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Social Summit in Porto
ILO Director-General addresses EU Social Summit in Porto
Europe must seize its opportunity to increase investment in training, social protection, social dialogue and the jobs of the future, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told EU leaders at their Social Summit in Porto, Portugal.
International Training Centre of the ILO
New challenges for TVET and skills development - what do you want to learn today?
The importance of learning new skills has never been as evident as in the last year. Almost overnight, all of the global workforce had to admit they faced challenges with their digital skills. We had to switch to new ways of managing work and doing...
EU and ILO mark anniversary of the Council Recommendation on a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships
At a high-level conference on quality and effective apprenticeships, organized by the ILO and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, the ILO Director-General said that the pandemic has severely affected skills and lifelong learning. The effects...
ILO joins informal EPSCO meeting on Priorities for a stronger social Europe
Speaking to the EU Ministers for Employment and Social Policy, the ILO Director-General underlined the need to invest in people, in the institutions of work, and in the jobs of the future. He welcomed the process towards an Action plan to implement...
Lifelong learning
Why Trade Unions should act on Skills Development – and how?
To build a ‘better normal’ in the post-COVID-19 world of work, skills development and lifelong learning need to be part of economic transformation. This responsibility should not reside with governments and companies alone. Trade Unions have an...
EU and ILO reinforce cooperation for just recovery from crisis and promote decent work
The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus...
Global Compact on Migration
UNECE region reviews Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Africa-EU Partnership
Pandemic reveals gaps in social protection systems
ILO-EU Relations
ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 15th High Level meeting
The impact of minimum wage and collective bargaining on inequality
The ILO participated in a conference on strengthening fairness and solidarity in the EU social market economy, organized by the European Commission.
International Labour Rights
ITUC Global Rights Index 2020 shows workers’ rights violations occur too often in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its yearly Global Rights Index in June 2020. This year, the report affirms that the violations of workers’ rights is increasing globally, and is the highest in seven years. For Central and...
A network and online platform of labour law
Introducing CEELex, the labour legislation database for Central and Eastern Europe
The ILO recently launched CEELex which is the only searchable, English-language online database offering information on the national labour laws in Central and Eastern Europe. Established in 2015 to respond to an increasing demand of policy makers...
Social dialogue and the Future of Work
Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles in a changing world of work
A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at how the social partners in European countries are adapting to sweeping changes in the world of work.
ILO100
Council of the EU welcomes the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work
The Council calls on the EU Member States to pursue a human-centred approach to the future of work.
Trade unions
ITUC Global Rights Index shows workers’ rights are frequently violated in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released in June its yearly Global Rights Index. For 2019, it shows that Central and Eastern Europe still has a long way to go before workers can access the rights laid down in international labour...
ILO International Training Centre Programmes
Skills Development and TVET: a valuable training offer for the CEE region
Are you passionate about TVET, Skills Development or Youth Employment and would like to increase your knowledge in this highly complex policy area? The offer of the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) may be the right learning...
Informal EPSCO meeting focusses on boosting women’s labour market participation
At the Informal Meeting of the EU Ministers of Employment and Social Policy (EPSCO), Heinz Koller, ILO Assistant Director-General, described the gender gaps in the labour market.
High-level conference - The Future of Work: Today. Tomorrow. For All.
A conference organized by the European Commission discussed the changes taking place in the world of work and explored how the future of work can be inclusive.
ILO Centenary Celebration
ILO 24-hour Global Tour of centenary celebrations to stop in Brussels
On 11 April 1919, ILO’s constitution was adopted in Paris. 100 years later, the diversity and reach of ILO’s work will be showcased in a global live show, webcast from 24 locations in 24 hours, as part of the organisation’s centenary celebrations....
Ensuring decent work in the health sector
Health workers face important decent work deficits. During a Workshop organized by the European Commission, the ILO explained how this affects the quality of care, and how decision makers can ensure decent work in the health sector.