Features

2011

1. Article

   Towards a greener and fairer society

   01 November 2011

   Climate change means that resource scarcity and environmental degradation have become major, and urgent, challenges. In response, the ILO is promoting the concept of green jobs as a driving force towards a greener and fairer development path that can support economic and social development at a sustainable level. By Vincent Jagault, Senior Specialist in Environment and Decent Work, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

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   Article

   Public-private partnerships in Asia Pacific – the best of two systems

   26 August 2011

   Public-private partnerships are gaining increasing traction in international development cooperation and are being used more and more by the International Labour Organization (ILO). By Wolfgang Schiefer, Chief, Regional Partnerships, Resource Mobilization and UN Reform, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

3. Article

   Forging stronger partnerships for decent work in Asia-Pacific

   01 March 2011

   By Cristina Tiron and Wolfgang Schiefer, Regional Unit for Partnerships, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Assisted in part by the region’s faster recovery from the global economic crisis, Asia and the Pacific is seeing an increase in the number of middle-income countries. This enlarged group brings new opportunities to exchange knowledge and expertise and forge new partnerships - between agencies, institutions, governments - including South-South cooperation that can help realize decent work for all.