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Role of Social Partnership in Reduction of the Share of Informal Economy – a Round Table in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

A Round Table of social partners “Role of social partnership in reduction of the share of informal economy” was held on July 10 and 11, 2015 in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Republic Tajikistan, one of the most remote high-mountain regions...

Informal Economy

New ILO Standard on the Informal Economy: A Tool for Workers

The following is an interview with Plamen Dimitrov, Workers’ Spokesperson of the International Labour Conference (1-13 June 2015) Committee on the Transition from the Informal to Formal Economy, who expresses his views about the benefits for workers...

International Labour Conference

International Labour Conference 2015: What were the results for the workers?

The 104th session of the International Labour Conference was characterized by the Committee on the Application of Standards resuming its work, examining 24 individual cases of violations of international labour standards. In this interview,...

Role of social dialogue in Bulgaria

ILO Director-General speaking note on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bulgaria.

Informal economy

Ways out of informality: How a new ILO standard tackles the informal economy trap

Following the adoption of the new ILO Recommendation on the transition from the informal to the formal economy, ILO News takes a look at some of the best practices around the world that helped shape this historic international labour standard.

104th International Labour Conference

ILO adopts historic labour standard to tackle the informal economy

“It is not just the adoption of this Recommendation, it’s actually putting it into practice that will matter,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

Azerbaijan

Get formal, be successful: Supporting the transition to formality of youth-led enterprises in Azerbaijan

Read about a pilot programme that is helping young Azerbaijani entrepreneurs build successful formal businesses of all kinds.

Intervention by Bruno Roelants in the name of the International Cooperative Alliance at the Committee on the Transition from the Informal...

New ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

On 1 June 2015, José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs of Costa Rica assumed the role of ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

104th Session of the International Labour Conference

Opening Address by Maria Helena Andre to the Workers'Group Meeting

ECLAC-ILO report

Unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean could rise 0.2 percentage point

The ILO and ECLAC forecast that unemployment will reach 6.2% this year, due to an unencouraging economic outlook.

Informal economy

Jordan endorses a national framework for regulating the informal economy

The national framework backs an integrated approach for upgrading the informal economy in Jordan through supporting informal enterprises and workers alike

27 million Latin American and Caribbean youth in the informal economy

The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for urgent action to help youth in the region move from the informal to the formal economy.

323rd session of the ILO Governing Body

Luc Cortebeeck, President of the Workers’ Group: “The right to strike has been recognized and the ILO supervisory mechanism is back in...

The 323rd session of the ILO Governing Body has just finished in Geneva. In this interview, President of the Workers’ Group Luc Cortebeeck discusses the outcomes achieved at this session, in particular on the issue of the right to strike. He also...

ILO’s manual “National employment policy” presented in Astana

From April 8 to 12 Kazakhstan’s capital Astana hosted a presentation of the ILO’s manual “National employment policy” and a training on how to use this manual in shaping national employment policy.

Decent Work Country Programme

First cooperation agreement between the ILO and Montenegro

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Montenegro signed its first cooperation programme to promote social dialogue, create more and better jobs, and formalize the informal economy.

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Promoting more and better jobs for inclusive growth

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will work together to promote job-rich inclusive growth, sustainable enterprises, more effective social dialogue and formalization of the informal economy...

Urgent action needed to strengthen Mongolia's small businesses

Mongolia’s economy is one of the fastest-growing in the world, but the continued expansion of the informal sector remains a significant barrier to the country’s future economic success, according to a new report launched today in Ulaanbaatar.

Why inequality threatens the Asian miracle

By Tomoko Nishimoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

ILO research project

How microfinance develops decent work

An ILO research project shows how microfinance moves small enterprises out of the informal economy and into profit.