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Press releases
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International Nurses’ Day: EU and ILO Manila promote decent work agenda for Filipino health professionals
06 May 2013
Thousands of Filipino health professionals migrate every year for work raising important questions related to the global shortage and inequitable distribution of health professionals in and between many countries.
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Asia leads world in domestic worker numbers but legal protection, working conditions lag
09 January 2013
More than 21 million people across Asia and the Pacific – 80 per cent of them women – are employed as domestic workers, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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ILO to launch global report on domestic workers
07 January 2013
A new report on the conditions of domestic workers worldwide will be launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 18:00 Manila Time (10:00 GMT).
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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).
Features articles
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PESO starter kit: Guide to understanding the Public Employment Service Office
28 January 2013
The Public Employment Service Office (PESO), is a non-free charging multi-service provider established and accredited pursuant to Republic Act 8759, otherwise know as the PESO Act of 1999.
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Labour market-responsive technical vocational skills training programme for the disadvantaged youth
28 January 2013
The labour market-responsive technical vocational skills training programme aims to increase access to decent work of young women and men.
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Entrepreneurship training programme for the disadvantaged youth
28 January 2013
The entrepreneurship training programme for the disadvantaged youth aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career option, a priority to address youth employment challenge.
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Capacity building programme on Local Economic Development to promote youth employment
28 January 2013
Existing policies and programmes on youth employment are implemented in a fragmented manner or have minimal impact on their target group.
Speeches
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Opening address at the training on promoting and applying international labour standards
22 April 2013
By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the training on promoting and applying international labour standards, Quezon City, Philippines, 22 April 2013
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Presentation on sustainable and inclusive growth at the PROTECT: Doing business amidst new threats VIII
18 April 2013
By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the PROTECT: Doing business amidst new threats VIII, Makati City, Philippines, 18 April 2013
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Opening address at the forum on peace in the context of indigenous peoples participation and consultation/advancing the promotion of the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
07 February 2013
By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the forum on peace in the context of indigenous peoples participation and consultation/advancing the promotion of the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), Quezon City, Philippines, 7 February 2013
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Opening address at the dissemination workshop on the results of the pilot provincial labor force survey
29 January 2013
By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the dissemination workshop on the results of the pilot provincial labor force survey, Makati City, Philippines, 29 January 2013