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Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2025

ILO and China sign Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2025

In setting out the framework, Decent Work Country Programme 2023-2025 paves the way for ILO and China to promote social justice and advance decent work for all.

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

Mutually reinforcing crises have worsened the global employment divide

International cooperation aimed at bolstering jobs and social protection can help tackle growing disparities between high and low-income countries, according to new ILO Monitor on the World of Work.

Youth employment

Asia-Pacific governments look to technology for employment services to support youth

Government officials from across the region exchange and learn about how technology can help young people access decent employment.

Social Protection

Training of trainers (ToT) on actuarial work in social security pensions

The EU-China Project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection (Phase 2)” successfully organized a training of trainers (ToT) on actuarial work in social security pensions in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.

International Labour Organization enhancing quality apprenticeship and lifelong learning in China with the support of J.P. Morgan

On 22nd and 23rd May 2023, with the support of J.P. Morgan, the ILO Quality Apprenticeship and Lifelong Learning in China Project Phase 2 was formally launched.

Open Access policy at the ILO

The International Labour Organization goes Open Access

The public will now be able to re-use all new ILO knowledge products without seeking permission, if they cite the ILO.

Safety and health at work

Government and social partners unite to promote occupational safety and health at work for everyone in China

ILO, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and social partners jointly promote "a safe and healthy working environment" - the new fundamental principle and right at work - in China.

SSTC Webinar of Good Practices on Apprenticeship of China successfully held

On 13 April 2023, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi and CO-Beijing successfully organized the SSTC Webinar of Good Practices on Apprenticeship of China. This webinar is under the ILO South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Initiative Promoting Quality...

World Employment and Social Outlook

Ensure decent work for key workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent working conditions.

ILO launches Global Care Policy Portal and Care Policy Investment Simulator

ILO hopes these new tools will encourage the investment needed to support the two billion people still without adequate maternity and paternity support, parental leave and childcare services.

Employment-related gender gaps greater than previously thought, ILO report finds

A new indicator developed by the International Labour Organization finds that women’s access to employment, working conditions and labour income gap have barely improved in the past two decades.

Protecting mining workers’ safety and health through South-South Cooperation between ILO, China and Zambia

The ILO, Ministry of Emergency Management of China and key stakeholders in Zambia joined hands in making a contribution towards protecting mining workers’ safe and health in Zambia through a South-South Cooperation Programme on building the capacity...

Joint ILO-UNICEF report

Number of children without critical social protection increasing globally

Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new joint ILO-UNICEF report warns.

Developing coherent international crisis emergency preparedness and response plans through South South Cooperation

Director of ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia addresses the First Coordinators’ Meeting of the Belt and Road International Cooperation Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management

WESO Trends 2023

Economic slowdown likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs

Faltering global employment growth and the pressure on decent working conditions risk undermining social justice, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 report.

Working time around the world

Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity

According to a new ILO report, innovative working time arrangements, such as those introduced during the COVID-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, including greater productivity and improved work-life balance.

#aprm2022

17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting concludes with launch of ‘Singapore Statement’

Statement identifies priorities to tackle wide range of existing and new employment challenges facing Asia, the Pacific and Arab States.

China and ILO sign partnership agreement to promote South-South Cooperation

The government of China and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have pledged to jointly promote full employment and decent work for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members.

#aprm2022

ILO’s 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting opens with call for greater efforts to ensure inclusive growth

Government, employer and worker representatives from Asia and the Pacific and the Arab States gather in Singapore to shape priorities for action to drive employment growth in both regions.

Changhee LEE's message for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2022