News

December 2009

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   Human Rights Day - 10 December 2009

   Human rights key for an economic recovery based on decent work, says ILO Director-General

   09 December 2009

   Respecting and promoting fundamental principles and rights at work and their related international labour standards can and must be part of integrated policy measures for an economic recovery that is based on the dignity of work, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia said in a statement issued for Human Rights Day on 10 December.

October 2009

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   Decent work

   ILO publishes pilot study on decent work in Austria

   19 October 2009

   The International Labour Office (ILO) today issued a country study on decent work in Austria, the first in a series that will systematically examine decent work in ILO member States.

December 2008

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   Technical cooperation

   ILO and Luxembourg sign long-term cooperation agreement

   04 December 2008

   The government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by its ministry in charge of development cooperation, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a long-term general framework agreement to promote the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and finance ILO projects and programmes in different countries.

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   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. News

   Nicaragua and the ILO sign Decent Work Country programme

   04 November 2008

   The signing of a Decent Work Programme with the ILO has provided new impetus for social dialogue between the Nicaraguan partners and efforts to create better decent work opportunities, for example, through improved compliance with labour standards. ILO Online reports from Managua.

September 2008

1. News

   ILO, ECLAC and UNDP launch report on decent work and human development in Brazil

   17 September 2008

   Brazil’s recent experience shows economic growth is necessary but not enough to promote human development, says a new report issued here last week by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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   Development and growth in Africa

   Monrovia Forum calls for strategic partnerships to make Decent Work “a reality in Africa”

   10 September 2008

   High-Level participants of the Monrovia international workshop today called for practical strategic partnerships between African countries, tripartite constituents, civil society organizations and development partners to make Decent Work a “reality in Africa”.

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   Decent Work Country Programme

   A commitment to Decent Work in Argentina

   01 September 2008

   Argentine government, representatives from employers’ and workers’ organizations, and the ILO have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a Decent Work Country Programme in Argentina for the period 2008-2011.

June 2008

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   News

   ILO and FAO launch a new joint website on "Food, Agriculture and Decent Work"

   06 June 2008

   The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched a new website designed to highlight the many areas in which they already work together and others in which they are contemplating joint activities.

April 2008

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   News

   UNCTAD XII: The opportunities and challenges of globalization

   18 April 2008

   In a statement to the Twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Accra, Ghana (21-25 April), the ILO calls on the international community to grasp the opportunities offered by globalization by creating an environment conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all. It focuses on the synergies between the work of UNCTAD and the ILO, with particular emphasis on building an international response to the risks of a marked slowdown in global growth following the financial turmoil sparked by the US financial situation and the sharp rise in food prices worldwide.