Partnerships

The ILO is working to develop analytical approaches and policy positions to mobilize the international community around the Decent Work agenda so as to influence policy positions that are crucial in making decent work viable and operational at the national level. To further promote the Decent Work agenda, the underlying concepts have to be translated into operational activities in such a way that ILO priorities are reflected in national and international development strategies, as well as in the operational agendas of other global development players and their constituents. This will help ensure the centrality of employment, fundamental rights at work, social protection and social dialogue in the development approaches adopted by the international community, and mobilize resources for this purpose.

The ILO is hence developing synergies with key players in the multilateral system. Efforts to find new methods of addressing problems have resulted in the ILO’s entering into a number of special partnerships. These bring together international institutions, civil society and private sector organizations, and national governments, in pursuit of common goals. The following examples are highlighted.