All ILO Newsroom content
July 2015
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Third International Conference on Financing for Development
Maximizing ILO's role in the new partnerships that must drive the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda
16 July 2015
Statement by ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas C. Chuma at the closing session of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
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Financing for Development Conference
Skills for Sustainable Development: Connecting Youth to Labour Market
16 July 2015
On the first-ever commemoration of World Youth Skills Day, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, Assistant-Director-General and Regional Director for Africa talks about how to provide skills that will enable young people to get productive employment in a changing world of work.
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Financing for Development
Investing in Youth & Ensuring Decent Jobs to Harness the Demographic Dividend
15 July 2015
Remarks by Mr Aeneas C. Chuma ILO Regional Director for Africa at a Side on Event Investing in Youth & Ensuring Decent Jobs to Harness the Demographic Dividend on the Occasion of the First-Ever World Youth Skills Day, during the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
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Third International Conference on Financing for Development
Ensuring policy coherence and an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development
14 July 2015
ILO Director-General speaking note for Round Table 2 UN Conference on Financing for Development.
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Financing for Development
Leveraging Migration, Remittances and Diaspora Contributions for Financing Sustainable Development
14 July 2015
Opening Remarks by Stephen Pursey, Director, ILO Multilateral Cooperation Department, at the GMG-OECD Side Event to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
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Labour regulation
Addressing the complex realities of post-crisis employment
14 July 2015
Several hundred experts meeting at the ILO Regulating for Decent Work Conference call for robust labour regulation to help deliver decent work and look to innovation to tackle unacceptable forms of work.
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Regulating for Decent Work
Photojournalist Ismail Ferdous talks about his exhibition on labour issues
10 July 2015
The ILO hosted an exhibition by Bangladeshi photojournalist Ismail Ferdous to highlight the issues raised during the conference Regulating for Decent Work from 8-10 July 2015. In this interview, the artist talks about his exhibition “So we Exist”, his covering of the Rana Plaza factory collapse and the role of the arts in raising the voice and visibility of workers in the shadows.
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Regulating for Decent Work
Stephanie Barrientos on global supply chains
10 July 2015
Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, discusses the role of the ILO and global alliances in improving working conditions in global supply chains.
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Regulating for Decent Work
James Heintz on the role of global institutions
10 July 2015
James Heintz, University of Massachusetts, argues that multilateral institutions are still relevant when it comes to regulating decent work but may have to adapt the way in which they work and cooperate.
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Regulating for Decent Work
Damian Grimshaw on the rise of precarious work
10 July 2015
Damian Grimshaw, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, discusses possible ways to overcome the concentration of precarious employment in specific sectors, including social dialogue between government and the social partners.