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The Gambia has been a member of the ILO since 1995 and has currently ratified 8 of the ILO Fundamental Conventions. Today, the country receives ILO technical and financial assistance for the promotion of rights at work, to encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. ILO activities in the country are coordinated by the ILO Decent Work Team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Cabo Verde, the Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, based in Dakar.

 

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Encouraging formal entrepreneurship for decent employment: The impact of the PROMEFI project on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs
Women Day

Encouraging formal entrepreneurship for decent employment: The impact of the PROMEFI project on the empowerment of women entrepreneurs

Gambia moves towards business formalization

Business Formalization

Gambia moves towards business formalization

Projects and programmes

Support to Free Movement of persons and Migration in West Africa, Phase II (FMM West Africa II)

Support to Free Movement of persons and Migration in West Africa, Phase II (FMM West Africa II)

250 Gambian youth engaged in employment-intensive works to support key sectors of national economy

250 Gambian youth engaged in employment-intensive works to support key sectors of national economy

Events

High level panel on Migrant workers' contribution to the development of the African continent

ILO- ITUC Africa

High level panel on Migrant workers' contribution to the development of the African continent

Publications

Insights into ILO Formalize Your Business in Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia and Senegal

Insights into ILO Formalize Your Business in Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia and Senegal

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

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