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A new FAO-ILO joint programme to promote youth employment in Nepal has been launched, in partnership with UN Peace Building Fund for Nepal. The programme “Jobs for peace: 12,500 youth employed and empowered through an integrated approach” will last two years for an amount of USD 2,656,000. The joint programme will...

FAO, ILO and IFAD are organizing a technical expert workshop on “Gaps, trends and current research in gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: differentiated pathways out of poverty”, which will be held in Rome from 31 March to 2 April 2009. The papers selected for the workshop are now being...

The Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook was launched on Wednesday 15th October to mark the first official observance of the International Day of Rural Women. This milestone publication, jointly produced by the World Bank, FAO and IFAD, represents the collective work of over 100 writers and reviewers. Capitalizing on the comparative strengths...

FAO, ILO and IFAD are pleased to announce the technical expert workshop on “Gaps, trends and current research in gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: differentiated pathways out of poverty”, which will be held in Rome from 31 March to 2 April 2009. It is increasingly recognized that rural...

5 July 2008: 14th UN International Day of Cooperatives "Confronting climate change through cooperative enterprise"   FAO and ILO with other members of the Committee for the promotion and advancement of cooperatives (COPAC) celebrate the 14th UN International Day of Cooperatives which this year focuses on climate change. Agricultural cooperatives in different parts of...

More than 3,000 government, worker and employer leaders are meeting in Geneva to discuss a wide range of issues including rural poverty reduction, the latest developments in labour rights and enhancing skills development. The Conference will also consider the strategic challenges faced in obtaining decent work, and will host a...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), will launch the joint website “Food, Agriculture & Decent Work” ( www.fao-ilo.org ) on the occasion of the International Labour Conference’s 97th Session, 28 May - 13 June 2008. “Food, Agriculture and Decent Work” is...

The upcoming High-Level Conference on World Food Security, to take place next week in Rome (3-5 June), offers a historic chance to re-launch the fight against hunger and poverty and boost agricultural production in developing countries, FAO said today. In a key policy document specially prepared for the Summit, FAO...

In a recent letter addressed to Jacques Diouf, Director General of the FAO, the Director General of ILO Juan Somavia highlighted the complementary priorities of the two organizations in promoting food security and expressed ILO’s interest in supporting recent efforts by FAO on the topic. The ILO’s Decent Work Agenda,...

Within the framework of a technical cooperation partnership in post-crisis response and recovery, ILO and FAO hold an event on Planning for Livelihood Recovery on Thursday 7th June 2007 at the Centre International des Conférences de Genève (CICG). This event forms part of a broader three-day conference launching the Global Platform for...