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Held: 113th International Labour Conference
The 113th International Labour Conference (ILC), held in Geneva from 3 to 14 June 2025, brought together over 4,000 delegates representing governments, workers and employers from the ILO’s 187 Member States.
Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank Forum
ILO highlights transformative power of the social and solidarity economy at a global forum in Spain
The ILO participated in the first Forum of the Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank (ASETT), emphasizing the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in contributing to decent work, social justice, and inclusive development. It...
The ILO Director for Europe Meets with the Spanish Government, Employers and Trade Unions
On 7 May in Madrid, Beate Andrees, Deputy Director-General of the ILO and Director for Europe and Central Asia, held a series of meetings with the ILO’s Spanish constituents.
AI and digitalization: key issues for the future of occupational safety and health, up for debate at the ILO and INSST technical workshop
As it does every year, the tripartite technical workshop was held in Madrid on the occasion of the 2025 World Day for Safety and Health at Work, and this year it focused on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization for...
The ILO report on peak-level social dialogue is presented in Spain at the headquarters of the Economic and Social Council (ESC)
Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance and Tripartism Department, shared the main findings of the recently published ILO report on 23 April 2025 during a session of the ESC’s Aula Abierta series.
World Forum for Local Economic Development
Local economic development fuels the transition to formality
Local economic development plays a vital role in transitioning businesses and workers from informality to formality by fostering job creation, improving infrastructure, simplifying regulations, and expanding access to finance and markets.
The 4th Assembly of the Ibero-American Network of Public Employment Services (RISPE) was held in Madrid
It was attended by the ILO and took place from March 31 to April 2, 2025, promoted by the Spanish Public Employment Service (SEPE).
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Víctor Meseguer Sánchez, Deputy Director General of Abacus Cooperative
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....
Ibero-America
More protection, less inequality: The urgent need for a gender perspective in occupational safety and health
New report by the ILO and OISS highlights how occupational risks affect women and men differently in Ibero-America, underscoring the invisibility of feminized sectors such as care work.
The International Training Centre of the ILO certifies the mediators of the SIMA-FSP Foundation
A total of 18 mediators, coming from the organizations that signed the VI Agreement on Autonomous Resolution of Labour Conflicts (ASAC), have participated in the face-to-face training held in Madrid from March 10 to 13, 2025.
Enterprise development
New programme to close digital gap for 15,000 small businesses
The United Nations in the Philippines launched a new joint programme to bridge the digital divide and boost the competitiveness of enterprises through improved connectivity and support from UN agencies, including the ILO and government partners.
ILO and EESC join forces to shape a fair and inclusive AI-driven future at high-level conference
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace, bringing both opportunities and challenges for workers, businesses and policymakers.
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Rosa Lavín Ibarra, President of KONFEKOOP
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)....
Wage inequality has decreased in Spain since the beginning of the 21st century
According to the ILO Global Wage Report 2024-25, wage inequality in Spain has declined by 0.6% annually since the early 2000s. Despite this, wage disparities persist, with uneven growth trends globally and slower recovery in advanced economies.
The ILO participates in Spain's National Congress on Occupational Safety and Health, promoting a safe and healthy working environment
The Director of the ILO Office for Spain, Félix Peinado, spoke on the opening day of the Congress held in A Coruña on November 6 and 7, 2024, organized by Spain's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (INSST).
Spain announces the creation of a focal point on the ILO MNE Declaration
First Tripartite Meeting Held on the ILO MNE Declaration: “Advancing Social Dialogue, Multinational Enterprises, and Labor Rights.”
In Moldova, unearmarked voluntary funding serves as a catalyst for ILO to extend its reach
ILO Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA) has been instrumental in advancing the goals of the Decent Work Country Programme and has also attracted further support from international development partners, thereby amplifying the overall impact...
A Tripartite Meeting on the ILO MNE Declaration will be held on October 22 in Madrid
"Advancing Social Dialogue, Multinational Enterprises, and Labour Rights."
Spain regulates the safety and health in domestic work in accordance with ILO Convention 189
Royal Decree 893/2024, which regulates the protection of safety and health in the field of domestic service within the family household, develops and implements Articles 5 and 13 of ILO Convention 189, which came into force in Spain on February 29,...
The 112th International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization concludes, with Spain ratifying two new ILO conventions
In the first two weeks of June, the 112th International Labour Conference (ILC) was held in Geneva, as it is held every year, this year under the presidency of the Republic of Moldova and attended by representatives of the most representative trade...