ILO Budapest Newsletter 2011/1

- 100th ILO Annual Conference concludes with move toward new era of social justice

HELPING COUNTRIES RECOVER FROM CRISIS
- ILO’s policy recommendations to Bulgaria to accelerate a job-rich recovery
- First ILO-IMF cooperation to tackle the economic crisis started in Romania
- ILO, Croatia to create more and better jobs
- Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in South Eastern Europe
- Mainstreaming the ILO Global Jobs Pact into the Moldovan National Action Plan on Employent for 2011

PROMOTING EMPLOYMENT
- EU and ILO enhancing the fight against youth unemployment in Eastern Europe
- New EU -ILO programme to help Ukrainian and Moldovan migrant workers
- Youth in Kukes set to benefit from decent work opportunities following the signature of a Regional Employment Pact
- Over 2000 disadvanteged young people employed and trained – The Youth Employment Fund in Serbia
- Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations meets young people benefiting from work training programme in Tirana
- New ILO film: Working Together to Boost Youth Employment in Serbia
- Fight undeclared work in the Western Balkan and Moldova
- Agreement on undeclared work between Bulgaria, Greece and Romania
- Joint UNDP and ILO initiative in Ukraine: helping people with disabilities to find a job

IMPROVING WORKPLACE SAFETY
- Commemoration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Central and Eastern Europe

STRENGTHENING SOCIAL DIALOGUE
- Publications provide useful guidance for employers’ organizations and their members
- Collective bargaining is still weak in South Eastern Europe

EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
- New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2011
- EU and ILO have helped improve gender equality at work in Ukraine
- Best Employer of 2010 respecting Equal Opportunities in Ukraine