I-news

2006 

• ILO, employers' and workers' organizations strengthen joint action against HIV/AIDS in Africa
  21 December 2006 - The African Regional Organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU-AFRO) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) jointly organized a capacity-building meeting on HIV/AIDS for employers and workers in Kampala, Uganda on 12-14 December 2006.
• A new web portal against child labour launched in Brazil
  27 November 2006 - The Brazilian National Forum for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour presented at the National Confederation of Commerce HQ in Brasília, the new Child Labour Portal in the web (www.fnpeti.org.br) which brings, as breaking news, the latest IBOPE Opinion Polls on the worst forms of child labour in Brazil.
• Clôture de la Réunion des ministres du Travail du G8. Le nombre croissant de sans-emploi appelle une réponse mondiale, selon le Directeur général de l'OIT
  10 October 2006 - ""Aujourd'hui, nous faisons face à une crise de l'emploi mondiale qui appelle à une réponse mondiale", a déclaré le Directeur général de l'OIT Juan Somavia lors de la réunion des ministres du Travail et de l'Emploi du G8 à Moscou.
• International Labour Review: special issue on migration
  11 September 2006 - As world leaders gather in New York to discuss global migration, the ILO has just published a new series of in-depth articles about global migration for work.
• IFC and ILO team up to improve working conditions in global supply chains
  25 August 2006 - The International Finance Corporation, the private arm of the World Bank, and the International Labour Organization agreed on Monday, August 21, 2006, to collaborate in developing a global programme for better labour standards in global supply chains.
• ILO launches child labour web movie
  17 July 2006 - The International Labour Office (ILO) has launched a new Web movie (in 12 languages) featuring the plight of more than 200 million child labourers worldwide, but also signs of hope showing that the end of child labour is within our reach. The ILO is committed to helping countries lift all children out of the worst forms of child labour by 2016.
• International Microfinance Training opts for Turin (Italy) as world capital
  14 July 2006 - Over 260 international microfinance experts will meet in Turin (17 July - 4 August) for the 3-week programme "Boulder Microfinance Training", the most prestigious microfinance training event in the world, which has been hosted since the International Year of Microcredit 2005 by the International Training of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Turin, Italy.
• Europe takes steps to combat trafficking for forced labour
  27 June 2006 - Global alliance required to halt the trafficking of 2.4 million people worldwide.
• ILO to receive support in cash and kind for promotion of safety and health in the workplace
  Düsseldorf Trade Fair and Federal Association for Occupational Safety and Health will fund international conferences on safety and health at work
  15 June 2006 - Some 2.2 million people die each year through work-related accidents and diseases, according to ILO statistics. This figure alone illustrates the importance of improved safety and health conditions in the workplace.
• New ILO-Russia Programme of Cooperation defines priorities for 2006-2009
  06 June 2006 - The Russian tripartite delegation to the annual Conference of International Labour Organization and ILO Director-General Juan Somavia today signed a Programme of Cooperation between Russia and the ILO for the years 2006-2009.