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News
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Global Employment Trends 2012: World faces a 600 million jobs challenge
10 February 2012
On the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos and a week before the EU Summit on 30 January 2012 in Brussels, the International Labour Organization (ILO) publishes its annual flagship report on global employment: “Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis”.
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The social protection floor at the European Parliament
09 February 2012
In January 2012, the Green Group at the European Parliament (EP) organised a Conference Debate on Social Protection. ILO-Brussels presented the ILO’s initiatives on strengthening the coverage of social protection as a response to the financial, economic and social crisis.
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New Belgian ratifications of ILO Conventions
31 January 2012
The ILO-Brussels office welcomes the renewed ratification efforts by Belgium on up-to-date ILO Conventions, following a prolonged period of inactivity. Employers and workers in the Belgian National Labour Council insisted on the importance of ratifications as federal and regional laws and practices are in conformity with the ILO instruments and as Belgian constituents contribute actively to the ILO standard setting and application activities.
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Media Advisory: ILO to issue annual report on global employment trends and the jobs crisis
17 January 2012
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) against the background of a lingering jobs crisis and the prospects of a further deterioration of economic activity.
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The Netherlands ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
13 December 2011
The Netherlands becomes the sixth EU member state, after Spain, Bulgaria, Denmark, Latvia and Luxembourg to ratify the landmark convention.
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Belgium - ILO partnership on promoting and reinforcing social dialogue in the Maghreb
11 December 2011
The new Belgian Employment Minister Monica De Coninck, the ILO Office and tripartite delegations of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia launched on 8 December 2011 in Brussels a partnership on promoting and reinforcing social dialogue in Maghreb countries.
