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June 2012

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   ILC 2012

   Myanmar needs democracy-friendly development growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi

   14 June 2012

   Aung San Suu Kyi called for international aid and investment to promote economic progress in Myanmar and in particular focussed attention on the problem of youth unemployment. Highlighting the potential of her country both in terms of its natural and human resources, she noted, "it is not so much joblessness as hopelessness that threatens our future. The Nobel laureate made her landmark address to a packed Assembly Hall at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

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   Video coverage

   Myanmar welcomes lifting of restrictions on ILO technical cooperation and support announced at 2012 International Labour Conference in Geneva

   13 June 2012

   Stating they are "cautiously optimistic", the member states of the International Labour Organization have agreed to lift or suspend key restrictions on the ILO's work in Myanmar. Following a vote in the ILC plenary session in Geneva, the ILO agreed to lift restrictions which excluded the Government of Myanmar from receiving ILO technical cooperation and assistance. It also suspends for one year an ILO request of its members to review their relationships with Myanmar to ensure forced labour is not being used in those relationships. Under the agreement announced at the ILC, representatives of Myanmar can also now attend most ILO meetings, symposia and seminars.

March 2012

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   News

   ILO and Australian government strengthen technical cooperation with US$31 million Timor-Leste project

   29 March 2012

   The ILO and the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste have announced a new US$31 million project to significantly improve road transport in Timor-Leste.

March 2011

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   News item

   ILO Comments on UK Department for International Development Multilateral Aid Review

   02 March 2011

November 2009

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   Video

   ILO Technical Cooperation: Building the Capacity to Achieve Decent Work

   16 November 2009

   ILO TV reports from Liberia, Yemen, China and Argentina where technical cooperation programs are helping build the capacity to achieve Decent Work.

October 2009

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   Video

   Bringing Better Work to Haiti's Garment Industry

   07 October 2009

   Better Work, the unique partnership programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), organized the first-ever international buyers forum in Haiti recently as part of a new project that is expected to create jobs and promote sustainable development and responsible labour practices in the countrys garment industry. Speaking at the forum was Ros Harvey, ILO's Global Programme Manager for Better Work. At a separate event for international business leaders sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), former US President Bill Clinton, UN special envoy to Haiti discussed what the Better Work programme could bring to the Haitian garment industry.

December 2008

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   Technical Cooperation

   Technical Cooperation: Working Together to Make Decent Work a Reality

   18 December 2008

   ILO TV reports from Moldova, Liberia, Brazil and Cambodia where the International Labour Organization is working with government, employers and workers to help make decent work a reality.

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   Technical cooperation

   ILO and Luxembourg sign long-term cooperation agreement

   04 December 2008

   The government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by its ministry in charge of development cooperation, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a long-term general framework agreement to promote the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and finance ILO projects and programmes in different countries.

October 2008

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   Third Informal Donors’ Meeting, 16-17 October 2008

   ILO to strengthen technical cooperation programme with multi- and bilateral donors

   21 October 2008

   In an effort to help boost the technical cooperation programme and further harmonize the planning and implementation of its operational programme, the ILO met today with main external donors, governments and agencies.

July 2008

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   Video

   AREA: Fighting Unemployment in Argentina Through Local Economic Development

   11 July 2008

   In December 2001 Argentina was thrown into the worst financial crisis of its history. In response to the massive unemployment that ensued, the International Labour Organization, with funding from Italian Cooperation, is working with the Argentine government to adapt job training to meet the needs of emerging sectors, like Argentina’s tourism industry. (in Spanish)