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Sixteen working children sent to vocational schools in Bishkek

Workshop on making modern OSH legislation

The ILO’s Budapest Office along with the International Training Center of the ILO organized a workshop on effective occupational safety and health law making for 30 representatives of the Albanian Government, including labour inspectors and social...

ILO to publish paper on the Eurozone jobs crisis

Nearly 240 HIV-positive logged in Tajikistan in first quarter of 2012

Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is hosting a meeting on the prevention of HIV infection among intravenous drug users in Central Asian countries.

The 101st International Labour Conference is taking place in Geneva

Almost 5.000 delegates from the ILO’s 185 Member States are attending the 101st session of the International Labour Conference, which is held in Geneva from 30 May to 15 June 2012. Each ILO Member State is represented by a delegation consisting of...

Eurozone: “Extreme policies could produce extreme reactions”, ILO head warns

ILO Chief cautions against harsh policies that could provoke a reaction from people in the hardest hit Eurozone countries.

Time for policy rethink to tackle global economic crisis, head of the ILO says

In his opening speech to the 101st International Labour Conference, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia, focused on the youth employment crisis, social protection floors, Myanmar, the situation of...

SLIC Launches European Labour Inspectorate Code of Good Practice

The European Senior Labour Inspectors Committee recently published a code of good practice for labour inspectorates.

EU employment package: a renewed focus on decent jobs

The European Commission proposed on 18 April 2012 a new employment package identifying concrete measures to boost jobs. The ILO Office welcomes this renewed focus on a stronger employment and social dimension and the involvement of employers' and...

Can Europe still afford health and long-term care for its elderly?

Ageing is a slow-burning fuse with a strong impact both on public expenditures and the social mood, as shown by this week’s strike in the UK over pensions. The situation is particularly serious in terms of health and long-term care. Even more...

ILO, EU and Tunisia sign ambitious programme on employment creation

On 30 March 2012, the International Labour Office, the European Union and Tunisia signed an ambitious programme aiming at promoting employment creation through labour intensive public works in disadvantaged regions and urban areas in Tunisia.

ILO-Brussels organised a Consultation on “Decent Work for youth – the EU dimension”

The ILO Consultation, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), brought together the European Youth Forum, the EU social partners, the EESC, European Commission, Danish EU Council Presidency, EU Member States and political groups...

The social protection floor at the European Parliament

In January 2012, the Green Group at the European Parliament (EP) organised a Conference Debate on Social Protection. ILO-Brussels presented the ILO’s initiatives on strengthening the coverage of social protection as a response to the financial,...

Closing workshop for the Labour Inspection in Agriculture Campaign

A closing workshop for the Labour Inspection in Agriculture Campaign was held in Chisinau on 20-22 December 2011. It was organized by the State Labour Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova with financial and technical support from the ILO.

World faces a 600 million jobs challenge - while austerity measures threaten to further harm labour markets, warns ILO

On the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos and a week before the EU Summit on 30 January 2012 in Brussels, the International Labour Organization (ILO) publishes its annual flagship report on global employment: “Global Employment Trends 2012:...

Sub-regional Workshop on Inspection Campaigns on Health and Safety at Work and Undeclared Work

Belarus to hold regular household employment survey in 2012

Azerbaijan introduces new mechanism to determine minimum wage

Within the framework of the second phase of Azerbaijan’s state programme for ensuring decent work new mechanisms and standards to determine a minimum wage will be established, Labour and Social Protection Minister Fizuli Alakbarov said in his...

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Inequities in health care access in the European region

The objective of providing universal health coverage is high on the agenda of countries in the broader European region, yet vulnerable groups often do not have full access to health services, according to Dr. Xenia Scheil-Adlung, Health Policy...

“Europe is at stake”: European Brainstorming Conference calls for socially responsible fiscal consolidation and more political willingness...