News

July 2019

  1. 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.

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

    ILO Report Launch and Policy Discussion

June 2019

  1. Observing the World Day against Child Labour in Suva, Fiji

    12 June 2019

    The ILO’s Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182) has achieved almost universal ratification by the ILO’s 187 member States, and the ratification rate of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) is not far behind.

  2. Macroeconomic policies, national employment strategies and employment promotion in development cooperation: Experience and lessons learnt – the results of two GIZ desk studies

May 2019

  1. The World Employment Programme: Past, present and future

    The event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of the World Employment Programme and its contributions to the work of the ILO, its members, and will reflect on the lessons learned from the past to influence present and future approaches.

  2. Transitioning to the formal economy through technology: The trends towards e-formality

    10 May 2019

  3. Youth Employment Project in Egypt Receives Teamwork Award

    06 May 2019

    “Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People – Tackling the Challenge Together” project receives “Teamwork” award in this years’ ILO recognition award competition

  4. Assessing the impact of structural reforms: The case of Portugal

April 2019

  1. Precision agriculture technologies for smallholder farmers of India: Potential impacts, affordability and policy perspectives

  2. Nominations now open for the Future Policy Award for exemplary policies that promote and support young people’s empowerment

    11 April 2019

    Global contest announced by the World Future Council, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), with the support of the Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Youth Policy Labs.