News

June 2009

1. 

   News

   ILO/Brazil Annual Review meeting launches new South-South cooperation programme in social security and combating child labour

   17 June 2009

   Government of Brazil signs new Programme with the ILO for the promotion of South-South cooperation in Latin America and Caribbean, African and Asian countries in the field of social protection.

February 2009

1. 

   Partnership

   ILO-IPEC, World Scout Movement extend cooperation to fight child labour

   12 February 2009

   Michele Jankanish, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and Luc Panissod, Acting Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to extend their cooperation in the fight against child labour for a further three years.

December 2008

1. 

   Technical cooperation

   ILO and Germany sign two supplementary agreements

   01 December 2008

   The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed two supplementary agreements to promote the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programmes and the Global Labour University in South Africa.

November 2008

1. 

   Publication

   ILO to launch new guide against child trafficking during III World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

   24 November 2008

   The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) will launch a new resource guide on child trafficking and sexual exploitation to coincide with the III World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro from 25 to 28 November.

December 2007

1. 

   News

   Brazil, ILO launch South-South cooperation against child labour

   14 December 2007

   The Brazilian Government and the International Labour Organization launch a major new initiative to promote specific South-South technical cooperation projects and activities that contribute effectively to the prevention and elimination of child labour, in accordance with the international obligations of each country.