The Partnerships and Development Cooperation Department promotes Decent Work for all as a global goal by –

• developing and strengthening partnerships and relations with agencies of the multilateral system, the donor community and other external development actors
• contributing to active ILO involvement in multilateral system coordination and United Nations reform processes at all levels
• mobilizing extra-budgetary funding for technical cooperation and funds for the Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA), to complement and enhance action undertaken through the regular budget to fulfil the DWA
• developing ILO technical cooperation policy and coordinating, supporting and overseeing the management of extra-budgetary technical cooperation activities
• providing full and appropriate information services on the ILO’s technical cooperation programme and its financing, and on external relations.

• The Development Cooperation Branch (CODEV) is responsible for resource mobilization and technical cooperation activities.
• The External Relations and Partnerships Branch (EXREL) is responsible for partnerships and relations with other organizations, UN reform and the implementation of the Decent Work Toolkit project.
• PARDEV works closely with the ILO Office for the United Nations in New York (ILO-NY), which is responsible for liaison with the multilateral system in New York.