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Development cooperation
Germany and the ILO: An overview of cooperation results
Germany has been a key partner to the organization’s development cooperation programme by, for example, initiating the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), providing guidance and funding critical to IPEC’s development and successes. This brochure illustrates the range of projects voluntarily financed by Germany, in such areas as youth employment, migrant workers, workers' organizations, social security, social finance, and HIV/AIDS, as well as international labour standards, sustainable enterprises, women's entrepreneurship, and infrastructure development.
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Development cooperation
The Netherlands and the ILO - Annual Policy Dialogue, March 2013
This report provides an overview of the current partnership between the Netherlands and the ILO. Between 2008 and 2012 the Netherlands provided over US$ 63 million in voluntary funding to the ILO’s development cooperation programme. This included more than US$ 38 million in fully unearmarked voluntary resources, making the Netherlands the largest contributor to the Regular Budget Supplementary Account, and over US$ 25 million in voluntary earmarked resources, together making the Netherlands the fifth largest governmental donor over this time-frame.
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Myanmar
New ILO technical cooperation programme
This tripartite-based programme addresses the reform agenda in Myanmar through a range of projects on building the institutions of democracy, updating labour law, finally eliminating forced labour, making the labour market efficient, and guaranteeing freedom of association.
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2013
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© Romeo Gacad / AFP 2013FAO and ILO urge countries to better protect children working in fisheries and aquaculture
27 June 2013
Many children are exposed to harsh and hazardous working conditions that harm their health and learning abilities.
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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.
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Brazil’s Contribution to the ILO’s South-South Cooperation Strategy - VII Annual Review Meeting, Geneva, 18 June 2013
20 June 2013
ILO South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) with Brazil has considerably up-scaled and is now effective in the four strategic objectives under the 2008 Declaration, as well as under the areas of critical importance. Brazil has been recognized as a prominent actor and model for ILO SSTC in the Programme and Budget for 2012-2013 and in the recently approved Programme and Budget for 2014-2015. Its role as a tripartite facilitator of SSTC with MERCOSUR, Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa (PALOP), and in the framework of the CPLP is also recognized in the ILO's Strategy for SSTC, adopted by the Governing Body in 22 March 2012.
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ILO-Japan sign ¥30,831,000 skills’ training initiative
14 June 2013
A collaboration between the Government of Japan and the International Labour Organization will strengthen a range of courses offered by the International Training Centre in Turin, Italy.
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The true potential of the social and solidarity economy
06 May 2013
Cooperatives and social enterprises can help expand decent work and job opportunities, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
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Eliminating seasonal child labour in Turkey
02 May 2013
The ILO teams up with European private industry to help prevent children from working in seasonal hazelnut harvesting in Turkey.
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United Nations System Private Sector Focal Points Meeting 2013: Strengthening Partnership Synergies for Local Impact
23 April 2013
Co-hosted by the International Labour Organization, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, United Nations Global Compact Office, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
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© Kilian Munch / ILO 2013ILO Director-General urges closer cooperation between IMF, EC and ILO
09 April 2013
The three international institutions need to work together to find solutions to the economic crisis in Europe, says Guy Ryder.
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© Leon Neal / AFP 2013EU-wide youth guarantees: ILO at the ready
04 April 2013
The ILO will cooperate with the European Commission in tackling the employment crisis facing young people, including through youth guarantee schemes.
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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.
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Sweden joins ILO efforts on women's employment in Turkey
07 March 2013
The ILO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) have signed a project cooperation agreement amounting to US$ 3.5 million to support women’s empowerment in Turkey, which is expected to contribute substantially to the goal of advancing gender equality in employment and providing decent employment opportunities for women.
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A strategic alliance for youth employment
22 February 2013
The ILO presents a technical cooperation portfolio that calls for the mobilization of resources and partnerships to tackle the youth employment crisis.
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Kuwait renews support for ILO programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
20 February 2013
H.E. Ambassador Dharar A.R. Razzooqi, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations in Geneva, presented a cheque for USD 500,000 to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, renewing its contribution to the ILO’s technical cooperation programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.