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April 2006 

• The end of child labour : within reach. Global report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2006 - Buy now
  Presents a global picture tracing child labour trends and outlines national progress and the policies that underpin it. Highlights the progress being made in reducing child labour around the world and examines ILO action on child labour since 2002. ...
• Promotional framework for occupational safety and health. Report 95 IV (2A) - Buy now
  Gives the replies, responses to specific questions and observations, received from governments, employers' and workers' organizations, concerning the proposed Convention and proposed Recommendation on the promotional framework for occupational safety and health.
• Value chain analysis for policy makers and practitioners - Buy now
  Written for policy-makers and practitioners, this guide aims to improve the ability of local enterprises to compete in the global economy and generate sustainable jobs and income for local people. Key insights of the value chain approach and its application to the participation of local enterprises in a global economy are presented and discussed. ...
• ILO activities in the Americas, 2003-2006. Report of the Director-General (Annex). Sixteenth American Regional Meeting, Brasilia, May 2000 - Buy now
  Summarizes the principal outcome of ILO work in the region. Includes listings of technical cooperation projects and of books, reports, CD-ROMs, videos, and CINTERFOR publications issued. The report, prepared for the ILO’s 16th American Regional Meeting in Brasilia, 2006, looks at the progress and outcomes of the ILO’s programmes in the region to date.
• Career guidance. A resource handbook for low- and middle-income countries - Buy now
  Career Guidance:A resource handbook for low-and middle-income countries" is an essential guide to developing effective career guidance systems, career information, organizing service delivery, staff development and improving governance and coordination...
• Application of International Labour Standards 2006 (II). Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities (as to 31 December 2005). International Labour Conference 95th Session, 2006. Report III (Part 2). - Buy now
• Social Dialogue and Poverty Reduction Strategies - Buy now
  This comprehensive volume provides a series of case studies drawing on the ILO's experience with national poverty reduction processes in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia and Tanzania. ...
• The Workplace: Gateway to universal access - [pdf 470 KB]
  The ILO combats HIV/ AIDS through a unique combination of standardsetting to establish a conducive legal-policy framework and practical action at the workplace – public and private, formal and informal. ...
• World of Work Magazine No. 56, April 2006 - [pdf 1738 KB]
  Full steam ahead! New maritime Convention makes labour history
• Introduction to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 - [pdf 142 KB]

March 2006 

• Social Dialogue in the Process of Structural Adjustment and Private Sector Participation in Ports. A Practical Guidance Manual - Buy now
  Describes, in Part One, the importance of social dialogue in the ports industry during periods of structural adjustment, illustrated by port reforms in a number of countries. Examines, in Part Two, the phases of planning, initiating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating.
• Social dialogue in the process of structural adjustment and private sector participation in ports. A practical guidance manual - Buy now
• Offshoring and the Internationalization of Employment. A Challenge for a Fair Globalization? - Buy now
  The book examines the trends in the internationalisation of employment, looks at losers and winners and proposes new policies of compensation.
• Decent work (E/F/S/G CD-ROM) - Buy now
• Philosophical and spiritual perspectives on decent work. Set (book + cd-rom) - Buy now
• Social dialogue and poverty reduction strategies - Buy now
  Analyses the different experiences of the role of social dialogue in planning and implementation the poverty reduction strategy policies. Focuses on the experiences of countries such as Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia and Tanzania. ...
• The employment relationship. Report 95 V (2A) - Buy now
  Compiles the replies of governments and of employers' and workers' organizations to a questionnaire on the employment relationship. Includes the ILO's evaluation in view of a proposed Recommendation.

February 2006 

• Application of international labour standards 2006 (I). Report of the Committee of Experts on the application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution). Report 95 III (Part 1A). - Buy now
• Report of the Committee of Experts on the application of Conventions and Recommendations (articles 19, 22 and 35 of the Constitution). Labour inspection. Report 95 III (Part 1B) - Buy now
  Based on reports from ILO member states, describes the situation with regard to national laws and practices in addition to the regional and international cooperation on labour inspection in the economic sectors covered by the instruments in question. Identifies and highlights the good practices observed as well as the difficulties that prevent or hinder the implementation of these instruments.
• Job and work analysis. Guidelines on identifying jobs for persons with disabilities - Buy now
  Provides advice to placement officers on how to find meaningful employment for people with disabilities. Highlights the process of job and work analysis.