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Steps towards digitalizing skills system in Lebanon
India's ICT sector has grown meteorically in the last two decades, making it an important lever of employment for the next generation of...
Opening remarks by Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DTW-South Asia and Country Office for India at the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy"
The 2nd Employment Working Group G20 Meeting: “Improving the Employment Condition to Recover Together”
The ILO supports the G20 Presidency of Indonesia which is committed to advocate collective action on three main pillars on global health architecture, sustainable energy transition and digital transformation.
Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank
Invest in a greener and more inclusive human-centred recovery ILO tells World Bank and IMF
In statements to the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, emphasized the urgency of fostering a human-centred recovery amid a fragile outlook for 2022.
Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Digitalization of TVET system was held, with a focus on business incubation and innovation in...
On 29 March 2022, the twelfth session of the Community of Practice (CoP) on digital skills and digitalization of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems was held. In the presence of three guest speakers, it focused on business...
Inclusive governance, a just transition, gender-equity and digitalization are the four considerations that the future of work should be...
Valedictory address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi at the 62nd Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference at IIT Roorkee
ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call: winning proposals from Ecuador and Comoros start their innovation journey
Winning entries of the 2nd and 3rd Skills Challenge Innovation Calls were successfully launched in Ecuador and Comoros, with winning teams, partners and their networks expressing their commitment to support e-formality through skills development in...
Coherent and coordinated international effort is required to protect gig economy workers and businesses
Special remarks by Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi at the International Webinar on New Forms of Employment with reference to Gig and Platform Working in the BRICS and Global South
Informal ministerial meeting of the Ministers of Labour (EPSCO)
The impact of digital and climate transitions on the labour market
In a video statement to the EU labour ministers of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, addresses the “need to accelerate and to steer the transition to a greener, more...
Skills stories
Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine
In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science, the ILO project, “E-TVET in Ukraine: Training continuity and modernization during COVID-19 and beyond,” helped to develop quality e-Learning solutions for technical and vocational...
Occupational safety and health in teleworking
Crucial changes needed to protect workers’ health while teleworking
New analysis from the ILO and WHO sets out recommendations for safe and productive hybrid and teleworking.
2021 Labour Overview
ILO: After two years of the pandemic, labour market recovery has been insufficient in Latin America and the Caribbean
With an unemployment rate of 9.6 per cent and one in two workers in informality, the region must face the prospect of a prolongation of the COVID-19 crisis in employment, says a new regional Labour Overview report by the ILO.
Digitalization and the finance sector
Improve the policy environment to reap the benefits of digitalization in the finance sector, says ILO
A better framework would harness the full potential of technological innovation in the financial sector, which provides jobs for more than 50 million people, and help achieve decent work and sustainable enterprise development.
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation
Seminar on digital transformation of social insurance in China organized online
ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme
The ILO and ITU gather key stakeholders to scale up action to boost youth employment and digital skills development in Nigeria’s digital...
On 2 December 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) brought together key digital economy and youth employment stakeholders. Participants discussed pilot initiatives undertaken in...
ILO supports setting up a Pakistan Business Task Force for building capacity of the country’s employers to be effectively engaged in the UN...
Inauguration address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, DWT South Asia and India Country Office at the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Sharing Workshop: Case Studies - Pakistan, on behalf of ILO Regional Director Chihoko Asada.
The ILO and ITU highlight opportunities for boosting youth employment in the digital economy in Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions
On 1 November 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invited key youth employment stakeholders to discuss, validate the results and identify potential priority areas in the study on...
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The ILO and ITU highlight opportunities for boosting youth employment in the digital economy in Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions
On 1 November 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invited key youth employment stakeholders to discuss, validate the results and identify potential priority areas in the study on...
An inclusive workplace and business model generates innovative outputs and is more resilient to future chocks
Address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, as Panellist on The Future of Work and Skills in Making Global Goals Local Business event, Sri Lanka - UN Global Compact.
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