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Latest on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

  1. Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

    UN: Decent and productive work critical to achieve sustainable development

    20 June 2013

    The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals concluded its fourth session on 19 June with a strong message on the need to consider the creation of decent and productive jobs as a core element of the future development framework.

  2. Post-2015 development agenda

    Ambitious employment goal needed in post-2015 development agenda

    19 June 2013

    High-level event in New York on Employment and Inclusive Growth says transition to decent jobs is central to the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

  3. Interview

    The role of trade unions in the Post 2015 development agenda

    03 June 2013

    The Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning, Ms. Amina Mohammed, aims to involve unions in the planning and implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda objectives. In this interview with the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), she expresses her views on the ILO decent work agenda and the role of international labour standards and social dialogue.

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    Post-2015 Development Agenda

    Why jobs and livelihoods matter

    20 May 2013

    With the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaching, Aurelio Parisotto, ILO Senior Economist, explains why jobs and livelihoods should be at the centre of a post-2015 development agenda.

  5. Event

    Trade Union Meeting of Experts on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

    29 April 2013

    In the year 2000, the United Nations adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the main development framework for the international system. A set of 8 goals were adopted and 2015 was earmarked as the target date for their attainment. As the target date for the achievement of the MDGs approaches, the UN has initiated discussions on the Post-2015 development compact which will replace the MDGs.

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    Online campaign

    1,000 minute social media rally for the Millennium Development Goals

    05 April 2013

    As April 5 marks 1,000 days until the 2015 target date to achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the global community will come together for a 1,000 minute rally across social media.

  7. Europe

    Balance between fiscal discipline and growth is needed, says European Parliament President

    22 March 2013

    The head of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, highlights common ground with the ILO on the need to move beyond austerity in the crisis response, on the importance of decent work and in the debate on the post-2015 development goals.

  8. News item

    Priorities for the global development agenda shaped by unprecedented public outreach effort

    21 March 2013

    The United Nations have presented the first findings from an unprecedented global conversation through which people from all over the world have been invited to help Member States shape the future development agenda that will build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after their target date at the end of 2015.

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    Press release

    The United Nations asks the public about the world they want

    15 March 2013

    The United Nations has teamed up with youth groups, private sector bodies and NGO partners all over the world to launch MY World, which is the United Nations Survey for a Better World. MY World asks people everywhere about the issues that make the most difference to their lives.

  10. Statement

    Human rights and the post-2015 agenda: The role of decent work

    01 March 2013

    Introductory remarks delivered by ILO's Director-General to the Human Rights Council at the High level Panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming held in Geneva, on 1 March 2013.

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