• Setting standards for decent work

    Developing international labour standards at the ILO is a unique process involving governments, workers and employers from around the world working together. Find out more about the ILO’s mission to advance social justice and promote decent work in chapter 2 of our new multimedia, interactive Centenary website.
    We’ll be rolling out new chapters in the course of the next two months on ilo.org/100 as we celebrate our 100th anniversary.

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  • ILO past, present and future

    The ILO’s new multimedia, interactive Centenary website is now live! Click here to let us take you on a journey through the ILO’s past present and future – from its founding back in 1919, to major historical events, to the conventions and programmes that have affected all our lives.
    We’ll be rolling out new chapters in the course of the next two months on ilo.org/100 as we celebrate 100 years of advancing social justice and promoting decent work.

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  • The ILO Centenary – Why it matters to us all

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder marks the start of the ILO’s second Century of service to the world of work by recalling its first 100 years and pointing to the challenges that face us all in shaping the future of work we want.

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  • © ILO

    Responding to globalization: The Decent Work Agenda

    As the ILO turns 100, we look at some of the key events that shaped the organization’s story. The introduction of the Decent Work Agenda at the turn of the century was one such milestone.

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  • Working on the river of the White Lily

    During the 100 years of the ILO some extraordinary people have worked for the Organization. One of them was Peter Goullart who, during the 1950s helped develop co-operatives in several countries in Asia. He recounted his experiences in a book, ‘River of the White Lily’ published in 1965.

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  1. The ILO Centenary

  1. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    • Decent Work for Sustainable Development Resource Platform

News

  1. Green jobs: The key to sustainable development

    By making our work greener, we can build a better, more sustainable future for women and men around the world. The ILO defines green jobs as good for the environment, good for the economy and good.

Programmes and results

  1. ILO's flagship programmes

    The ILO has integrated many of its existing technical projects into five flagship programmes, designed to enhance the efficency and impact of its development cooperation with constituents on a global scale.

  2.

    Child Labour

    UK Government to support ILO in fighting child labour in South Asia

Cooperation

  1. Partnering for Development

    With over 50 years of experience in development cooperation, the ILO today has a bigger portfolio than ever with some 600 active programmes and projects in more than 100 countries.

  2. ILO, EU and OECD join forces for responsible supply chains

  3. ILO projects worldwide

    Discover the new ILO Development Cooperation Dashboard

Campaigns

  1. 50forFreedom

    Support the international treaty to end modern slavery

  2. Artworks

    Artists engagement programme

    Artworks brings together artists to raise awareness, promote fundamental rights and advocate for social change on world of work issues.

World of work trends

  1. Global Wage Report 2018/19: What lies behind gender pay gaps
  2. World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs
  3. World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 – Global snapshot
  4. World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2018
  5. World Social Protection Report 2017-19
  6. 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery and Child Labour

Resources for constituents

  1. ILO Centenary

  2. 334th Session of the Governing Body

  3. 107th Session of the International Labour Conference

  4. Upcoming sectoral tripartite meetings

  5. Programme of ILO meetings 2018-19

  1. Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

    Trade unions strategies to reach youth and vulnerable workers

  2. Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACTEMP)

    Our contribution to disaster prevention in Myanmar

Learn more

  1. Trainings and courses

    ILO Training Centre

    Global provider of training for the world of work

  2. ILO Helpdesk for business on international labour standards

  3. Skills for employment knowledge sharing platform

Multimedia library

Multimedia download platform   ¦  Apps

Director-General

  1. LO-Norway Conference

    The future depends on the conscious choices we make

Blog Work in Progress

  1. The ‘Beauty Premium’ and other forms of stereotyping are real, and they’re a workplace problem

Key messages

  1. InfoStory

    The ILO: Laying the foundations of social justice

World of Work magazine

  1. Special 2018 issue

    Violence at work

    This year’s edition of the World of Work magazine highlights the themes discussed by the ILO’s 107th International Labour Conference (ILC).