Official account of the ILO CO for the Horn of Africa 🇪🇹 🇩🇯 🇸🇩 🇸🇸 & 🇸🇴: Promoting social justice & decent work. Country Director @KhumbulaILO
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🇪🇹 Stronger quality assurance for better vocational training!
Through its Global Skills Programme, the @ilo has delivered Core Skills training with Ethiopia’s Education & Training Authority to improve training quality & relevance.
🔗Read more: bit.ly/4iO3aV0
Social dialogue drives progress in 🇩🇯
After 5 days of consultations on the revised Labour Code, government, employers & workers have made progress towards a roadmap for validation & adoption.
Through @UEaDjibouti funding, the @ilo remains committed to supporting the reform.
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🌱Sustainability unlocks opportunities for Ethiopian businesses! 🇪🇹
🤝At #ESGLeadership2026 launch the @ilo & @CEEA are empowering enterprises to boost competitiveness, access markets and advance #DecentWork.
🔵Stronger businesses
🔵Better jobs
🔵A sustainable future!
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How can businesses across Africa better respect workers' rights?
🌍 Join the ILO's FREE online course on human rights due diligence, with a focus on social dialogue.
📅 30 Nov–11 Dec
Register by 29 Nov: itcilo.org/courses/mooc-huma…
ALT Promotional graphic for the ILO’s free online course, “Human Rights Due Diligence for Decent Work,” taking place from 30 November to 11 December 2026. The 2026 edition focuses on meaningful consultations and social dialogue. The course lasts two weeks (18 hours). The design features interlocking gears and gender symbols in turquoise, blue and purple. Logos of the ILO, Global Gateway, European Union and International Training Centre of the ILO appear at the bottom.
Justice must be within reach of every worker.
At an ongoing Africa-wide consultation, @UNHumanRights , @ilo , #ILAW & stakeholders are exploring practical ways to strengthen labour rights, access to remedies & protection for workers in the informal economy.
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🎙️ 11 DAYS TO GO!
From radio and television to print and digital platforms, the stories shaping our region deserve recognition.
Join us as we count down to the IGAD Media Awards 2026 and celebrate the people behind these powerful stories.
📝 Register NOW: mediaawards.igad.int/2026reg…
For more information, visit: mediaawards.igad.int/
🇺🇬 See you in Kampala on 19–20 November!
#IGADMediaAwards2026 #RisingWithIGAD #OneRegionOneFuture
🇩🇯 Djibouti is reviewing its Labour Code to strengthen workers’ rights, support job creation & help businesses grow.
With @ILO support, government, employers & workers are working towards a modern Labour Code aligned with international labour standards.
Thanks to @UEaDjibouti
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The leadership of @FAJafrica met with Mr Khumbula Ndaba, Director of the @ILO and Special Representative to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), to strengthen cooperation between the ILO and the Pan-African journalists’ movement.
The meeting explored shared priorities and practical ways to empower African journalists and strengthen their trade union organisations. The ILO and FAJ agreed to carry out a series of actions to deepen their partnership in support of journalists’ labour rights and decent work while strengthening journalists’ collective voice, visibility and representation across the continent.
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The @IloProspects & partners met in Gondar today to validate a Nature-Based Solutions study for Alemwach Refugee Settlement, Dabat 🇪🇹
🌱 Less flooding & erosion
👷🏽♀️ Green jobs for refugees & hosts
🤝 Local economy & social cohesion
Thanks to @DutchMFA
#GRF2023 #DecentWork
☕Better working conditions & productivity go hand in hand.
In Hawassa, the @ILO with 🇪🇺 @EUinEthiopia support is engaging, Ethiopia's coffee sector stakeholders to:
✅Strengthen labour standards
🌱Improve farm & cooperative management
🤝Advance collaboration & targeted support
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In Sudan, young refugees turned a community transport challenge into a growing business that helps people reach schools, health facilities & other essential services through support provided by the ILO's i-UPSHIFT programme under PROSPECTS.
Read the story: bit.ly/4sG2AwV
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In his interview with @poaenglish, @UNEthiopia Head @ozonnia discusses #Africa’s dev't challenges, jobs, governance, peacebuilding, youth opportunities, global inequalities, stronger African representation in global governance, & #UN support to #Ethiopia.
youtu.be/TU6kr0ikRyc
Safer borders, better labour mobility, stronger regional integration🌍
In🇺🇬,the @ilo FMPT-II funded by @UEaDjibouti 🇪🇺 joins @IGADsecretariat , @IOMatAU & the Government🇺🇬 to equip 40 border officers with skills to facilitate regular migration & protect migrant workers' rights.
🌡️Extreme heat is already costing #Ethiopia working time.
Rising workplace heat stress caused losses equivalent to over 1 m full-time jobs & $8 b in GDP, compared with the historical baseline.
Protecting workers cannot wait.
Read new @ilo report🔗bit.ly/4A0yV4f
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ILO’s support through PROSPECTS Partnership to Dabat TVET College, in 🇪🇹’s North Gondar zone, is helping refugees & host communities gain market-relevant skills while strengthening local training systems for long-term impact.
Thanks to @DutchMFA
More: bit.ly/4ssrJeB
👶Quality childcare benefits workers & businesses!
At Hilina Enriched Foods 🇪🇹, @ilo -supported childcare is making a difference.
🇳🇴Funded by @noradno , in partnership with @Pf_Change & @ethio_Industry
🎥👇 Read for more: bit.ly/4zfNQaF
@UNEthiopia @NorwayinAddis
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📍 Djibouti City, Djibouti 🇩🇯 | 26 October 2026
At #MigrationDay, @IGADHealthS and technical partner @AddisIlo presented progress under #FMPT_II and discussed key migration issues, including #FreeMovement, transhumance, labour migration, integrated border management and challenges along the #RedSeaRoute.
Closing the event, H.E. Ambassador @meigague called for stronger partnerships and coordinated action to advance regional migration governance.
He thanked the Government of #Djibouti, @UEaDjibouti, @GermanyinDJI, @AddisIlo, @DjiboutiIom and IGAD partners for their continued support.
#IGAD #IGADMigration #MigrationGovernance #RisingWithIGAD
📢 Call for proposals
The @IloProspects in 🇪🇹 invites eligible organizations with experience in youth employment, entrepreneurship development and community-based programming to submit their proposals.
🙏@NLinEthiopia
More: bit.ly/3WxtMSC
