All news: Hungary
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.
Non-standard forms of employment
Strengthening social protection for the future of work—extending the social security to workers in non-standard employment
Europe has been experiencing a growing diversification in working arrangements, as exemplified through the decline of standard employment and the significant growth of non-standard forms of employment. These developments were discussed at a recent...
Art for social change
Documentary films tell gripping human stories of what work means today
ILO marked its Centenary by screening documentaries about labour issues from 7 countries all over the world in collaboration with Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival. The films are captivating imprints of the world of work...
Pension reform
ILO advises Ukraine not to move forward with pension privatization
ILO News talked to Fabio Duran-Valverde, Head of the Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistics Unit, Social Protection Department, ILO Geneva, and Kenichi Hirose, Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO-Budapest, about the global and regional trends...
Youth employment
Teaching modern vocations: a visit to the Hungarian VET system
On 27 September, 2018, a group of ILO constituents from the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine, participants of the ILO Regional Research Seminar, visited the Budapest Complex Center of Vocational Training (BCCVT) and Manfréd Weiss Vocational...
ILO-EU Relations
ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 14th high-level meeting
The European Commission and the ILO held their 14th annual high-level meeting in Brussels.
Informal EPSCO meeting discusses youth and skills
Heinz Koller, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, addressed the Informal Meeting of the Ministers of the EU responsible for Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO).
International Women’s Day
ILO: Women still less likely to be active in the labour market than men in most of the world
Despite notable progress over the past 20 years, updated ILO figures show persistent inequalities between women and men on access to the labour market, unemployment and conditions at work.
Sustainable Development Goals
Employers’ organisations commit to implementing Agenda 2030 at first international symposium
On December 13th and 14th Employers’ Associations hold for the first time ever an international meeting with support from the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities discussing how to support the Sustainable Development Goals often refered to as...
International Labour Standards
Regional workshop for judges promotes application of international labour law at national level
Alliance 8.7
Advancing Alliance 8.7 in Europe and Central Asia
ILO and OSCE host Europe and Central Asia regional meeting on achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 of eradicating child labour by 2025 and forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030.
Promoting social inclusion through social and solidarity economy
On June 1st, the ILO participated and presented in the "Conference on the Role of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Reducing Social Exclusion" in Budapest on the institution's ongoing work on social and solidarity economy.
Budapest hosts Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on achieving the SDG Target 8.7 with regard to Child and Forced Labour
Future of Work
Promoting legitimate and safe employment in Hungary
Hungarian government representatives, social partners and researchers discussed how to promote legitimate and safe employment in the context of ILO’s Future of Work initiative.
New publication
ILO study highlights shrinking middle class in Europe
New book calls for targeted policies to stop the erosion of the middle class in the European Union.