History

In 1919, Italy became a member of the ILO as a founding country (the ILO Constitution is part of the Peace treaties adopted by the Peace Conference in April 1919). The Rome office opened in 1920.

In 1933, the office moved to Villa Aldobrandini following an agreement between the Italian government, UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, to which the building is entrusted) and the ILO.

In 1937, Italy withdrew from the League of Nations and also left the ILO. It resumed being on the ILO in 1945. The presence of the Rome Office in Villa Aldobrandini was interrupted and then resumed after the war on the basis of a new agreement with UNIDROIT, under the patronage of the Italian government.

In 1964, the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin initiated its activities, in collaboration with the Italian Government and the municipality of Turin, in the area in which were held the centennial celebrations for the Unification of Italy.

In 1993, the Labour Ministry instituted a tripartite consulting committee to coordinate Italian participation in the activities of the ILO. Italy supports various ILO technical cooperation programmes, and from 1919 to the present day, Italy has ratified 111 ILO conventions.

The Directors of the Rome Office have been Angiolo Cabrini, Ugo Ruffolo (regent), Giovanni Gallone, Pier Paolo Fano, Francesco D’Attilia, Giuseppe Pennisi, Maurizio Sacconi and Claudio Lenoci.