News

• Beyond the MDGs: It’s all about jobs and livelihoods
• Jobs and livelihoods at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda
• Post-2015 Development Agenda survey and video go online
• Netherlands and ILO cooperate to eliminate child labour in agriculture
• Call for internship
• Post 2015 Turkey Website goes live
• Employment rights essential to economic recovery, says new ILO boss
• What future do you want?
• Newly appointed ILO Director Guy Ryder calls for urgent action on youth unemployment
• New Director General elected at ILO
• ILO’s training programmes for workers and employers in textile and clothing sector
• Report of the Pilot Research Project on Children Working in Artistic and Cultural Activities is shared with public
• Turkey’s National Youth Employment Action Plan was announced to public
• “Occupational Outlook in Turkey” was published and presented
• The first phase of the training programmes for workers and employers in textile and clothing sector has been finalized in 2011.
• Ms. Ümit Deniz Efendioğlu has been appointed as the new Director of ILO Ankara Office.
• A High-Level Brainstorming Conference was organized on 3 and 4 October 2011 in Geneva.
• Federal Chancellor of Germany and leaders from five international organizations call for coordinated policy action to restore confidence and improve growth and employment prospects.
• Director General of the ILO, Mr. Juan Somavia addressed European Parliament on 14 September 2011.
• 19th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work held in Istanbul
• Director of Social Protection Sector and Executive Director of the ILO, Mr. Assane Diop, came to Turkey for the 19th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
• "Handbook on Rights at Work" has been published
• Media Advisory on 19th Congress on Safety and Health at Work is announced
• The Domestic Workers Convention is adopted in the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2011
• Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General of the ILO, participated in the 4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries held in Turkey
• Antalya Province Labour Market Analysis has been completed
• ILO Ankara Office Director Ms. Gülay Aslantepe has retired
• The final conference held for the project on the “Impact Analysis of the Crisis Response and Lessons Learned for the Way Forwad"
• Panel Discussion entitled “Towards 2015 Targets – Eliminating Worst Forms of Child Labour in Turkey” was held in December 2010 in Ankara
• UN Joint Programme on Harnessing Sustainable Linkages for the SMEs In Turkey's Textile Sector
• The inception conference held for the project on the "Impact Analysis of the Crisis Response and Lessons Learned for the Way Forward"
• Women Employment project completed
• Memorandum of Understanding signed for Decent Work Country Priorities