region’s labour market yet to get back on pre-crisis track while clear need exists to drive decent work in sectors employing the majority of workers.