The ILO and the G20
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The ILO and the G20

  1. At the Cannes summit held on 3-4 November 2011, the G20 Leaders put a strong emphasis on growth and jobs within the G20 “Framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth”.

    G20 Leaders established a Task Force on Employment that will initially concentrate on youth employment and they also recognized the importance of investing in nationally-designed social protection floors.

    The G20 tasked several international organizations, including the ILO, the IMF, the OECD and the World Bank, to report to Finance Ministers on the global employment outlook and how the Framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth can contribute to job creation.

Labour ministerial meeting

  1. September 2011

  2. Statistical and policy notes

    In preparation for the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers meeting held in Paris, the ILO and the OECD produced a series of documents on labour market developments in G20 countries and on a range of policy measures taken in response to the crisis.

    1. Short-term employment and labour market outlook and key challenges in G20 countries
    2. Promoting policy coherence for Decent Work and full, productive employment
    3. Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization - "Bachelet" Report
    4. Towards national social protection floors
    5. Giving youth a better start

  3. G20 ministerial meeting conclusions

    Labour and Employment Ministers’ Communiqué

News

  1. U.N. Secretary General

    Ban Ki-moon calls on G-20 countries to lead sustainable and jobs-rich economic recovery
    3 November 2011

  2. Joint communiqué

    Chancellor Merkel and five heads of international organizations call for coordinated policy action to restore confidence and improve growth and employment prospects
    6 October 2011

  3. Press release

    ILO warns of major G20 labour market decline in 2012 and serious jobs shortfall by 2015
    26 September 2011

Background documents for previous G20 summits

  1. Seoul (November, 2010)

    1. ILO report: Weak employment recovery with persistent high unemployment and decent work deficits
    2. OECD, ILO, World Bank, WTO Joint report: Seizing the benefits of trade for employment and growth

  2. Toronto (June, 2010)

    1. ILO Report: Recovery and growth with decent work 

  3. Pittsburgh (September, 2009)

    1. ILO Report to the G20: Protecting people, promoting jobs: from crisis response to recovery and sustainable growth
    2. Report: Protecting people, promoting jobs: A Country Survey
    3. Pittsburgh G-20 Summit: Leaders' statement

  4. London (April, 2009)

    1. Report: The Financial and Economic Crisis: A Decent work response

Highlight

  1. Cannes, 3-4 November 2011

  2. Press release

    ILO welcomes G20 shift back to growth, jobs and social protection

Coverage from Cannes

BBC World Business Report reports from the G20 with Director General Juan Somavia

Statements

  1. B20-L20 joint statement

    Joint statement of the business organisations (B20) and the trade union organisations of the G20 countries (L20)
    4 November 2011

  2. From U.N. Secretary-General

    Remarks by the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to the 2011 Labour Summit (L20)
    3 November 2011

  3. Op-ed by Juan Somavia

    "The global jobs crisis: the G-20 must act now to avoid a lost decade"
    2 November 2011

  4. OECD-ILO Joint Statement

    "Employment and social protection should be at the centre stage of global policy discussions"
    26 September 2011

  5. ILO Director-General statement at the World Bank-IMF

     "Priority Number One: Tackling Massive Global Jobs Deficit"
    24 September 2011

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