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What began as a crisis in finance markets has rapidly become a global jobs crisis. Unemployment is rising. The number of working poor is increasing. Businesses are going under. Concern is growing over the balance, fairness and sustainability of the sort of globalization we have had in the run up to the financial crash. The International Labour Organization, representing actors of the real economy, that is governments, working together with representatives of employers and workers organizations, is playing its role within the UN and multilateral system to support its constituents as they seek to weather the crisis, prepare for recovery and shape a new fair globalization. The Decent Work Agenda provides the policy framework to confront the crisis. |
Overview:
• Highlights • International Labour Conference, 98th Session, Geneva, June, 2009 • Documents • Events • Statements • Press Releases • Audio and Video Resources
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International Labour Conference, 98th Session, Geneva, June 2009
Reports:
ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis - 15-17 June 2009
- ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis - 15-17 June 2009, International Labour Organisation (ILO), 15 June 2009
Also available in • Français • Español
See also: ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis (press release), International Labour Organisation (ILO), 12 June 2009
Also available in • Français • Español
- Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact (pdf 117 KB), ILO.
Also available in • Français (pdf 143 KB) • Español (pdf 86 KB)
- Statements (Statements are often delivered in the language of the speaker or in English), International Labour Organisation (ILO), 15 June 2009
Some of the statements are also available in • Français • Español
- Questions and answers on the global jobs crisis - Interview with Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO International Institute for Labour Studies, International Labour Organisation (ILO), 12 June 2009
Also available in • Français • Español
International Labour Conference: Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses -- Thematic dialogues
Report
Session 10 - Shaping a fair, inclusive and sustainable globalization - 8 June 2009
- Wrap-up points 10 - Fair, inclusive, sustainable globalisation (pdf 19 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 10 - Shaping a fair, inclusive and sustainable globalization (pdf 22 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Shaping a Fair, Inclusive Sustainable Globalization (pdf 159 KB), Charles Gore, Special coordinator for Cross-Sectoral Issues, Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries Special Programmes, UNCTAD
Session 9 - Social protection - 8 June 2009
- Draft wrap-up points 9 - Social protection (pdf 47 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 9 - Social protection (pdf 22 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Social protection: Lessons from economic theory and international experience (pdf 138.7 KB), Nicholas Barr, London School of Economics
- Social Health Protection (pdf 614 KB), David B Evans, Director, Health Systems Financing, World Health Organization (WHO)
- Improving social protection through better social risk management (pdf 352 KB), Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development, World Bank
- The global economic crisis and the future of social protection (pdf 434.4 KB), Jomo Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Session 8 - Policy packages: Wages and working conditions - 6 June 2009
Session 7 - General Discussion - 5 June 2009
- Wrap-up points 7 - Labour market policies to support jobs recovery (pdf 38 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 7 - Policy packages: active labour market policies (pdf 24.3 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
Also available in: • Français (pdf 30.2 KB) • Español (pdf 44.7 KB)
- In light of economic downturn in the Republic of Croatia (pdf 732.7 KB), A. P. Jarallah, Croatian Employment Service
- Politiques actives du marché de l'emploi, et le rôle des services publics d'emploi africains (pdf 206.6 KB), C. Mouté á Bidias, Directeur général du Fonds National de l'Emploi, Cameroun
- The Job Crisis: Challenges for labour market policies (pdf 241.7 KB), S. Scarpetta, Head of the Employment Analysis and Policy, OECD
Session 6 - General Discussion: wages and working conditions - 5 June 2009
- Wrap-up points 6 - Wages and working conditions (pdf 33 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 6 - Policy packages: wages and working conditions (pdf 21.9 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
Also available in: • Français (pdf 27 KB) • Español (pdf 26 KB)
- Politique Publique d'Emploi et Salaire Minimum au Brésil (pdf 50.7 KB), C. S. Dedecca, Professeur de l'Université d'Etat de Campinas: Unicamp, Brésil
- The perverse effects of declining wages and declining wage shares (pdf 49.2 KB), M. Lavoie Department of Economics, University of Ottawa
- Work sharing in the jobs crisis (pdf 119.8 KB), S. Lehndorff, Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation, University of Duisburg-Essen
