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February 2013

  1. Press release

    Ireland and ILO host forum to encourage women entrepreneurs in developing countries

    15 February 2013

    Education and access to credit are critical to ensuring that women in the developing world can start small businesses, Ireland's Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello and Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said.

  2. Organizational structure

    Reform of ILO headquarters

    14 February 2013

  3. By Guy Ryder

    Jobs, social inclusion and growth should top EU agenda

    14 February 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discusses the priorities of the European Union in the context of his first official visit to Ireland, which holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.

  4. Event

    Inaugural Edward Phelan Lecture by Guy Ryder

    13 February 2013

    The National University of Ireland is organizing an Inaugural Edward Phelan Lecture. Guy Ryder will hold the lecture, describing the life and work of Edward Phelan, who was not only the fourth Director of the ILO in 1941, and Director General under its new constitution in 1946, but also the innovator of the ILO 'tripartite' formula.

  5. Event

    Eurofound Foundation Forum 2013

    13 February 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder will address the Eurofound Foundation Forum on 'Social and employment policies for a fair and competitive Europe' in Dublin, Ireland.

  6. Press release

    Switzerland strengthens its support to the ILO’s Better Work programme

    12 February 2013

    Signing of a cooperation agreement for 12.4 million Swiss francs allocated by Switzerland to the ILO’s Better Work programme for 2013-2016.

  7. Labour standards and employment

    Switzerland firms up commitment to employment and social rights

    11 February 2013

    Switzerland formalizes the ratification of the International Convention on employment policy and boosts its collaboration with the ILO in development cooperation.

  8. Press release

    ILO Director-General discusses development agenda with UN Secretary-General

    07 February 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his senior staff to discuss the role of the Decent Work Agenda in the post-2015 development framework.

  9. News item

    ILO Director-General to address Eurofound Foundation Forum

    04 February 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder will address the Eurofound Foundation Forum on "Social and employment policies for a fair and competitive Europe" in Dublin, Ireland. This Forum contributes to the EU Council Presidency held by Ireland from 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013.

January 2013

  1. Official visit

    ILO head in Latin America: More, but also better jobs are needed

    30 January 2013

    Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, highlighted the need to turn informal employment into decent jobs in the formal sector. He spoke during a Latin America visit that took him to Buenos Aires and Lima.

  2. Davos

    Jobs crisis is far from over, warns ILO chief

    25 January 2013

    Speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said that the dire jobs situation shows the crisis is far from over.

  3. The jobs crisis and beyond

    Comment: One idea the world has not tried

    24 January 2013

    Comment from Davos by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, published on AlJazeera.com.

  4. News item

    Italy ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

    22 January 2013

    Italy is the 4th ILO member State and the first EU member State to ratify this instrument which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

  5. Arab Spring

    ILO head hails signing of Tunisian social contract

    14 January 2013

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, witnessed the signing of a key social stability pact in Tunisia, which coincided with the two-year anniversary of the start of the Arab Spring.

  6. Youth employment

    ILO Chief: Less austerity, more investment needed to tackle youth jobs crisis

    11 January 2013

    Failing to act on the youth jobs crisis would sow the seeds of social unrest and destroy hopes for sustainable growth. That is a cost the world cannot afford, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said at a conference on youth employment in Budapest.

December 2012

  1. Press release

    ILO Director-General arrives in the Philippines, extends sympathies to typhoon survivors

    16 December 2012

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, arrives today in Manila for a two-day visit and extends his sympathies to those who lost their loved-ones a year ago in Washi (Sendong) and more recently by Typhoon Bopha (Pablo).

  2. Photo coverage

    ILO Director-General visits shrimp peeling facility in Samut Sakhon

    15 December 2012

    Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO visited PP Tam shrimp peeling facility in Samut Sakhon Province on 15 December 2012.

  3. Photo coverage

    ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder meets with the Governor of Samut Sakhon

    15 December 2012

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder met with the Governor of Samut Sakhon, Julapat Sangchan at the Provincial Hall on 15 December 2012. He received a briefing on activities undertaken to prevent the use of child labour and human trafficking. Representatives of the employers and workers were also present.

  4. Photo coverage

    ILO Director-General visits the Marine Gold Product company

    15 December 2012

    Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) visited the Marine Gold Product company in Samut Sakhon and met with workers, most of whom are migrants from Myanmar.

  5. Photo coverage

    ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder meets migrant workers

    15 December 2012

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder met migrant workers from Myanmar at a Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) of the ILO ‘s Tripartite Action to Protect Migrants from Labour Exploitation (the TRIANGLE project) in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand on 15 December 2012.

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