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Social Justice Declaration

105th International Labour Conference to review the impact of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization

The ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization will be the subject of a major evaluation of its impact by the International Labour Conference in June 2016.

The first ever meeting of BRICS labour ministers will be held in Ufa next January – Maxim Topilin

On the margins of the meeting of labour and employment ministers of G20 in Ankara (Republic of Turkey), the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Maxim Topilin met with Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International...

Development of Pakistan’s Decent Work Country Program Commences

The dialogue for the development of Pakistan’s Decent Work Country Program III (DWCP, 2016-2020) set off with a tripartite meeting convened by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistan and Human Resource Development (OP-HRD). The meeting saw the agreement...

Press Release

Collective bargaining and social dialogue highlighted in workshop as vital tools to ensure good industrial relations in MENA region

The ILO brings together employer and union representatives from the MENA region to explore successful collective bargaining and bipartite social dialogue structures and practices in selected sectors.

Employers committed to more and better jobs through socially responsible labour practices in Pakistan

Employers pledged their commitment to create more and better jobs through socially responsible labour practices in the Sialkot sports goods industry. Almost 50 representatives from business, workers and the government attended the awareness raising...

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...

Soccer Ball Industry Model replicable for child labour elimination in GSP+ business environment

Over 50 representatives from Government, Workers, Employers and economic sectors endorsed the Sialkot Soccer Ball Industry Model as a way forward for other industries to do business in the current GSP+ environment. This was during the final World...

New Decent Work Country Programme for Tajikistan: Making national policies work for growth, formal employment and development

Today, the Tajik tripartite constituents and the ILO signed a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for 2015-2017.

104th International Labour Conference

ILO Director-General calls for global initiative on the future of work

"We need to look at the longer term drivers of change, the transformational mega-trends, and what they imply for the goals we pursue in the ILO in its second century," said Guy Ryder in front of more than 4,000 delegates gathering in Geneva.

Employers’ organizations work towards improving the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, met in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 20-21 April 2015 at an ILO Sub-regional...

ILO and UAE Agreement

ILO and UAE agree on capacity building programme for the MoL to govern its labour market and monitor working conditions

The two-year project will improve the UAE’s capacity to govern its labour market and monitor working conditions, including those of migrant workers.

Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General to open Arab Labour Conference in Kuwait

Guy Ryder to address the opening of the 42nd session of the Arab Labour Conference.

Migrant workers in garment sector

Unified contract for migrant garment workers in Jordan unveiled at buyers’ forum

The contract is one of the main provisions of the collective bargaining agreement between employer associations and the garment union designed to improve industrial relations and working conditions.

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO gathers regional and international stakeholders to explore establishing migrant domestic worker cooperatives in the Middle East

Domestic worker cooperatives have been set up in many places around the world, but they do not exist in any of the Arab States. A recent study launched by the ILO looks into the cases of Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait, to see if the region is ready for...

Governments and corporate social responsibility

Sustainable public procurement on the rise

Many governments are introducing laws and policies to stimulate responsible business practices, says Emmanuel Julien, Deputy-Director of the ILO's Enterprises Department. The annual Inter-agency Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...

Coops as employers

Cooperatives get down to business

From grain handlers to credit unions, cooperative enterprises as employers are assuming a leading role among social partnerships.

Cooperation priorities discussed in Bishkek

On September 8-9, Ms Dimitrina Dimitrova, Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to meet with representatives of the government, trade unions and...

Trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health at railways of CIS and Baltic states – seminar in Astana

On July 9, the first joint seminar for trade unions of railway workers from CIS and Baltic states ended its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. It focused on trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health and traffic safety at...

Third congress of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia

The third congress of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia ended its work in Yerevan on July 8.

Needs of Ukrainian Migrant Domestic Workers Discussed at the National Conference in Ukraine

60 participants, among which representatives of government, workers’ and employers’ organizations, academic community, civil society and UN agencies, participated in the conference on Effective Governance of Labour Migration and its Skills...