News
August 2016
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© Scott Wallace / World Bank 2024
World Employment and Social Outlook 2016: Trends for Youth
Global youth unemployment is on the rise again
24 August 2016
Ongoing ILO research shows that after a number of years of improvement, youth unemployment is set to rise in 2016 and young people are disproportionately affected by working poverty.
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Media advisory
ILO to publish World Employment and Social Outlook 2016: Trends for Youth
19 August 2016
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International Youth Day
Young entrepreneurs spread their wings in Katanga
12 August 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ILO’s PAEJK project offers young people in Katanga province a better chance for the future. Nearly 20,000 young people have benefited from apprenticeships, and professional and entrepreneurship training to support their integration into the workforce. (Closed Captions available)
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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
International Day on Indigenous Peoples 2016
08 August 2016
On the occasion of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2016, the ILO hosted a panel on the critical role of indigenous and tribal peoples as agents of change in both achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and combating climate change.
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Indigenous peoples
ILO Bureau for Employer’s Activities launches a report on Convention 169 and its implementation in four Latin American countries
04 August 2016
The study, from the employer’s point of view, looks at the regulation processes of prior consultation, its impact in investment projects in the four countries and the main difficulties uncovered. It also provides recommendations in order to allow progress in the Convention’s implementation.
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© A. Dow / ILO 2024
Fair recruitment
ILO launches a new project for fair recruitment in Philippines
03 August 2016
A new ILO initiative aims to protect workers travelling abroad from unfair and deceptive hiring practices.
July 2016
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Beijing meeting
ILO Director-General calls for labour market policies supporting both demand and recovery
22 July 2016
At a meeting hosted by the Chinese Prime Minister with the heads of several international organizations, Guy Ryder highlighted the need to boost labour incomes and household consumption.
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© Lydur Skulason 2024
UNCTAD 14
Policy coherence needed to turn trade into an engine for growth in Africa
19 July 2016
Trade and investment can be drivers of inclusive growth for sustainable development in Africa, says the ILO’s Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships, Gilbert Houngbo, at UNCTAD 14 in Nairobi but calls for more integrated policies to realize that potential.
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Trade and employment
Labour provisions in trade agreements don’t hurt business
18 July 2016
ILO report looks at how the increasing number of labour provisions in trade agreements are impacting the world of work.
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© Jiri Rezac / Climate Group 2024
News
How China is getting ready for the future of work
15 July 2016
Representatives from the Chinese government, the academia and enterprises discussed and agreed in-depth research is needed on the future of work in China and its effects on the well-being of people and sustainable growth.