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Every year more than 2 million people die from occupational accidents or work-related diseases. The promotion of occupational safety and health is one of the means to make Decent Work a global reality.
Technical Cooperation at the ILO: Making Decent Work a Reality - 
The International Labour Organization now conducts more than a 1,000 technical cooperation programs in over 80 countries with the help of some 60 donor institutions worldwide. By providing technical guidance on policy issues, and assistance in the design and implementation of development programs, ILO technical cooperation is helping to implement the Decent Work agenda at a national level, and make this concept a reality for all men and women.
- Microinsurance and OSH: helping to cope with workplace risks
- From entrepreneurship to education: how empowering women can help their children learn
- ILO adopts landmark Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
- Denmark significantly expands partnership agreement with the International Labour Organization (ILO) with new US$12.5 million grant
- The ILO presents a web movie about Education as the right response to Child Labour
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to reducing poverty , achieving fair globalization and advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. As a tripartite organization the ILO works with governments, employers and workers' organizations to promote the following interlinked aims:
- Social protection
Enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all. - Social dialogue
Bringing together representatives of governments, employers and workers to foster cooperation and to deliver "real world" knowledge about employment and work.
- Employment creation
Create greater opportunities for women and men to secure decent employment and income. - Rights at work
Working extensively throughout the world to promote a solid legal framework for respecting basic economic and social rights.
World of Work 62, April 2008 - Better business: Multinationals and Decent Work; Contracts in the cleaning industry; Child labour... - [pdf 2338 KB]
- Rising food prices and their implications for employment, decent work and poverty reduction - 02 June 2008 - [pdf 218 KB]
- Freedom of association in practice: Lessons learned (Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work) - 01 May 2008 - [pdf 1171 KB]
- Global Employment Trends reports
- Towards a regular budget supplementary account (RBSA) for voluntary contributions