All events: employment + employment policy + employment security + unemployment

Doha Evidence Symposium : “What Works” To Improve Youth Labour Productivity?

The symposium brings together policy makers and practitioners with academics and researchers to present and discuss the evidence base for “what works” in increasing the employment and productivity of youth in the Middle East and North Africa regions.

Jordan and the ILO tailor career guidance manuals for employment services in Syrian refugee host communities

Representatives from international agencies and Jordan’s Ministry of Labour discuss methods to integrate tools from existing career guidance manuals in order to strengthen the capacity of employment services in communities Syrian refugees.

International Symposium, 5-6 December 2013, Geneva

Symposium for Employers on the Future of Work

The ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) is organizing a symposium on The Future of Work on 5-6 December 2013. It is part of a series of symposia that ACT/EMP has been organizing every two years, bringing together leading scholars and...

ILO Symposium for Employers on the Future of Work

The ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) is organizing a symposium on The Future of Work on 5-6 December 2013. It is part of a series of symposia that ACT/EMP has been organizing every two years, bringing together leading scholars and...

Global Dialogue Forum on Initiatives to Promote Decent and Productive Work in the Chemical Industry

The purpose of the Forum was to discuss initiatives to promote decent and productive work in the chemical industry. This Forum will examine initiatives to promote social dialogue for improving the performance of the chemical and pharmaceutical...

Employment Targets and Projections: A Technical Workshop on Methodologies

Employment projection models are important analytical tools to monitor progress towards employment targets, including both the quantity and quality of employment. Such models also allow for assessment of the labour market impacts of economic or...

Enterprise development

Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees meet to enhance value chain development

Jordanian host communities in Mafraq and Irbid begin the process of value chain analysis and development in the agricultural sector.

Skills, knowledge and employability

Arab States employment agencies receive enhanced technical training

Representatives from employment agencies across the Arab States are trained in technical areas of labour market information systems, employment management and modern recruitment techniques.

Second Meeting of People with Disabilities Employment Portal Consortium

Second meeting of the Consortium of People with Disabilities Employment Portal, led by the ILO, Leonard Cheshire Disability Trust South Asia and Accenture.

Meeting of potential partners of proposed Domestic Workers Sector Skills Council

Jordan plans employment support for communities hosting Syrian refugees

The ILO and UNDP support access to employment and livelihoods in Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees.

Postal Services

Seminar on Sustainable Development in Postal Services in EuroMed countries

This 3-day seminar on environmental and economic issues, gender equality, social dialogue, HIV/AIDS , and mainstreaming employment and decent work in postal services in Mediterranean region showed how sustainable development can foster performance...

Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Facilitating Transitions from the Informal Economy to the Formal Economy

A Tripartite Meeting of Experts will be held to serve as part of the preparatory work for the standard-setting item placed on the agenda of the 103rd Session (June 2014) of the International Labour Conference on facilitating transitions from the...

The Launch of the ILO’s Publication: “Trade and Employment: Country Report for Indonesia”

Trade reforms and openness have a significant impact on employment, particularly in developing countries. As Indonesia's economy has become increasingly dependent on trade, the impact of trade on employment in Indonesia is a subject of great...

Academy on Youth Development - Supporting Effective Youth Development Policies and Programmes

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) is pleased to announce the first edition of the "Academy on Youth Development” which has been organised with the support of the International Labour Office and other internationally active...

Participation at the 3rd Conference on Regulating for Decent Work: Regulating for Equitable and Job‐Rich Growth (RDW), 3-5 July 2013

The 2013 RDW Conference will centre on the role of labour market regulation when job creation is the paramount objective. Papers are invited to address labour market regulation's ideal post‐crisis form, with a special focus on four thematic issues:...

Global Dialogue Forum on the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis on the Civil Aviation Industry

The purpose of the Forum was to discuss the effects of the economic crisis in the civil aviation industry, in order to reach a common understanding of the difficulties the industry has undergone due to structural change, and a better understanding...

Special Panel Discussion: Innovative Youth Employment Strategies for Decent Work

Exploring the latest developments in increasing youth employment, the U.S. Mission to the UN and the International Labour Organization(ILO)will convene a special forum bringing together key stakeholders to explore the challenges in implementing...

Tripartite Meeting of Experts in Labour Statistics on the Advancement of Employment and Unemployment Statistics

The meeting of experts is expected to discuss and make recommendations on proposals to update the international standards of statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment, including the development of...

Best practises adopted by Small & Medium Enterprises in improving productivity and market competitiveness

A SCORE India 'Road Show' event is being organized in Chennai to widely disseminate and showcase the productivity improvements in the SMEs from Faridabad, Ahmednagar and Chennai who had undertaken training on SCORE modules. The event will be...