Employment services: News and events

January 2024

  1. Webinar

    Developing sustainable and inclusive employment policies and interventions for a Just Transition

    This event highlights the Green Employment Diagnostics guidelines, designed to support countries in understanding and responding to the opportunities and threats posed by climate and environmental change and formulating policy responses to promote just transition.

  2. Webinar

    Disability-inclusion in Public Employment Services (PES) in Asia Pacific

    This webinar will discuss the key findings of a research on disability-inclusion in public employment services (PES) in the Asia Pacific region, with a focus on case studies from China, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. The event will also review key aspects for PES to consider to advance disability-inclusion.

December 2023

  1. Case study on the ratification of Convention 181: ILO in Ethiopia

    How Conventions 88 and 181 help change the labour market dynamics in Ethiopia

    14 December 2023

  2. Case study on the ratification of Convention 181: ILO in Nigeria

    How ILO missions supported the ratification of C181 in Nigeria

    12 December 2023

  3. News

    ILO launches first global report on public employment services and active labour market policies for transitions

    11 December 2023

    Public employment services have a central role in responding to crises and fostering recovery to ensure efficient and well-functioning labour markets. This Q&A provides details from the first global report by the ILO on public employment services, shedding light on the latest developments and trends of employment services and active labour market policies.

November 2023

  1. COP28 in UAE

    G7 Green jobs and skills: Increasing international cooperation and investment for just transitions

    The panel discussion will involve leaders from G7 countries, partners countries and social partners to discuss progress on just transition and the importance of green jobs and skills strategies for achieving the SDGs.

  2. © ILO 2024

    Virtual launch event

    Virtual launch of the ILO report “Public employment services and active labour market policies for transitions: Responses to mega trends and crises”

    This online launch event presents the main finding of the ILO report “Public employment services and active labour market policies for transitions: Responses to mega trends and crises.”

  3. G7 knowledge exchange

    Road to COP28 UAE: G7 Driving Collective Action and Financing on Just Transitions and Green Jobs and Skills

    In the lead up to COP28, G7 countries, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and German cooperation (GIZ/BMZ), convened a virtual knowledge exchange on November 13 to present their international cooperation strategies and programmes related to just transitions and green jobs.

October 2023

  1. ILO in partnership with Government of France

    What strategic and organizational choices should Public Employment Services make in the face of new challenges in the labour market?

    This webinar is an opportunity to discover the results of an international benchmark study on employment services conducted by the Government of France and to discuss with representatives of several contributing countries their public employment models.

September 2023

  1. Case study on the ratification of Convention 181: Panama

    Panama’s private employment agencies: an indispensable partner for creating decent employment for national and migrant workers

    05 September 2023