Feature articles

March 2005 

• Labour inspectors: Killings in 2004 highlight the need for new preventive measures
  18 March 2005 - The killing of two labour inspectors in France and three inspectors and their driver in Brazil in the line of duty last year drew media headlines. But according to the ILO, these two extreme examples are only the tip of the iceberg as far as problems facing labour inspection are concerned. ...
• 7th European Regional Meeting To survive means to succeed
  15 March 2005 - After the democratic changes in October 2000, the Serbian economy opened up to the world. As a consequence, many local companies were unable to compete with foreign companies and had to close down. In 2001, the ILO started a local economic development project in South West Serbia followed by a new, more comprehensive one in 2004 covering South East Serbia. ...
• 7th European Regional Meeting Apples and advocacy: the ILO boosts local capacity in Kazakhstan
  14 March 2005 - Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the agricultural infrastructure of Eastern European and Central Asian countries is slowly recovering from profound structural reforms. With the aim of creating new jobs and generating income for the local population, the ILO has launched a project to revitalize the local economy in Kazakhstan. ...
• 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest In Central and Eastern Europe, gender "mainstreaming" gathers force
  09 March 2005 - In Norway, parents receive 12 months maternity leave - with mothers permitted nine months and fathers three - and moves are now afoot to introduce quotas for women's participation in company boards. In Central and Eastern Europe however, benefits haven't progressed this far, but the awareness of the special problems facing women in the world of work is growing. ...
• 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest Ministers' meeting supports ILO report on globalization
  08 March 2005 - One of the key items discussed at the ILO's 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest was the 2004 report of the ILO's World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. ...
• 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest New Social Dialogue in Central and Eastern Europe
  08 March 2005 - Social dialogue in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) mainly takes place at the national tripartite level and to a lesser extent at other levels, including the enterprise one. Bipartite social dialogue at the sectoral level remains relatively underdeveloped – in contrast to practices in Western Europe. ...

February 2005 

• 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest Trade unions in Central and Eastern Europe confront challenges
  18 February 2005 - Throughout most of Europe, trade unions are struggling to meet the challenges posed by globalization. In the new EU Member States of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), as well as other countries in Eastern and Southeast Europe, these difficulties have been compounded by the economic and social costs of transition to systems of market democracy.
• 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest The impact of ageing on labour markets and pension reform
  17 February 2005 - Although the establishment of national pension schemes in the world's industrialized countries ranks among the great achievements of the twentieth century, and those schemes have proved effective in alleviating poverty among the elderly, adjustments are needed if current levels of well-being are to be maintained. ...
• 7th European Regional Meeting in Budapest Balancing flexibility, stability and security in European labour markets
  16 February 2005 - Policymakers all over Europe are facing the crucial challenge of regulating a rapidly evolving labour market in the context of the globalized economy. ...
• Seventh European Regional Meeting in Budapest Managing migration in Europe
  15 February 2005 - BUDAPEST - Migration has become a defining issue in almost all countries in Europe and Central Asia, and policymakers are looking for possible responses. The number of economically active migrants in the region is estimated to be 26.5 million, or about 4 per cent of the total workforce. ...