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Coconut culinary training

Fallen coconuts to fresh starts

Rolly rises from a disaster and turns coconuts into opportunity in Siargao Island, Philippines under an ILO initiative helping informal workers after a super typhoon through emergency employment, social protection and a just transition.

Coconut culinary training

From storm to stove: Coconut culinary skills revive livelihoods in Siargao

A mother and aspiring entrepreneur rebuilt her life through coconut farm recovery and culinary training, which helped turn her loss into coconut muffins, coco balls, and new hope.

ILO-Brussels stresses the role of ALMPs anchored in rights and based on social dialogue

As profound changes sweep the world of work, national Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) have never been more relevant. The ILO’s role as a global partner in building inclusive, responsive, and future-oriented labour market systems is more vital...

International Labour Standards

Belgium ratifies the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention and the Work in Fishing Convention

Belgium becomes the 56th country to ratify Convention No. 131 and the 24th country to ratify Convention No. 188.

Social rights as a cornerstone of democratic resilience and inclusive development

The Director of ILO-Brussels participated in an event titled: “Social rights: Building social justice and democratic stability”.

Press release

Towards a Renewed European Social Contract

Representative of Unions, employers, governments and academia across Central and Western Europe meet in Brussels, to discuss about challenges and opportunities in shaping a new social contract at national and regional level with specific focus on...

Making decent work a reality for domestic and home care workers in Europe

At an event in the European Parliament, the ILO underlined the need for formalizing care work, investing in quality care services, and ensuring a better protection for care workers to foster resilient and inclusive societies.

Investments in reskilling needed to support workers and tackle skills shortages

At the European Employment and Social Rights Forum, Celeste Drake, ILO Deputy Director-General, discussed a human-centred skilling agenda to navigate the threats and opportunities brought by rapid digital transformation.

Is wage inequality decreasing globally?

Despite a return to positive global real wage growth, in most economies, real wages have yet to close the gap created by the cost-of-living crisis, the ILO told a hearing organized by the European Economic and Social Committee.

ILO discusses strategies to ensure that skills match labour market needs

At a conference on the EU’s competitiveness agenda, the ILO stressed the need for inclusive, responsive, and resilient skills and lifelong learning systems.

ILO stresses need for robust social dialogue to address labour market challenges

The ILO addressed a high-level International conference which discussed ways to shape sustainable and future-proof industrial relations.

ILO and EESC join forces to shape a fair and inclusive AI-driven future at high-level conference

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace, bringing both opportunities and challenges for workers, businesses and policymakers.

Enterprise development

New programme to close digital gap for 15,000 small businesses

The United Nations in the Philippines launched a new joint programme to bridge the digital divide and boost the competitiveness of enterprises through improved connectivity and support from UN agencies, including the ILO and government partners.

ILO and Enabel promote social dialogue and safety and health at work in Morocco

DIASSOSEC is the first project signed as part of the ILO-Enabel comprehensive agreement. It builds on the ILO's ongoing support for strengthening and institutionalizing social dialogue and collective conventions in Morocco.

Social Dialogue Report 2024

Social dialogue key to economic and social development, enabling inclusive transitions

The new ILO Social Dialogue Report 2024 shows the potential of peak-level social dialogue in promoting decent work in an era of unprecedented change.

Labour provisions in trade agreements promote decent work

Labour provisions are an increasing feature of trade agreements, as underscored by the ILO during the Trade and Sustainable Development Forum hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). At the Forum, the ILO discussed the impact of...

ILO underlines power of social dialogue to promote decent work in fisheries

At a conference on advancing social sustainability in fisheries through dialogue, the ILO welcomed a shared commitment of the EU social partners in the sector to improve working conditions at sea.

ILO calls for international solidarity to build climate-proof social protection systems

At a conference on the role of social protection in the context of climate crises, the ILO underlined the need for international solidarity and an enabling global financial architecture to achieve universal social protection.

ILO underlines urgent need to improve working conditions of care workers

At a conference on affordable high-quality home-based, community and residential care services, the ILO underlined the need for integrated long-term care that upholds the rights of older people and caregivers alike.

ILO signals gaps in effectiveness of social dialogue in EU and EU accession candidate countries

At a High-level forum on EU enlargement, the ILO discussed trends in social dialogue, and pointed to some of the challenges EU Member States and EU candidate countries face.