Session 5 - Social dialogue and industrial relations in the context of economic downturn: Strategies of social dialogue tripartite actors to address the consequences of the crisis and prepare for recovery - 5 June 2009
- Draft wrap-up points 5 - Social Dialogue (pdf 30 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 5 - Social dialogue and industrial relations in the context of economic downturn: strategies of social dialogue tripartite actors to address the consequences of the crisis and prepare for recovery (pdf 16.2 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
Also available in: • Français (pdf 19.7 KB) • Español (pdf 20.6 KB)
- Social dialogue and employment relations (pdf 35.4 KB), R. Hyman, London School of Economics
- Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations in the Context of Economic Downturn: Strategies of Social Dialogue tripartite actors to address the consequencies of the crisis and prepare for recovery- The case of Zambia (pdf 55.4 KB), J. Mapoma, University of Zambia
- ILO Crisis Response - Social Dialogue (pdf 93.4 KB), J. Myles, Director of Employee Engagement and Human Resources
Session 4 - The role of international labour standards in crisis response; the standards package - 4 June 2009
Session 3 - How to ensure that employment and social issues are effectively addressed in responses to the crisis and fiscal stimulus packages (developing countries)? - 4 June 2009
- Draft wrap-up points 3 - Policy Responses in Developing Countries (pdf 32 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 3 - How to ensure that employment and social issues are effectively addressed in the policy responses to the crisis including fiscal stimulus packages (developing countries) (pdf 25.4 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Responding to the financial and economic crisis: the case of Egypt (pdf 869 MB), S. Radwan, Egyptian Investment Agency
- Ensuring employment and social issues are effectively addressed in response to the crisis and fiscal (pdf 3.4 MB), B. Susantono, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs - Indonesia
- Global economic crisis and the informal economy in developing countries: crisis as opportunity to address decent work and development (pdf 75 KB), K.P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies
Session 2 - How to ensure that employment and social issues are effectively addressed in the policy responses to the crisis including fiscal stimulus packages (developed countries)? - 4 June 2009
- Draft wrap-up points 2 - Policy responses in developed countries (pdf 24 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 2 - How to ensure that employment and social issues are effectively addressed in the policy responses to the crisis including fiscal stimulus packages (developed countries) (pdf 27.7 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- The effectiveness and scope of fiscal stimulus in response to the crisis (pdf 458 KB), J. Coppel, OECD
- EU policy response to the crisis (pdf 50 KB), R. Strauss, European Commission
- Labour market in Central and Eastern Europe in context of economic crisis (pdf 174 KB), J. Rusnok, Czech Republic
Session 1 - Is recovery in sight? Are prospects for jobs improving? - 3 June 2009
- Draft wrap-up points 1 - Is recovery in sight? (pdf 34 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Brief 1 - Is recovery in sight? Has the world economy turned the corner? (pdf 354 KB), Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses, ILC
- Crisis and recovery: prospects for jobs and development (pdf 157 KB), Y. Akyuz, UNCTAD
- Financial Crisis and Global Recession:
At a Turning Point? (pdf 547 KB), R. Newfarmer, World Bank
- From Recession to Recovery (pdf 267 KB), M. E. Terrones, IMF
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Documents
- Investing in training and retraining in an economic downturn (pdf 52 KB), Dr. Hassan B. Ndahi, ILO Subregional Office for the Caribbean, 20 July 2009
- Impact of the global economic recession on education (pdf 182 KB), Sectoral Activities Department, ILO, July 2009
- Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact (pdf 65 KB)ILO, June 2009
Also available in: • Français (pdf 76 KB) • Español (pdf 77 KB)
- Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact Presentation (ppt 530 KB), ILO, June 2009
- Assessing country employment and social protection policy responses to the global economic crisis (pdf 923 KB), Sectoral Activities Programme, ILO, 29 June 2009
- The global economic crisis: Labour market impacts and policies for recovery in Asia (pdf 708 KB), Gyorgy Sziraczki , Phu Huynh and Steven Kapsos, ILO, June 2009
- Nepal: critical development constraints (pdf 1.5 MB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Labour Organisation (ILO), June 2009
- Tackling the global jobs crisis: Recovery through decent work policies - Report I(A) (pdf 332 KB), ILO, May 2009
Also available in: • Français (pdf 557 KB) • Español (pdf 371 KB)
- Effects of the crisis on the financial sector: trends and policy issues (pdf 583 KB), Verónica Escudero, ILO, May 2009
- Stimulus packages to counter global economic crisis: a review (pdf 899 KB), Sameer Khatiwada, ILO, May 2009
