Official account of the ILO CO for the Horn of Africa 🇪🇹 🇩🇯 🇸🇩 🇸🇸 & 🇸🇴: Promoting social justice & decent work. Country Director @KhumbulaILO
Ethiopia
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📢 Call for Individual National Consultant
The @ilo is seeking a consultant to develop a Training Module on Climate Responsive OSH for #Ethiopia’s leather, textile and garment sector.
🗓️ Deadline: 23 October 2026
🔗 Apply: ungm.org/Public/Notice/31811…
How can 🇪🇹'S leather, textile & garment sectors adapt to climate risks while protecting workers & staying competitive?
New @ilo & @JapanEthiopia backed research will examine 9 enterprise cases & practical adaptation options to support 🇪🇹’s NDC 3.0 & National Adaptation Plan.
Safer workplaces depend on strong inspection systems.
13–15 Oct, OSH inspectors & tripartite representatives from Somalia’s federal & state levels are strengthening their capacity to promote workplace safety standards across sectors.
Jointly organized by @SomaliaMolsa & @ilo
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Jobs grow when skills, enterprise support and market access connect.
This morning I met Sidama Development Association CEO Woineshet Mengesha and colleagues to reflect on our collaboration in agribusiness, poultry and SME skills, & explore opportunities to build on it.
Safe, rights-based labour mobility needs effective governance.
In Uganda, @ilo is supporting the #IGAD Free Movement Protocol with policy advice, technical support & capacity building aligned with labour standards.
Supported by @UEaDjibouti through FMPT🤝 @IGADsecretariat
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Today, I met Mrs. @museminaliR , @UNAIDSET Country Director & Representative to @_AfricanUnion & @ECA_OFFICIAL to discuss opportunities for collaboration between the @ilo & @UNAIDS on the World of Work, to advance workers’ health, well-being, gender equality & decent work in 🇪🇹.
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The African Union is convening #AfricaSkillsWeek26 to connect skills development with industry, innovation, employment, and value creation.
Under the theme “Skills for Resilient and Competitive African Industries: From Training to Value Creation,” #ASW2026 brings together governments, industry, youth, and development partners to advance practical solutions for Africa’s skills ecosystems.
African Union
Hosted in Harare, Zimbabwe, the 3rd edition will help drive implementation of the Continental TVET Strategy 2025–2034, CESA 2026–2035, and the AU Decade of Education.
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The mission provided an opportunity to engage directly with refugees, host communities and local institutions to better understand the impact of PROSPECTS-supported interventions and ensure that community voices continue to shape our collective efforts. 2/2
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Inclusion in motion
The @ilo joined PROSPECTS partners in 🇪🇹 @UNHCREthiopia, @UNICEFEthiopia, @NLinEthiopia, @DutchMFA & Somali Regional Government representatives on a two-day mission to the Somali Region on 7-8 October. The delegation visited Qoloji, Jigjiga & Kaberibeyah. 1/2
Green skills need to move from training room into workshops & careers. 🌱
After 4 days of @ILO training in Bahir Dar, TVT practitioners are taking forward practical actions to prepare learners for emerging jobs & support a just transition.
Full story: bit.ly/4zjlTOT
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Pleased to meet H.E. Yonis Ali Guedi, Djibouti’s Minister of Labour on the margins of the 2nd #DohaDialogue.
We discussed @ILO support on the Labour Code, National Employment Policy & Doha Dialogue initiatives.
Looking forward to strengthening our partnership for #DecentWork.
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From commitments to action. The second #DohaDialogue brought Africa and the Arab States together around fairer, safer and more sustainable labour mobility, from skills and fair recruitment to social protection and better data.
Find our more 👉 ilo.org/resource/news/ilo-ba…
Safe labour mobility, border governance & economic opportunity are closely connected.
In Mogadishu, @ilo joined @IGADsecretariat & @IomAcbc, for a training on Integrated Border Management, strengthening coordination, protection & labour migration governance.
🙏to @UEaDjibouti
Discussions also covered the role of border officials and appropriate referral mechanisms between immigration and labour authorities.
On the margins, the @ILO delegation attended the #EUSomalia Business Forum, connecting mobility, investment and decent work.
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📍 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 | 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 🇸🇴
#Day3 of the #IGAD @IOMACBC & @AddisIlo - supported training in Mogadishu explored a critical question: How can we strengthen border security while ensuring migration remains safe, orderly and protection-sensitive?
Key discussions focused on:
🔹 Migration & security linkages
🔹 Transnational organised crime, migrant smuggling & trafficking in persons
🔹 Practical case studies on irregular migration and border governance
🔹 Gender, health & protection in border operations
The day brought together security, coordination and protection—highlighting the vital role of border officials in responding to emerging risks while protecting people on the move.
#IGADMigration #IGADFreeMovement
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From commitment to action at the Second Doha Dialogue in Dar es Salaam 🇹🇿
Representatives from more than 48 countries came together in Dar es Salaam for the Second Doha Dialogue, bringing countries of origin and destination together around a shared agenda for fair and sustainable labour mobility between Africa and GCC+ countries.
ILO Deputy Regional Director for Africa Coffi Agossou joined colleagues from ILO Arab States, ILO Ethiopia and the ILO Country Office in Dar es Salaam in contributing to discussions on skills and labour-market pathways, fair recruitment, wage protection, access to justice and social protection.
The Dialogue provided an important space to move beyond commitments and focus on practical cooperation that can strengthen labour migration governance and better protect migrant workers across the Africa–Gulf corridor.
#DohaDialogue #LabourMigration #FairRecruitment #DecentWork #ILO #Tanzania
Women entrepreneurs in #Ethiopia turn green business learning through @ILO Global Skills Programme, into action.
♻️Waste could become a resource.
📈Better planning could strengthen businesses.
🌱Greener practices could open new opportunities.
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