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ILO’s message to a conference on Italian cooperative responses toward advancing gender equality at work
ILO has sent a video message for a conference on women in the workplace and cooperative responses to advance gender equality in Italy.
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.
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.
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....
ILO and ITC-ILO engagement on cooperative and social and solidarity economy development in 2019
The key areas of collaboration in 2019 include development and dissemination of new training tools on cooperatives and a series of ILO Academies on SSE and the future of work.
Three editions of the Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) forthcoming in 2019
Uses of cooperatives and other SSE organizations reflected at the 2018 edition of the ITC-ILO Academy on the transition to the formal...
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.
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Rudi Dalvai, President, World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)
"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Rudi Dalvai,...
ILO organizes a meeting on cooperative to cooperative trade and decent work
ILO brings together the cooperative movement and fairer and ethical trade initiatives to promote responsible production and consumption though cooperative to cooperative trade.
ILO facilitates a visit by Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) to an Italian social cooperative
The visit by JCCU to Cadore Social Cooperative Society in Pieve di Cadore, Italy aimed to draw on its experience in local community development.
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).
A step taken toward a common social cooperative framework in Turkey
ILO representative joined a conference toward creating a common legal and institutional framework for emerging social cooperatives in Turkey.
ILO joins the conversation on women’s empowerment through cooperatives, an Italian perspective
ILO COOP Unit Manager participated in the event on “WomeNpowerment in Coops: Italian cooperatives contributing to the achievement of gender equality in the world” organized on the occasion of the International Women’s Day by the Commission of Women...
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.
ILO's presentation at the Unicoop Florence Annual Convention focuses on the role of social and solidarity economy in the future of work
“Festival Meetings 2017” concert series raising awareness about child labour
In support of the Music Against Child Labour Initiative, Milano Classica, in collaboration with the Milan network of middle schools specialising in music (SMIM), organised the third edition of the “Festival Meetings.” 12 concerts involving over 20...
G7 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Declaration refers to cooperatives
Cooperatives provide an alternative model for the future of work
On 5 April, the eve of the symposium “Future of Work We Want: A Global Dialogue”, the ILO organized an event on the role of cooperation in a changing world of work.
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