Employment Policy Department (EMP/POLICY)

The Employment Policy Department (EMP/POLICY) leads ILO’s work on Employment Policy and Programme development and their articulation with national development frameworks including National Development Plans and Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS). The main objective is to advocate for the inclusion of employment as a central goal of national and global economic and social policy agendas and to support the design and implementation of appropriate strategies to achieve this goal.

The Department also leads ILO’s work on Employment-Intensive Investment approaches and on the Informal Economy, the latter through a cross-sectoral perspective.

In delivering on these objectives, the Department’s main means of action are policy advice to Governments, employers and workers organizations and their capacity-building. Policy advice is supported through research, review and dissemination of good practices, technical cooperation programmes and partnerships at national, regional and global levels. More >