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ILO and public works ministry in Jordan sign agreement to expand formal employment programme for refugees and host community members.
19 December 2016
The agreement signed by the ILO and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Jordan aims to expand formal employment through employment-intensive public construction project in governorates most affected by the influx of Syrian refugees.
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ILO to train officials in Jordan on labour-intensive road surveying to boost employment among Syrian refugees and host communities
Field engineers from Jordan’s Ministry of Public Works and Housing will be trained by the ILO in labour-intensive road condition surveying as part of efforts to improve local infrastructure and increase formal employment among refugees and host communities.
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Global wage growth falls to its lowest level in four years
15 December 2016
Wage recovery in some developed economies – including the United States and Germany – was not sufficient to offset the decline in emerging and developing countries.
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ILO’s Asia Pacific labour conference agrees to enhance labour migration governance in the interrelated regions of Asia and the Arab States
15 December 2016
The meeting discussed issues affecting employment and the world of work in the Asia, Pacific and Arab States including labour migration.
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ILO’s Asia-Pacific labour conference calls for more efforts to achieve equitable economic growth with decent work
13 December 2016
The meeting discussed issues affecting employment and the world of work in the Asia, Pacific and Arab States.
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Globally millions of jobs are needed to ensure essential health care
09 December 2016
An estimated 50 million decent jobs are missing to address essential global health requirements, while much of the care in the health economy is done by 57 million unpaid family workers, says new ILO study.
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ILO and GCC Council of Ministers of Labour sign a Plan of Joint Activities
08 December 2016
Signing took place on the sidelines of the 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM), in a move towards more cooperation between the two sides.
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Asia labour conference opens with strong ILO Arab States participation
07 December 2016
ILO’s 16TH Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) opens in Bali, Indonesia, to set world-of-work agendas in Asia, Pacific and Arab States region for the next five years. Delegates elected Bahrain’s Minister of Labour and Social Development Jameel Humaidan as a Vice Chair.
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Indonesian Vice President opens ILO’s 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting
06 December 2016
Indonesia’s Vice President Mohammad Jusuf Kalla and International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder opened the ILO’s 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) in Bali, with a call for a greater emphasis on social justice in development.
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What kind of world do you want to live in?
06 December 2016
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development offers us a chance to transform the future of work so that it is inclusive, decent and equitable,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in an Op-ed published in Asia as hundreds of workers', employers’ and governments’ representatives gather at the 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting.