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Global Wage Report

Rising inflation brings striking fall in real wages, ILO report finds

Well-designed policy measures are needed urgently to prevent the deepening of existing levels of poverty, inequality and social unrest, according to the latest ILO report on global wages.

ILO COOP Participates in the CECOP Lights On Research Launch Conference in Italian

On November 24, 2022, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service cooperatives (CECOP) launched the Italian translation of the report that documents how workers’ and social cooperatives can assist workers and enterprises in the transition...

The global advisory committee of the ILO’s initiative on statistics of cooperatives holds its 2nd meeting

Five national researchers made presentations comparing their national contexts with the ILO’s guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives at the 2nd meeting of the global advisory committee (GAC) of the ILO initiative on implementing the...

The global advisory committee of the ILO’s initiative on statistics of cooperatives holds its kick-off meeting

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on implementing the Guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives held its kick-off meeting.

ILO participates in the conference “Social Economy: Primacy of People”

The first event of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration under the Italian Presidency took place in Trento at the presence of national, European and international organizations’ representatives.

ILO-EU Relations

ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 16th High Level meeting

G7 Summit

ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence

In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender...

ILO holds an orientation session on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

During the two day orientation session, organized by ILO COOP Unit and the STATISTICS Department, ILO staff, partners and representatives from national advisory committees for the five country case studies discussed the best way forward in...

110th session of the International Labour Conference

Speech by Andrea Orlando, Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy

Speech to the Plenary of the 110th session of the Internazional Labour Conference

The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy

The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.

ILO welcomes renewed EU focus on decent work worldwide for a just transition and a sustainable recovery

The European Commission has adopted a Communication on decent work worldwide, which sets out how the EU will act upon the challenges linked to a just green and digital transition and a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Francesca Ottolenghi, Chief of International Relations, EU Policies, International Development Cooperation and Internationalization Office,...

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during...

Fair recruitment

The ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) builds momentum with its new advisory committee

Representatives of the governments of Bangladesh, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Qatar, Switzerland and Tunisia, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Swiss Development Cooperation...

12th Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy - Closing Session

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 3: SSE, decent work agenda and the future of work

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 4: Financial mechanisms for innovative SSE ecosystems

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE

The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on...