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December 2019

  1. The Future of Full Employment

    The Symposium, to be held 12-13 December 2019, will focus on the fundamental question of full employment - its definition and relevance, its implications for inclusive and greener economic growth, the conditions leading to it and the role it plays in helping those who are at risk of being left behind.

November 2019

  1. The ILO and the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25

    The twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) organized by Chile, will be held in Madrid on 2-13 December 2019. The ILO will bring to the table the importance of the social and political drivers for a successful and rapid transition into more respectful economies, and will also be presenting the 'Climate Action for Jobs Initiative' an action plan resulted from the Climate Action Summit 2019.

  2. Formal salaried employment generation and transition to formality in developing countries: The case of Latin America

    The paper presented during the seminar analyzes the evolution of labour formality in Latin American countries. It evaluates the intensity and characteristics of this process, analyses the inflows to a formal salaried job and identifies the main drivers of this positive labour dynamics.

  3. Macroeconomics and Gender

    The seminar examined how macro-level economic policies can foster a more gender equitable and inclusive growth process in developing countries.

  4. Trade, Jobs and Peace

    The event is organized in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2019, which will take place from 4 to 8 November, in collaboration with WTO and Accessions - Trade for peace.

October 2019

  1. A joint EU-ILO project strengthens trade and sectoral policies for more and better decent jobs

    02 October 2019

September 2019

  1. Gender Equality, Decent Work and Infrastructure

    The seminar explored the experiences of the ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programmes in designing and implementing measures to ensure gender-responsiveness and discussed what works for promoting gender equality in and through infrastructure works.

July 2019

  1. Electronic Payroll in Peru

    12 July 2019

    The electronic payroll is an instrument that facilitates the registration of workers and, therefore, their formalization. It also contributes to improving the effectiveness of labour inspection interventions. Until 2019, Sunafil (National Superintendence of Labour Inspection) has been able to formalize 69.589 workers.

  2. Digital inspector (INDI) in Argentina

    12 July 2019

    INDI is a mobile application used to support the labour inspection process in Argentina. More than 200.000 workers have regularized their labour conditions thanks to the use of this technology.

  3. Accelerating progress under SDG8 and promoting full employment and decent work for all

    ILO Report Launch and Policy Discussion