ILO Innovation Day 2026 · 3 March 2026 · ILO Headquarters, Geneva
Interactive stands showcased innovative projects, tools, and initiatives from across the ILO. Visitors could explore the stands during breaks to discover what colleagues were building.
All Day (09:00 – 16:15)
International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)
The cutting edge of training and innovation
Visitors experienced the future of training through hands-on demos with holograms, virtual avatars, and AI-powered tools.
Morning (09:00 – 12:45)
Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
How ILO supports workers organizations
ACTRAV showed how it helps strengthen representation, build capacity, and promote workers’ rights through practical tools and resources.
International Social Security Association (ISSA)
ISSA Collaborative Innovation Hub
ISSA presented their Collaborative Innovation Hub helps social security institutions turn ideas into high-impact solutions.
Evaluation Office
Meet the i-eval AI assistant
Visitors met the i-eval AI Assistant, a smart tool that turns decades of evaluation evidence into clear, source-cited insights in seconds.
Human Resources Development (HRD)
Skills mapping project
This stand showed off the Skills Mapping project helps colleagues identify skills, grow careers, and build stronger teams across the ILO.
Afternoon (12:45 – 16:15)
Information and Technology Management (INFOTEC)
AI pilot initiatives across the ILO
INFOTEC showed how AI and digital innovation are being tested at the ILO through real, practical pilots.
Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP)
Innovation in social dialogue
We saw how innovation comes to life through the ILO’s tripartite mandate and social dialogue with employers’ organizations.
Research
International Labour Review
Visitors learned how the International Labour Review makes world-of-work research freely available worldwide, expanding access, equity, and policy impact.
Governance & Africa Regional Office
Learning from evidence the fun way
This stand explored innovative ways of working together to tackle our never-ending challenge: learning from evidence… and have fun doing it!