News
September 2011
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Article
The banana agribusiness in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica: rich ground to create green jobs
16 September 2011
The ILO, through the Joint Program for strengthening the Banana value chain by Growing Inclusive Markets, invited a delegation of fifteen technicians and producers of bananas from the Dominican Republic to visit Costa Rica to learn about the experience of this country's banana sector in plastic recycling as well as environmental and labor practices.
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News
Tracking an unseen economy: Major gathering presents new study to help measure economic value of volunteering
15 September 2011
The high-level Global Volunteering Conference taking place in Budapest celebrates the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers, which called on governments to improve their measurement of volunteer work. Participants at sessions on Saturday 17 September will be introduced to the new Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Civil Society Studies supported by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
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Press release
World Congress calls for a renewed commitment to build a preventative safety and health culture
15 September 2011
The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – the largest gathering of health and safety experts in the history of the Congress – held its closing session on Thursday, concluding that decent work is safe work and calling for a renewed commitment to build and maintain a global culture of prevention.
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Press release
ILO’s Somavia says the real economy must take the driver’s seat in the global economy
14 September 2011
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Juan Somavia, said the time has come to “place the real economy in the driver’s seat of the global economy, with a financial system at its service”.
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Press release
XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to focus on building healthier and safer workplaces
12 September 2011
The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – the world’s largest gathering of health and safety experts – opened in Istanbul with the aim of strengthening global commitment to a culture of safety and health at work amid the ongoing challenges of global economic uncertainty.
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Press release
ILO and chocolate and cocoa industry forge new partnership to combat child labour in West Africa
12 September 2011
Eight companies in the chocolate and cocoa industry – ADM, Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Ferrero, The Hershey Company, Kraft Foods, Mars, Incorporated, and Nestlé – have pledged US $2 million to a new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the International Labour Office (ILO) to combat child labour in cocoa growing communities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
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Feature story
Questions and Answers on global trends and challenges on occupational safety and health
12 September 2011
The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to be held in Istanbul on 11-15 September provides a major forum to discuss the latest safety and health challenges in the world of work. ILO Online spoke with Seiji Machida, Director of the ILO’s Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork), about the Congress and the challenges ahead.
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News
Media Advisory: ILO Director-General Juan Somavia to address the European Parliament
07 September 2011
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News
African ministers call for ILO support to boost employment-intensive investments in infrastructure
07 September 2011
Ministers from some 13 African countries at the 14th Regional Seminar for Labour Based Practitioners have called on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to boost its cooperation with other international partners to support employment-intensive investments in infrastructure and other sectors.
August 2011
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Media Advisory
XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work: 11-15 September 2011
17 August 2011
Some 3,000 policy-makers, experts, industry and labour leaders from over 100 countries are to gather in Istanbul, Turkey, from 11-15 September for the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.