About the ILO
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is
the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice
and internationally recognized human and labour rights. Within the
UN system, the ILO has a unique tripartite
structure with workers and employers participating as equal
partners with governments in the work of its governing organs -
the International Labour
Conference and the Governing
Body.
Within the framework of its mandate,
the ILO engages in the following activities:
- formulation of international policies and programmes to promote
human rights at work, improve working and living conditions and
enhance employment opportunities;
- creation of international labour standards - backed by a unique
system to supervise their application - to serve as guidelines
for national authorities in putting these policies into action;
- an extensive programme of international technical cooperation
formulated and implemented in an active partnership with the constituents
(governments, employers, and workers), to help countries make
these policies effective in practice; and
- training, education, research and publishing activities to help
advance all these efforts.
The primary goal of the ILO today is to promote
opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive
work, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.
Decent work
is the converging focus of all its four strategic objectives at
the turn of the next century, these are to:
- promote and realize fundamental principles and rights at
work;
- create greater opportunities for women and men to secure
decent employment and income;
- enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection
for all; and
- strengthen tripartism and social dialogue.
Three broad policy areas deserve particular emphasis:
- mainstreaming development in all ILO activities;
- mainstreaming gender in all ILO activities;
- making enterprise a focus of ILO attention.
For more information, please go to http://www.ilo.org/public/english/overview/index.htm
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