A female tailor smiles at the camera while she takes measurements of another woman's shoulders

Partnering for Development

Angelique Kahindo, a refugee and mother of 6, received support to learn tailoring and start her own business in Uganda. She is one of the 466 beneficiaries of PROSPECTS, a partnership to support forcibly displaced persons. © AVSI Foundation

Partnering with the ILO is an investment in social justice for all

Development cooperation builds bridges between the ILO’s standard-setting role and women and men everywhere. It supports the capacities of governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations so as to enable them to put in place effective policies for decent work. 

With over 50 years of experience in development cooperation on all continents and at all stages of development, the ILO today has a portfolio of some 770 programmes and projects achieving impact in more than 140 countries. In 2022-23 voluntary funding contributions reached an unprecedented US$ 965.1 million, demonstrating ILO partners’ recognition of the importance of social justice and decent work to address global challenges and bring positive changes to people’s lives.

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ILO Business case

ILO Business case

Making the case for funding partnerships with the ILO

News and articles

ILO and Singapore agree continuation of efforts to support decent work across ASEAN region
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Press release

ILO and Singapore agree continuation of efforts to support decent work across ASEAN region

EU, ILO, and UNICEF launch programme to address child labour in Sabah
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EU, ILO, and UNICEF launch programme to address child labour in Sabah

Partnering with the ILO

Partnering with the ILO

A conversation with partners and delegates on partnering with the ILO, at the occasion of the International labour Conference , 6 June 2024.

Our partners

Multi-stakeholders partnerships

The ILO is engaged in or associated with a wide range of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) at the global, regional, and national levels in almost all policy areas: Employment, Social Protection, Child and Forced Labour, Migration, Social Finance, Skills, Occupational Health and Safety, Just Transition, Gender and non-discrimination. 
Learn more how to join a multi-stakeholders partnerships.

Global Coalition for Social Justice
Global Coalition for Social Justice card

Global Coalition for Social Justice

Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions
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Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions

Showcasing ILO development cooperation programmes and projects

PROSPECTS

Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

PROSPECTS

Better Work

Decent work and competitiveness in the global garment industry

Better Work

Vision Zero Fund

A world with zero workplace deaths, accidents and diseases

Vision Zero Fund

Alliance 8.7

Ending forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour

Alliance 8.7

Crisis response: Appeals for partnerships

ILO Emergency Response for the Occupied Palestinian Territory
05 Nov 2023 AlMaghazi Destruction AshrafAmra Occupied Palestinian Territory

ILO Emergency Response for the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ILO support to Ukraine recovery
Reconstruction of a street in Kyiv

ILO support to Ukraine recovery

ILO response to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
ILO response to the earthquakes in Türkiye, delegation visited visited the tent camp at Bozoklu .

ILO response to the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria

Crisis situations: ILO response, approaches and updates
Syrian farm workers in Jordan

Crisis situations: ILO response, approaches and updates

Contact us

If you have funding questions, ideas for partnerships, or development projects, the ILO is interested in hearing from you. Contact us directly to partnerships@ilo.org

  • Photo of Peter​​ ​van Rooij​
    Peter​​ ​van Rooij​
    Director, Partnerships - vanrooij@ilo.org
  • Photo of Diana Maria Chavez Varela
    Diana Maria Chavez Varela
    Chief, UN, International Financial Institutions, Economic Organizations and Civil Society Branch (UNIFICS) - chavezvarela@ilo.org
  • Photo of Francesco d'Ovidio
    Francesco d'Ovidio
    Head, Development Partner Relations - dovidio@ilo.org
  • Photo of Anita Amorim
    Anita Amorim
    Head, Emerging and South-South Partnerships - amorim@ilo.org
  • Photo of Carlien van Empel
    Carlien van Empel
    Head, Development Cooperation and Management Support Unit (DCMU) - vanempel@ilo.org