- Impactos de la crisis mundial en el mercado laboral de Centroamérica y República Dominicana (pdf 738 KB), ILO, May 2009
- Social dialogue in times of crisis: Finding better solutions (pdf 480 KB), L. Rychly, ILO, May 2009
- Tackling the global jobs crisis: Recovery through decent work policies: Report of the Director-General (pdf 331 KB), ILO, May 2009
Also available in: • Français (pdf 557 KB) • Español (pdf 371 KB)
- Consequences of the economic crisis on world labour markets : a decent work policy response (pdf 136 KB), ILO, 2009
Also available in • French (pdf 213 KB)
- The impact of the financial and economic crisis on Arab states: considerations on employment and social protection policy responses (pdf 507 KB), Christina Behrendt, Tariq Haq and Noura Kamel, ILO Regional Office for Arab States, April 2009
Also available in • Arabic (pdf 775 KB)
- Conclusions of the International Labour Organization Tripartite Caribbean Conference (pdf 33 KB), Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica, Caribbean Congress of Labour, Caribbean Employers' Confederation, ILO, 02 April 2009
- Enter Growth : project of the International Labour Organisation, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), and the Ministry of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, ILO, 03.2009
- The Financial and Economic Crisis: A Decent Work Response (pdf 789 KB), ILO, 2009
- Global Employment Trends for Women report, 2009 (pdf 636 KB), ILO, March 2009
- The current global economic crisis: sectoral aspects (pdf 243 KB), ILO GB.304/STM/2/2, March 2009
- Microfinance and the real economy: impacts and outcomes of the global economic crisis, ILO, 26 February 2009
- Impact of the Financial Crisis on Finance Sector Workers (pdf 232 KB), ILO, Sectoral Activities Programme, 23 February 2009
Issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Finance Sector Workers, Geneva, 24-25 February 2009
- The fallout in Asia: Assessing labour market impacts and national policy responses to the global financial crisis, ILO, 20 February 2009
- Policy coherence initiative on growth, investment and employment: the case of China (pdf 564 KB), ILO, 18-20 February 2009
- National policy responses to the financial and economic crisis: the case of china (pdf 161 KB), ILO, 18-20 February 2009
- Meeting Documents for the High-Level Regional Forum on Responding to the Economic Crisis, Manila, Philippines, 18-20 February 2009, ILO, 13 February 2009
- Global Employment Trends Report 2009 (pdf 916 KB), ILO, January 2009
- Global Wage Report 2008/09: Minimum wages and collective bargaining: Towards policy coherence (pdf 1830 KB), ILO, November 2008
- World of Work Report 2008 - Income Inequalities in the Age of Financial Globalization, ILO, October 2008
- A global policy package to address the global crisis (pdf 10.05 MB), ILO, 2008
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Events
- 8 - 9 February 2010, ILO, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Tripartite High-Level Meeting: Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific"
- 1 - 2 December 2009, ILO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
First African Decent Work Symposium on "Recovering from the crisis: the implementation of the Global Jobs Pact in Africa"
• Français
- 5-20 November 2009 , ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
ILO Governing Body, 306th Session
Also available in: • Français • Español
- 19-21 October 2009, ILO, Beirut, Lebanon
Arab Employment Forum- A jobs pact for recovery and growth
- 19-21 October 2009, ILO, Johannesburg, South Africa
The social economy - Africa's response to the global crisis
- 14 October 2009, ILO, Tokyo, Japan
22nd International Labour Symposium: Economic and Financial Crisis and Employment Problems - How to Tackle Global Jobs Crisis
- 28 September - 02 October 2009, ILO Regional Office for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Impact of the Global Crisis on Employment and Labour Markets in Africa
- 15 - 16 June 2009, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
98th ILO Annual Conference: ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis
Also available in: • Français • Español
See also: • Conference Guide (98th Session of the ILC) (pdf 316 KB)
- 3 - 19 June 2009, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
98th Session of the International Labour Conference
Also available in: • Français • Español
- 20 - 21 May 2009, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
ILO meets with high-level experts to discuss the crisis and the future of the automotive industry
- 27 April 2009, SafeWork, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Also available in • French • Spanish
- 24 - 25 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Seminar on Social Security in Times of Crisis: Impact, Challenges and Responses
Also available in • French • Spanish
- 16 - 17 April 2009, Lisbon, Portugal
International Congress: "Labour Inspection in the Path of Change: focusing its mission towards economic development and social peace in time of crisis" ACT - IALI - ILO
- 1-2 April 2009, Kingston, Jamaica
