Video interviews

December 2010

1. 

   Labour Migrants and the Impact of the Economic Crisis, an interview with ILO's Gloria de Pascual

   17 December 2010

   ILO TV interviews Gloria de Pascual, Chief of the ILO International Migration Branch, about a new study issued by the ILO and OSCE. The report, "Strengthening Migration Governance" examines ways of strengthening migration governance through international cooperation to prevent the negative impacts of the economic and social crisis on migrant workers.

2. 

   Global Wage Report 2010/2011: An Interview with the ILO's Manuela Tomei

   15 December 2010

   With the launch of the ILO's Global Wage Report 2010/2011, ILO TV interviews Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL). Based on an analysis of wages in 115 countries, the report says the financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009. The increasing discrepancy between low-wage and high-wage earners has had a deleterious effect on consumption worldwide. The interview highlights how several national recovery schemes and measures have worked to buffer wage stagnation and avoid lay offs, thus hastening a sustainable economic recovery.

3. 

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addresses the Global Youth Employment Conference

   02 December 2010

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addressed the inaugural meeting of the Global Youth Employment Agenda in London hosted by CNBC and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. In a video-message he expressed concern over the crisis in youth employment worldwide and encouraged business to focus on investing in young people, as a way to invest in the future.

November 2010

1. 

   Social Protection: An Interview with the ILO's Michael Cichon

   16 November 2010

   With the launch of the ILO's World Social Security Report 2010, ILO TV interviews Michael Cichon, Director of the ILO Social Security Department. The report examines the current state of social security across the world and the positive impact that a social protection floor can have as a social and economic stabilizer, particularly in times of crisis. Michael Cichon argues that all countries can put some basic social protection measures in place. "We have a saying in the social security department: there is nobody too poor to share," he says.

October 2010

1. 

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlights the courage of the 33 Chilean miners

   13 October 2010

   With the rescue team still at work, ILO Director General Juan Somavia spoke with ILO TV and emphasized the strength and courage of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, their families and the Chilean people who together made possible what seemed so impossible.

2. 

   Michelle Bachelet Addresses the Second African Decent Work Symposium

   08 October 2010

   Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean President and current Head of UN Women addresses the Second African Decent Work Symposium, held in Yaoundé on 6-8 October 2010. She highlighted the importance of the role of social protection in national development and stressed how essential political will is in mobilizing the necesssary resources to reach the large part of the population currently excluded from social protection benefits.

3. 

   Vocational Training: An interview with Charles Fadel

   04 October 2010

   The ILO estimates that unemployment is up by more than 30 million worldwide since 2007. The number of unemployed youth increased by 8.5 million between 2008 and 2009, the largest year-on-year increase in at least ten years. Against this sombre economic background, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems worldwide are under pressure to deal with a host of employment and workplace challenges. ILO TV spoke with Mr Charles Fadel, employer representative, Cisco Systems, United States, about how TVET systems can respond to these challenges.

September 2010

1. 

   Interview with Raymond Torres, lead author of the World of Work report 2010

   24 September 2010

   ILO TV interviews Raymond Torres, Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies about the World of Work report 2010. The new report by the research arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO) says a long “labour market recession” is worsening the social outlook in many countries.

2. 

   Moving Forward with the Maritime Labour Convention

   24 September 2010

   The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 is expected to come into force in 2011 or early 2012. ILO TV interviews three members of the Preparatory Tripartite Maritime Labour Convention Committee: Dave Heindel of the Seafarers’ International Union of North America; Arthur Bowring of the Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association; and Haakon Storhaug, Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.

3. 

   The ILO and the Millennium Development Goals: An Interview with Alice Ouedraogo

   20 September 2010

   ILO TV interviews Alice Ouedraogo, Deputy Director of the ILO's Policy Integration Department about the International Labour Organization's efforts to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular the first MDG on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.