News

September 2011

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   News

   Brazil launches unprecedented social dialogue process to promote employment and decent work

   27 September 2011

   Brazil has launched a series of conferences on job creation and decent work in an effort to promote social dialogue on a scale that is unprecedented anywhere in the world, said the ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Elizabeth Tinoco.

June 2011

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   I-News

   Singapore, First Asian country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   15 June 2011

   Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the full support of tripartite partners – the seafarer unions and the National Trades Union Congress, as well as the maritime industry and the Singapore National Employers Federation.

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   Press release

   UN Women and ILO join forces to promote women’s empowerment in the workplace

   13 June 2011

   The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Monday 13 June, on key issues including promoting gender equality, eliminating sex discrimination, protecting domestic workers, promoting social protection floors and combating gender-based violence at work.

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   I-News

   Youth leaders tell ILO they need “jobs”, but express optimism for the future

   10 June 2011

   Youth leaders from around the world told the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) they need “jobs”, but expressed optimism that their efforts would eventually result in employment, more equitable societies and decent work.

April 2011

1. News

   ILO presents Global Jobs Pact in Argentina

   08 April 2011

   At a tripartite meeting on the application in Argentina of the recommendations of the Global Jobs Pact, the ILO reported today that the urban unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean is back to its pre-crisis level of 7.3 per cent.

January 2011

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   I-News

   ILO and Cardiff University join forces to promote decent work and sector-specific standards and instruments

   14 January 2011

   The International Labour Organization and the Cardiff University, through its Cardiff Business School, have signed an agreement to collaborate in the promotion and advancement of the social and labour dimension in the industrial, services and maritime sectors.

June 2010

1. Decent Work

   Sultanate of Oman signs Decent Work Country Programme, the second Gulf country after the Kingdom of Bahrain

   15 June 2010

   The Decent Work Country Programme for the Sultanate of Oman was launched today at the 99th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva.

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   Call for nominations

   ILO Decent Work Research Prize 2010: Call for nominations

   02 June 2010

   The International Labour Organization calls for nominations for the 2010 "ILO Decent Work Research Prize" to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge on the ILO's central goal of decent work for all.

May 2010

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   News

   ILO Conference in Berlin, discuses ways out of the global employment crisis

   07 May 2010

   Economic and social policies to promote a job-rich recovery in different countries and their effectiveness were discussed at a conference held here by the ILO and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

March 2010

1. News

   ILO and FAO launch joint initiative to nurture peace, security and decent work in the Philippines: Government of Japan allocates 2.5 million USD for inter-agency programme

   04 March 2010

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will launch a new project to help fishers, farmers and workers in a Philippine province affected by conflict and natural disasters, in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).