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ILO to launch new report on global employment and social trends

State of Qatar, Sweden and International Labour Organization to cooperate on labour issues

MoU to see collaboration in occupational health and safety at work and corporate social responsibility

Interview

Labour shortage, automation and workers’ organizations – Challenges or opportunities?

Dr Chang-Hee Lee, ILO Viet Nam Director, explains how these new factors have an impact on workplace management.

G7 Social High Level Meeting, Paris

Reducing inequalities for sustainable development

Paris Joint Statement of the French Minister of Labour, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic...

Interview

The future of skills includes attributes such as leadership quality, critical thinking, innovation and lifelong learning

Daily Star has featured Technical Education on their Special supplement on education. Current situation of the skills gap in Bangladesh, the prevailing challenges and solutions, and ILO’s Skills Development initiatives discussed by an analytical...

Lebanon launches the results of the Labour Force and Households Living Conditions Survey for 2018 - 2019

The Central Administration of Statistics launches the main results of the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which was carried out with the technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

The Decent Jobs for Youth Knowledge Facility: Learning, sharing, and engaging

Partners of the UN Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth launch knowledge facility, including the ILO toolbox and data finder on youth employment.

The International Disability Day 2019

Building inclusive workplaces in Indonesia

In conjunction with the commemoration of the International Disability Day 2019, the ILO continues to promote equal employment opportunities and inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities.

The ILO “Employment Academy II” a timely support to the Russian reform of the employment centres

The second ILO Employment Academy organized on 20-22 November 2019 in Moscow in partnership with the Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) discussed the achievements and challenges faced during the first year of implementation of the...

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2019

Fundamental Rights and Principles at Work and business in conflict settings

Towards improving skills in the Garment & Leather and the Chemical & Cosmetics sectors

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) under the umbrella of “Applying the G20 Training Strategy Project: A Partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation”, facilitated two workshops on validating the results of field study examining the...

Moving towards full employment: An interview with Aurelio Parisotto

This year’s Employment Policy Research Symposium, to be held on 12-13 December, will focus on the fundamental question of full employment - its definition and relevance, its implications for inclusive and greener economic growth, the conditions...

China expands its support to South-South Triangular Cooperation in ASEAN countries

Launch of the revised Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards

Jobs and skills for post-conflict reintegration and inclusive development

Our impact, their voices

“We also have dreams”: An entrepreneurship journey of transgendered entrepreneurs

Transgender persons have the same right to employment just like everybody else. Three entrepreneurs share their journeys of passions, hopes and determinations for equal employment opportunity through entrepreneurship.

Geneva Peace Week 2019

Trade, jobs and peace: Highlights of the ILO-WTO dialogue

Geneva Peace Week 2019

The contribution of socio-economic programmes to sustaining peace

ILO Launches Financial Education Training In Abuja, Nigeria, to Support Employment Prospects of Potential and Return Migrants in Nigeria...

International Labour Organization (ILO) Conducts Training on Financial Education for Personnel of Employment and Migration Resource centres and financial institutions in Nigeria and Ghana.

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Water is wealth for Sri Lankan farmers

The legacy of conflict combined with climate change brought drought and impending disaster to northern Sri Lankan farmers. An ILO project helped to restore water and put them back on the road to a more prosperous life.

International Labour Organization (ILO) LO Pledges Support for Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies

The Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) addresses Human Rights issues within employment relations through their 2019 Public Lecture and National Dialogue, on the theme “Casting Human Rights in Employment Relations Mould:...