Promoting Human Prosperity Beyond the Global Financial Crisis - Seeking Sustainable Solutions Through Social Dialogue, ILO, Subregional Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica, the Caribbean Congress of Labour and the Caribbean Employers' Confederation
- 5-27 March 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
High-level Tripartite Meeting on the Current Global Financial and Economic Crisis, 304th Session of the Governing Body, ILO
- 5-6 March 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Tripartite Technical Workshop on the Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Decent Work, ILO
- 24-25 February 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Global Dialogue Forum on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Finance Sector Workers
- 18-20 February 2009, Manila, Philippines
High-Level Regional Forum on Responding to the Economic Crisis - Coherent Policies for Growth, Employment and Decent Work in Asia and the Pacific
Statements
- Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact (pdf 117 KB), Address by Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office to the ECOSOC High-level Segment Annual Ministerial Review, Geneva, 06 July 2009
Also available in: • Français (pdf 143 KB) • Español (pdf 86 KB)
- Message by the ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives (pdf 47 KB), ILO, 04 July 2009
Also available in: • Español (pdf 43 KB) • Français (pdf 26 KB)
- Parliamentary Conference on the global economic crisis: Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (pdf 81.4 KB), J. Somavia, ILO, 7 May 2009
- Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of World Day of Social Justice, ILO, 20 February 2009
- Joint statement by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of five international organizations, including the OECD, ILO, IMF, WTO and the World Bank (pdf 14 KB), ILO, 06 February 2009
- Statement of the Officers of the ILO Governing Body (pdf 114 KB)
- Social Consequences and Responses to the Financial and Economic Crisis: Discussion paper by Juan Somavia to the United Nations system Chief Executives Board, ILO, October 2008
- Sustainable Recovery and Shaping a Fair Globalization - Statement of the ILO Director-General to the fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, ILO, October 2008
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Press Releases
- ILO welcomes new support for the Global Jobs Pact from the UN Economic and Social Council, ILO, 27 July 2009
- OIT: la crisis podría sumar entre 2,3 y 3,2 millones de personas a las filas del desempleo en América Latina y el Caribe, ILO, 2009
- El desafío del empleo en tiempos de crisis, interview with Jean Maninat, ILO, 17 April 2009
- ILO Tripartite Caribbean Conference outlines action plan for addressing social and labour consequences of global financial crisis, ILO, 06.04.2009
- ILO Governing Body concludes discussions on policy responses to global economic and jobs crisis, ILO, 27.03.2009 • French • Spanish
- ILO Governing Body to discuss response to the economic and social crisis, ILO, 04.03.2009
- Economic crisis response must support jobs, SMEs, vulnerable sector, ILO meeting concludes, ILO, 23.02.2009
- ILO meeting to discuss employment crunch in the financial sector, ILO, 23.02.2009
- Unemployment, working poor and vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global economic crisis, ILO, 28.01.2009
- ILO warns of cuts in real wages for millions of workers in 2009 – Declines follow decade in which wages failed to keep pace with economic growth, ILO, 25.11.2008
- World of Work Report 2008 - Global income inequality gap is vast and growing, ILO, 16.10.2008
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Audio and Video Resources
 The ILO Director-General Juan Somavia presents the Global Jobs Pact to the High-level Segment of ECOSOC 2009 (click for video)- Cushion the impacts and mitigate the effects to lay the foundations for more employment and growth in the future, interview with José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director of the Employment Sector at the ILO, 04.2009
- Nobel prize-winning economist, Professor Joseph Stiglitz addresses the ILO's Governing Body, 13.03.2009, Video duration: 01:02:15 (381 MB)
- Lord Mark Malloch Brown, United Kingdom Minister for the United Nations at the ILO, 02.03.2009, Video duration: 01:23:00 (509 MB)
- Social Justice Under Threat? World Day of Social Justice Event, Geneva, Switzerland,ILO, 20.02.2009, Video duration: 01:49:57 (563 MB)
- The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Developing Economies, 28.01.2009, ILO, Video duration: 00:03:12 (19.6 MB)
- Facing the jobs crisis, an interview with the ILO Director-General, ILO, 28.01.2009, Video duration: 00:01:35 (9.75 MB)
- ILO forecasts further decline in wage growth and cuts in real wages for 2009, ILO, 25.11.2008, Video duration: 00:05:58 (36.6 MB)
- Unemployment to rise by 20 million: An interview with Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, ILO, 20.10.2008, Video duration: 00:01:02 (3.29 MB)
- Income inequalities: An interview with Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, 15.10.2008, Video duration: 00:10:55 (34.2 MB)
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