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Brussels Study Tour launches CEC and CCL activities under ILO-EU Project

During a visit to the ILO-Brussels office, Caribbean regional employers’ and workers’ organizations signed an MoU to work together on a legislative agenda which addresses concerns related to the implementation of an integrated regional market...

Progress on labour rights and factory safety in Bangladesh, but ILO calls for further improvements

The Government of Bangladesh has made important progress to ensure labour rights and factory safety in the ready-made garment and knitwear industry in Bangladesh, but a lot of work still remains to be done.

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ILO, EU, Bangladesh and US to take stock of achievements in Bangladesh

The European Commission, the ILO and the Governments of Bangladesh and the US hold a high-level meeting to take stock of progress made in terms of labour conditions in Bangladesh.

Cooperatives and post-2015 conference in Brussels

"Cooperatives are major job creators”

Simel Esim, Head of the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit, underlined the key role cooperatives could play in the post-2015 development agenda.

Moscow hosts international seminar of public employment services

On September 17-18, Russia’s Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) held an international seminar for members of the World Association of Public Employment Services focusing on models of public employment service (PES): centralized and...

Belgian public services will work together to control working conditions on ships

Belgian public services will coordinate the monitoring of national and international standards, including the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).

ILO-Brussels at “Sustainable fashion action learning” day in Antwerp

ILO-Brussels contributed to a “Sustainable Fashion Action Learning” event organized on 25 August by the Antwerp-based International Centre for Action Learning on Business Ethics and Sustainability (ITCCO).

Youth employment

Street interviews with Brussels youth on jobs and their expectations of a job

The ILO-Brussels office hit the city centre of Brussels for some street interviews with young people about their actual jobs or studies, their expectations of a job, what they want to become, the skills they think they'll need and their views on the...

Belgian students support red card campaign

Students of the Sint-Janscollege (Belgium, Flanders) show their Red Card against child labour!

321st Session of the Governing Body

Luc Cortebeeck, workers’ delegate of Belgium, re-elected as vice-president of the ILO Governing Body

EU Commissioner and Benelux Ministers support Red Card to Child Labour Campaign

The EU Commissioner and the Benelux ministers held up the “Red Card against Child labour” at the yearly conference of the International Labour Organization.

ILO and Belgium reiterated commitment to promoting decent work

At a consultation in Brussels, the ILO and the Belgian government and social partners underlined the pivotal role of decent work for sustainable development.

Lecture of ILO Deputy Director-General at Leuven University

Lecture of ILO Deputy Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, at Leuven University

“The dynamism of competition should lead to a ‘race to the top’ instead of a ‘race to the bottom’ in labour standards”

Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General, addressed the University of Leuven, Belgium, in a public lecture on the “Key challenges for global protection of labour rights”.

Brussels held up red card to child labour

On the occasion of the UN Day, celebrated on 20 October 2013 by different UN agencies in Brussels, dozens of people held up the ILO Red Card to child labour to support the ILO's worldwide campaign against child labour.

Labour standards

Belgium ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Government of Belgium deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) on 20 August 2013, a highly symbolic day marking the entry into force of the Convention.

EU and Benelux participation in 102nd International Labour Conference

On 14 June, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will address the 102nd session of the International Labour Conference. EU Commissioner László Andor as well as the three Benelux Employment Ministers will also attend the ILC.

Wallonie-Bruxelles International and ITCILO cooperation for biennium 2014-2015

Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) and the International Training Centre of the ILO have signed a collaborative work program for the biennium 2014-2015 at a meeting of the Joint Commission ITCILO-WBI on 23 April 2013.

Belgian labour council urges government to ratify ILO Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers

The Belgian National Labour Council urged the Belgian government to promptly ratify ILO Convention No. 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers in a joint opinion published on 18 December 2012.

ILO at European Development Days

The ILO Office participated in the European Development Days, organized by the European Commission on 16 and 17 October 2012 in cooperation with development stakeholders.