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Cabo Verde
Cape Verde has been a member of the ILO since 1979. Today, the country recieves technical and support from the ILO through a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) focused on two main priorities: employment creation and social protection. Other initiatives facilitated by the ILO include support for SME development, promoting youth employment, enhancing vocational training, combatting child labour, and the creation of a national registry for social protection programs to aid cash transfer implementation.
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Latest news and stories

ILO Director-General’s visit to Cabo Verde: Renewed momentum for social justice and tripartite dialogue

News
Academy on Decent Work for Social Justice promotes the decent work agenda in Portuguese-speaking countries

Labour statistics

National labour market statistics for the last year from the ILOSTAT database
Projects and programmes
Child labour: PALOP Project
Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Lusophone Countries in Africa (PALOP) Project
Lusophone Project
Eliminating child labour in Lusophone countries Project

Development Cooperation Dashboard

The dashboard offers interactive visualisations of ILO development cooperation projects in Cabo Verde.
Events
ILO- ITUC Africa
High level panel on Migrant workers' contribution to the development of the African continent
Publications
Formalization of micro and small enterprises and their employees: Experiences from Cabo Verde
An integrated package of incentives and services to support the formalization process aimed at different categories of enterprises /...


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Contact
- Email : [email protected]
- Phone : +221-33 869 92 00
Address
Km 6, avenue Cheikh Anta Diop – stèle Mermoz
BP. 414 – CP. 18524 – Dakar
Dakar
Sénégal