News
June 2013
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The ILO‘s Approach of Entrepreneurship Development
26 June 2013
Presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director-General for Policy, ILO
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Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New developments and beyond
18 June 2013
This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment − including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008−09 are analysed for several European countries and other countries around the world.
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Launch of new Skills for Employment Knowledge Sharing Platform
18 June 2013
The new Skills for Employment Global Public-Private Knowledge Sharing Platform (Global KSP) shares the approaches and experiences that international organizations, governments, employers and workers have found effective in strengthening the links between education and training to productive and decent work.
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The Impact of Trade on Employment and Poverty Reduction, UNCTAD Trade and Development Commission
17 June 2013
Presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director-General for Policy, ILO
May 2013
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© Leon Neal / AFP 2013A forum for the voice of youth
24 May 2013
A new interactive on-line platform aims to engage young people and find solutions to the youth employment crisis.
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The Informal Economy and Decent Work: A Policy Resource Guide supporting transitions to formality
15 May 2013
This practical Policy Resource Guide is the first initiative to bring together a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating transition to formality.
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Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade, and Employment (ILO-UNCTAD)
14 May 2013
The edited volume “Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment” is the outcome of a technical cooperation project entitled “Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade and Employment” managed jointly by the European Commission and the International Labour Office (ILO) with funding from the European Union, and collaborative work between the ILO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The research findings in this volume emphasize the need to make agriculture (or re-establish it as) a high policy priority, particularly in the domains of development, trade, and employment.
April 2013
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Remarks at launch event of the European Business Campaign: “Skills for Jobs”
18 April 2013
by Mr José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director General for Policy, ILO at the session on “Reaching impact and scaling up”
March 2013
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Boosting economic dynamics and job growth: the potential of industrial policies
04 March 2013
The ILO and Friedrich Ebert Foundation organise a joint workshop to exchange experience between Government representatives from African, Asian and Latin American countries, international organisations and researchers on the role of industrial policies in accelerating the dynamics of productive transformation for job growth.