Social security resources

March 2024

  1. EU-ILO join forces to strengthen Agroforestry Value Chains in Timor-Leste

    08 March 2024

    The European Union, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), facilitated a multi-stakeholder workshop on agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste, under the EU’s Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project.

  2. The paths to formalization in Cambodia

    05 March 2024

    This brief examines the context and challenges associated with formalizing enterprises and employment in Cambodia, and provides a range of policy options that can be included in an integrated strategy for formalization

February 2024

  1. E-Newsletters of the ILO CO-Jakarta: February 2024

    29 February 2024

  2. Robotics and breaking gender barriers in technology

    29 February 2024

    The changing world of work due to technological advances provided opportunity to two best friends in web development and robotic automation.

  3. Lao villagers register in social security

    29 February 2024

    Villagers on the Bolaven Plateau of Lao PDR can register in social security more easily, thanks to a mobile social security registration service piloted under the EU-funded SOLAR Project. A mobile team from the Lao Social Security Organisation visits villages, one at a time, to explain the national social security scheme to villagers, register interested persons, collect contributions and issue social security cards. The pilot will be expanded to other areas of Lao PDR in future.

  4. LSSO's mobile office visits Lao villages

    29 February 2024

    Lao Social Security Organisation piloted a mobile social security registration service in villages of the Bolaven Plateau, bringing social security services closer to rural people. The pilot received financial and technical support from ILO under the EU-funded SOLAR Project.

  5. Thailand Decent Work Country Programme 2023-27 (Leaflet)

    28 February 2024

    Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2023-27 sets out key areas for cooperation between ILO and its government, employer and worker constituents in Thailand.

  6. New Agroforestry Skills project launched to improve youth integration into Timor-Leste’s labour market

    28 February 2024

    The ILO and its social partners, with support from the European Union, promote skills development for youth and women in Agroforestry sector in Timor-Leste.

  7. Timor-Leste launches its Social Security Portal

    22 February 2024

    The Government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO, launches its Social Security Portal in three languages, providing easy access to information to all people of Timor-Leste.

  8. Understanding informality and expanding social security coverage in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

    18 February 2024

    The research report contains quantitative analysis of the labour force and enterprise landscape in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and results of field work in three sectors. We hope that the findings can be useful to make tailored, evidence-based strategies and legislation to expand social security coverage and aid formalization in the country.