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• Guy Ryder: "ILO and EU have a shared responsibility of realizing decent work for all" For the 10th time in a row, and in the presence of the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, the ILO and the European Commission held their annual high-level meeting defining the focus of their cooperation for the next year. At this meeting, Guy Ryder honoured the historical partnership between both institutions and looked at the common challenges in the face of the global crisis. - ILO-Brussels, 6 December 2012

• ILO calls on Greece to bring its labour relations system back to fundamental rights In this year's November session, the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association – the supervisory body of the ILO that examines cases concerning employers' and trade unions' rights to organize, collective bargaining and social dialogue – examined an extensive deficit of social dialogue in austerity measures taken in Greece and highlighted the need for ILO assistance in the country. - ILO-Brussels, 15 November 2012

• International High-Level Conference on Decent Work On December 11-12 this year the Russian Federation, with the support of the International Labour Organization, will be holding the International High-level Conference on Decent Work. The main priority of any government – human well-being, the key to which is decent work – will be discussed at a global level. - Moscow, 12 November 2012

• First Action Plan on Youth Employment in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia A three-year action plan to promote more and better jobs for young people aged between15-29 was adopted by the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the 17th October, 2012. This is the country´s first action plan to tackle its youth jobs crisis. The plan has been developed with the technical assistance of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team in Budapest, in cooperation with the ILO International Training Center in Turin and in consultation with national trade unions and employers´ organizations. - ILO DWT/CO-Budapest, 27 October 2012

• Domestic workers in Europe falling through the loopholes Many domestic workers in Europe do not enjoy as much legal protection as other workers. ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers – which will come into force in a year´s time – offers a chance to improve the lives of the millions of people who work in this profession. - ILO Analysis, 24 October 2012

• ILO Director-General congratulates EU on Nobel Peace Prize On behalf of the ILO, Guy Ryder congratulated the European Union on its receipt of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on 12 October 2012. - ILO-Brussels, 15 October 2012