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ILO steps up cooperation in youth employment with Azerbaijan

On May 30 Azerbaijan’s Labour and Social Protection Minister Fizuli Alekperov met with ILO Moscow Senior Employment Specialist Olga Koulaeva to discuss the implementation of ILO’s new project Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of...

Signing of the Agreement of Cooperation between the Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan and the Confederation of Trade Unions of...

Signing of the Agreement of Cooperation between the Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan and the Confederation of Trade Unions of Georgia (GTUC) took place on the 29th of May in Tbilisi. It coincided with the first day of the work of the...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sharing knowledge in combating child labour

Within the framework of activities carried out by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) in Central Asia two study tours were organized for tripartite partners in the region to learn experience of combating...

Long term youth unemployment causes generation's distrust

A new ILO report says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, creating a generation at risk of suffering decent work deficits throughout their lives and causing distrust in the socio-economic and political...

33rd Ordinary Congress of LO-Norway: Speech by Dan Cunniah,Director Bureau for Workers’ Activities

Speech by Dan Cunniah,Director Bureau for Workers’ Activities at 33rd Ordinary Congress of LO-Norway,Oslo, 4 May 2013.

Georgia’s parliament adopts in first reading amendments to Labour Code

Child labour

Protecting children from having to work

Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).

Economic crisis

Crisis shockwaves reverberate in European public sector

The public sector in many European countries has been hit hard by the economic crisis, leading to big cuts in spending, jobs and wages. ILO Senior Economist, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, analyses the impact on the public sector, of policy responses to...

EU social dialogue

Guy Ryder: “Social dialogue is and must be part of the solution to the crisis”

"Social dialogue must be a part of the solution to the crisis", Guy Ryder stressed in his video message for an EU conference on industrial relations and social dialogue in Europe.

Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region

9th European Regional Meeting

Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region.

From Oslo

ILO Director-General's closing remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

Jobs for youth: what works

Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis

9th ILO European Regional Meeting

Jobs for youth: What works

Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis.

European crisis

ILO Director-General urges closer cooperation between IMF, EC and ILO

The three international institutions need to work together to find solutions to the economic crisis in Europe, says Guy Ryder.

European labour market

Ten million more unemployed in Europe than in 2008

Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.

EU crisis

ILO calls for urgent shift to a job-centred crisis response in Europe

9th ILO European Regional Meeting

Crisis puts European social model to serious test

Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian member States gather in Oslo to discuss the way forward for the region in the context of the continuing financial, economic and social crisis.

8-11 April 2013

Guy Ryder's opening remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

Statement delivered to Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian member States gathered in Oslo to discuss the way forward for the region in the context of the continuing financial, economic and social crisis.

9th ILO European Regional Meeting

Guy Ryder's remarks at the panel discussion on how to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis

Introductory remarks delivered to the high level panel on "how to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis?", during the 9th ILO European Regional Meeting held in Oslo from 8 to 11 April 2013. Check against delivery