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Decent work for youth at the centre of rural transformation in SADC countries

Tripartitie wORKSHOP

NEPAD Agency joins ILO’s Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

Developing skills and youth entrepreneurship for job creation in Africa.

News update

Focused Enhancement and Revitalization for an Effective NLAC - Tripartite Study Tour to South Africa

The ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives has organised a tripartite study tour to South Africa from 20th - 25th August, at the request of the tripartite constituents

South Africa’s social economy

building an inclusive society

Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment

ILO head praises BRICS countries’ commitment to social dialogue

Guy Ryder highlights the major contribution BRICS countries can make to social dialogue, social protection, gender equality and youth employment.

BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

Make social dialogue work

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praises the commitment to social dialogue and tripartism made by BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in a speech at the group’s Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa.

International labour standards

First fishing vessel detained under ILO Fishing Convention

Convention to improve working conditions for fishers on commercial fishing vessels shows its teeth.

SADC Employment Labour Sector

Namibia set to take over from South Africa as Chair of the SADC Summit and the Employment and Labour Sector

As Namibia prepares to take over the reins of SADC Summit, the Employment and Labour Sector (ELS) is meeting to discuss the regional body’s progress on implementing plans on employment and labour. A capacity building workshop on extending social...

ILO, partners met to boost Green Public Employment Programmes (GPEP)

Green Public Employment Programmes

Partnership for Action on Green Economy

South Africa National Academy on Green Economy

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy, in collaboration with the South African Department of Environmental Affairs, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the ILO Offices in Pretoria and Geneva and the...

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Decent Work Agenda

Johannesburg to host the first ILO Decent Work Academy in Africa

More than 120 policy-makers, representatives of workers, employers and community organizations from 16 different countries gather this week in Johannesburg, South Africa to discuss the future of work on the African continent.

Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment

ILO Director-General: BRICS countries play a key role in tackling global world of work challenges

Guy Ryder has renewed the ILO’s commitment to supporting BRICS countries as they address social and economic issues.

BRICS Ministerial Meeting

ILO Director-General address to the BRICS on "Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future"

“It is after all a fundamental desire of people across the world, above all in this period of transformative change and sometimes of uncertainty, that they can look forward and contribute to a better future of work – one with social justice and...

ILO Director-General to attend the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting in China

Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the ILO, will be attending the third meeting of labour and employment ministers of BRICS countries from 26 to 27 July 2017.

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Taking forward Alliance 8.7 in sub-Saharan Africa

“In order to advance Alliance 8.7, we can no longer do business as usual”, said ILO Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma, at the opening of a two-day regional consultation on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Statement by H.E. Amira Elfadil at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Statement by Aeneas C. Chuma at the Consultation on Child Labour and Forced Labour in Sub Saharan Africa in view of the IV Global...

Child Labour and Forced Labour

Addis Ababa to host a regional consultation on Child and Forced Labour in sub-Saharan Africa

From 22 to 23 June 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Alliance 8.7 will host a two-day consultative meeting on child labour and forced labour in sub-Saharan Africa, in preparation for the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour...