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The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion

ILO and IMF Conference in Oslo to address ways of accelerating a job-rich crisis recovery

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a joint conference to be hosted by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, on 13 September 2010, in Oslo, to explore new ways of forging a...

Global Employment Trends for Youth - 2010

World economic crisis has spurred a record increase in youth unemployment says ILO

Global youth unemployment has reached its highest level on record, and is expected to increase through 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report issued to coincide with the launch of the UN International Youth Year on 12...

Infrastructure, governance and education, the key to Indonesia's growth

Indonesia needs to tackle its infrastructure, governance, and education deficiencies in order to propel the economy into a higher, more inclusive, and sustainable growth path, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Labour Organization...

Media advisory

ILO to launch new report on the impact of the economic crisis on youth employment

The International Labour Office (ILO) is to launch a new study on youth employment trends to coincide with International Youth Day and the launch of the International Year of Youth on 12 August.

Questions and Answers

Youth employment in crisis: Questions and answers on the situation of youth on the labour market

Young people have been disproportionately affected by the global crisis that broke out in the autumn of 2008. This trend has exacerbated earlier challenges and there is concern that unless action is taken, the situation of youth will become...

New ILO Manila Director backs job creation, decent and productive work in the Philippines

The new Director of the Country Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Manila says he supports the Philippine government in its goal to promote decent and productive work. “With the economic crisis we have seen the largest...

Sustainable enterprises

Cooperatives and the crisis: “Our customers are also our owners”

Cooperatives have been more resilient to the deepening global economic and jobs crisis than other sectors. Report from Sweden.

“Employment of migrant workers in the informal economy in Kazakhstan”

The study Employment of migrant workers in the informal economy in Kazakhstan: a study of Southern Kazakhstan has been recently published within the framework of the ILO-EU project “Towards Sustainable Partnerships for the Effective Governance of...

National Conference on Green Jobs, New Delhi, 24 - 25 June 2010

Government agencies, ILO social partners and other stake holders come together to discuss emerging trends and issues relating to the creation of new environment friendly employment opportunities and the transformation of existing occupations in the...

Press release

ILO urges strong action on jobs to ensure balanced economic recovery on eve of Toronto G20 Summit

The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its 2010 session today with a strong call for placing employment and social protection at the centre of recovery policies. “We must get the right balance of policies to...

First National Conference on Green Jobs, New Delhi, 24 - 25 June 2010

The conference discusses emerging trends and issues relating to the creation of new environment friendly employment opportunities and the transformation of existing occupations in the shift towards greener economies.

Labour force: bleak picture of women's participation

Proceedings of a two-day National Conference titled ‘From Household to Workplace: Reshaping the Lives of Women through Economic Empowerment,’ jointly organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Ministry of Labour and Manpower, Canadian...

G20 Employment and Labour Ministers meeting

ILO says 21 million jobs in G20 saved by crisis response policies, but labour market slack remains high

Economic crisis policies adopted by G20 governments saved or created an estimated 21 million jobs in 2009 and 2010, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a study prepared for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting to be held in...

ILO study focuses new attention on adopting a “rights-based approach” to meet the needs of the world’s 105 million migrant workers

Amid growing challenges due to the global economic crisis, a new ILO study highlights the need to adopt a “rights-based approach” to provide a “fair deal” for the world’s 105 million migrant workers.

What works in overcoming the jobs crisis?

ILO seminar looks at experiences that worked in mitigating the crisis' effects

Tripartite constituents identify decent work indicators for national monitoring

Representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MoMT), the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), the BPS-Statistics Indonesia, the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) and trade union confederations met during a...

Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark says ILO Global Jobs pact “paves the way” for economic recovery

United Nations Development Programme Administrator (UNDP) Helen Clark said the ILO Global Jobs Pact “paves the way” for countries seeking a “fair and just” way out of the global recession.

ILO, University of Indonesia team up to address ageing and productivity problems in Indonesia

In Asia and the Pacific, the number of older persons is growing rapidly, from 410 million in 2007 to about 733 million in 2025, and to an expected 1.3 billion in 2050. Ageing will also intensify over the next 50 years and the Asian population aged...

Message at the Policy Coherence Forum Overcoming the Jobs Crisis and Shaping an Inclusive Recovery: The Philippines in the Aftermath of...

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

ILO, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss green jobs

The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs in association with the ILO’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific in Bangkok and the ILO Jakarta Office organized a workshop on green jobs at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 10 March 2010.