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ILO launches a video contest on Decent Work for Youth

MANILA (ILO News) - You’ve got two minutes to tell your story! You can make a difference! The ILO launches a video contest for young people to show how the global jobs crisis is affecting them and their communities.

ILO and the Embassy of Finland increase support to indigenous peoples in the Philippines

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Embassy of Finland in Manila agreed to increase support to indigenous peoples in the Philippines, mainly the T’boli and Ubo tribes in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.

Solidarity message at the "National Show of Cooperative Force" of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), Philippine Cooperative...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the "National Show of Cooperative Force" of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), Philippine Cooperative Center (PCC) and the City Government of Quezon City to...

Opening address at the ILO-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour Partners' Forum

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour Partners' Forum, Pasay City, Philippines, 13 February 2012

ILO meets Philippine embassy officials, trade unions, migrant groups in Paris, Rome

PARIS, FRANCE—Representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO) conducted meetings at the Philippine Embassies in Paris and Rome this month to validate the results of the European Union (EU)-funded research that sought to improve...

After the storm: Rebuilding livelihoods in the Philippines

Natural disasters destroy livelihoods but the aftermath also offers opportunities to create jobs and revitalise the economy as there will be high demand for construction and other recovery works. For the last ten years, the ILO has engaged in...

Global Employment Trends 2012: World faces a 600 million jobs challenge, warns ILO

The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the annual report on global employment by the International Labour...

ILO to issue annual report on global employment trends and jobs crisis

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) against the background of a lingering jobs crisis and the prospects of a further deterioration of economic activity.

Opening address at presentation of the desk review on "Gender dimensions on School-to-Work Transition"

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the presentation of desk review on the "Gender Dimensions on School-to-Work Transition", Makati, Philippines, 18 January 2012

Opening address at the DOLE-ILO signing of the memorandum of agreement and launching of the knowledge corner

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the DOLE-ILO signing of the memorandum of agreement and launching of the knowledge corner, Manila, Philippines, 12 January 2012

Opening address at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the round table discussion on sharing of good practices on local-/ community-level mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers in Thailand and the...

Outstanding stories on indigenous peoples recognized ILO pays tribute to indigenous peoples, journalists

Indigenous peoples took the center stage as eleven stories about them were recognized in a thematic year-end reception organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for the Philippines on 12 December 2011 in Makati City.

Message of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and...

By His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines (delivered by Labour and Employment Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz) at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and UN photo exhibition on initiatives and...

Opening address at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and UN photo exhibition on initiatives and partnerships with...

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO thematic year-end reception, media recognition and UN photo exhibition on initiatives and partnerships with indigenous peoples, Rockwell Tent, Makati City,...

The dreamweaver of Lake Sebu

Story of Subi Nalon, the seventy-five-year-old inherited the skill from her mother and has been weaving t'nalak since he was 15.

Climate change consciousness week celebration

CCAP Gains Highlighted During the First Philippine Climate Change Consciousness Week Celebration

The Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) presented to national and international stakeholders the gains of the three-year demonstration Project during the country’s first celebration of Climate Change Consciousness at the SMX Convention Center...

1st Migration & Development Plan launched in PHL Returning migrant workers to benefit from ILO partnership with local governments,...

The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila), through its European Union-supported Return and Reintegration Project, has partnered with the local government of La Union Province and other sectors which has produced the Philippines’...

Towards a greener and fairer society

Climate change means that resource scarcity and environmental degradation have become major, and urgent, challenges. In response, the ILO is promoting the concept of green jobs as a driving force towards a greener and fairer development path that...

Losses from change rainfall patterns

Farmers Protected Against Losses from Change Rainfall Patterns

The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) Regional Office 10, covering regions 10 and Caraga in Mindanao paid more than half a million pesos to 56 rice farmers, 27 of whom are women, 29 men in the Municipality of Buenavista.

Speaking notes for Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director of the International Labour Standards Department, ILO-Geneva

Presented at the Maritime Industry Tripartite Council Plenary Meeting held last 17 October 2011 at AMOSUP Convention Hall in Manila.