What's new

  1. Decent work, care economy, and gender pay gap in Sri Lanka

    Closing the gender gap in the world of work

  2. Concept note

    Closing the gender gap in the world of work: Decent work, care economy, and gender pay gap in Sri Lanka

    Please see below the concept note in attachment

  3. Agenda

    Agenda: Closing the gender gap in the world of work

    Please see below the agenda in attachment

  4. Event

    Designing Sri Lanka’s unemployment insurance scheme - ILO facilitates tripartite validation workshop

  5. Project

    Promoting Advancement of Vulnerable Persons and Enterprises (PAVE) Project

    01 February 2024

    The PAVE project builds on the ILO’s project Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED+) Project, which was supported by the Government of Norway and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The LEED+ project successfully used market systems to promote sustainable improvements in livelihoods.

  6. Work based learning

    Shifting gears – Sri Lanka’s women crane operators

    25 January 2024

    Upeksha, Nimasha, Ruchini, and Nethmi are among the handful of women transfer crane operators in Sri Lanka's Colombo port. They are participants of ILO supported work-based training programme that's empowering women break stereotypes and take up careers in the largely male dominated maritime industry.

  7. Entrepreneurship

    5 booming industries for entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

    19 January 2024

    Capitalising on the right opportunity and the right time is key to succeeding as an entrepreneur. For youth looking to run their own business, here's a quick snapshot of 5 industries in Sri Lanka that have immense growth potential.

  8. Entrepreneurship

    Your burning questions on entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka answered by experts

    19 January 2024

    Being an aspiring youth entrepreneur can be daunting! Randhula de Silva - Founder and CEO of GoodLife X, and Dr Nirmal De Silva - Entrepreneur, Strategy Consultant and Associate Professor in Business, break down the A, B, Cs of starting your own business, and succeeding as a youth entrepreneur in Sri Lanka.

  9. Press release

    New Director for ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives appointed

    16 January 2024

    Ms Joni Simpson assumes duties on 15 January 2024.

  10. Publication

    Research study on effectiveness of implementation of sub policy and National Action Plan on Return and Reintegration - 2015

    21 December 2023

    This research study by the ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and Maldives commissioned at the request of the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment of Sri Lanka, focuses on the experience of Migrant Workers and their families through their return and reintegration journey back to Sri Lanka. It includes the experiences of migrant worker returnees during the COVID 19 pandemic, a time fought with many challenges in servicing returnees for both government and civil society organisations.