Slideshow

Exhibition “Making Decent Work a reality on the world stage”

02 November 2017

The ILO is hosting a new exhibition which cuts across the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing the world of work as it is. A world of challenges, progress and hope.

© J.C. Huayllapuma / CIFOR 2018

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous women’s voice and empowerment more important than ever to ensure a better future of work for all

08 August 2017

Ten years since the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted, the international community renews its commitment to promote the empowerment and voice of indigenous women.

Press release

ILO and Russian Federation discuss second phase of the project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy”

06 July 2017

ILO officials and senior representatives of the Ministries of Education and Science, Finance, Labour and Social Protection, Foreign Affairs, Employers and Workers’ organizations and other key stakeholders involved in Skills Development met in Moscow to discuss the second phase of the Project, which represents a continued response of the Russian Federation and the ILO to support the application of the G20 Training Strategy.

© Pradip Shakya / ILO 2018

Round table

Making trade more inclusive

28 February 2017

Didier REYNDERS, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto AZEVÊDO, Director-General of the WTO, and Guy RYDER, Director-General of the ILO, discussed ways to make trade more inclusive, including labour provisions in trade agreements. Guy Ryder underlined ILO's standpoint in his keynote address.

© IEMS HKUST 2018

Skills for the future

ILO, Russia renew cooperation on skills and G20 Training Strategy

18 January 2017

The project will strengthen regional and global knowledge-sharing on skills development as an effective means to support productivity, competitiveness and growth.

The Future of Work

'Social dialogue is vital to meeting the challenge of the future of work'

13 October 2016

ILO Director-General addresses a meeting on the future of work between the Italian government and employers' and workers' organizations at the country's parliament in Rome.

Joint statement

Employment Programmes and Peace: A joint statement on an analytical framework, emerging principles for action and next steps

26 September 2016

Joint statement presented by the ILO, PBSO, UNDP and the World Bank at a side event during the opening of the 71st session of the General Assembly.

Jobs for peace

ILO, PBSO, UNDP and the World Bank present joint statement to strengthen peacebuilding impact of employment programmes

26 September 2016

Slideshow

Progress on Sustainable Development Goals will depend on promotion of sustainable rural livelihoods

26 September 2016

Over 80 per cent of the poor in developing and emerging countries live in rural areas and nearly two-thirds of the working extreme poor are employed in agriculture.

Event

71st session of the UN General Assembly

13 - 26 September 2016