ILO provided extensive technical support to the G20 Ministers of Employment and labor meetings held in Washington DC and to G20 summits that took place in Toronto and Seoul.
The ILO and the ILO Washington office provided extensive technical support to the meeting of G20 Ministers of Employment and Labor convened by the US Secretary of Labor in Washington, D.C. in April 2010. The ILO produced a series of background reports on the evolving employment and social protection situation in the context of the global financial crisis. "Accelerating a job-rich recovery in G20 countries: Building on experience" provides an assessment of the impact of the policy measures taken across G20 countries and identifies the policy challenges for a sustained jobs recovery. The recommendations of the Ministers, based on ILO technical inputs, were welcomed by the G20 Toronto Summit.
The ILO cooperated with other organizations in the preparation of technical support to the 2010 summits. The ILO worked with the IMF within the G20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth. The ILO (with inputs from other organizations) developed a training strategy which was welcomed by G20 Leaders in Toronto and extended by the Seoul Summit to developing countries. The ILO worked together with the WTO, World Bank and OECD to produce a report on trade and employment for the G20 Seoul Summit. The central message of the report is that countries can gain by designing trade policies together with employment policies both to expand trade and to cushion adjustments induced by trade. ILO contributions have established how employment policies and expanded social protection coverage in all G20 countries could substantially contribute to rebalancing the global economy.
The ILO cooperated with other organizations in the preparation of technical support to the 2010 summits. The ILO worked with the IMF within the G20 Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth. The ILO (with inputs from other organizations) developed a training strategy which was welcomed by G20 Leaders in Toronto and extended by the Seoul Summit to developing countries. The ILO worked together with the WTO, World Bank and OECD to produce a report on trade and employment for the G20 Seoul Summit. The central message of the report is that countries can gain by designing trade policies together with employment policies both to expand trade and to cushion adjustments induced by trade. ILO contributions have established how employment policies and expanded social protection coverage in all G20 countries could substantially contribute to rebalancing the global economy.