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The World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2019

Promoting OSH voluntarily improvements in palm oil plantations

Together with its social partners, the ILO continue to promote the improvements of occupational safety and health (OSH) in the Indonesian palm oil industry. Employing more than five million workers, OSH is still one of main employment challenges...

GSP+ trade and employment

Opening Address at the Stakeholders’ Forum on Presentation of Outputs of ILO-EU Collaboration on Freedom of Association and Collective...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Stakeholders’ Forum on Presentation of Outputs of ILO-EU collaboration on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining and on Trade and Employment, Manila,...

OSH Campaign

Towards improved OSH data collection and analysis in ASEAN

Indonesia hosted the 6th ASEAN OSHNET: OSH Data Collection and Analysis, aimed to improve policies for reporting occupational accidents and employment injury insurance in ASEAN.

Future of work

Nordic countries an inspiration for the ILO

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praised the contribution of Nordic countries to the organization’s mandate and outlined the opportunities and challenges ahead at the Nordic Conference on the Future of Work, in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.

Labour research

Winners named for labour research contest

The competition helps Viet Nam’s academic community improve research capacity on labour issues with a focus on industrial relations.

Employers Organizations

Improving Labour Services in the Garment Industry in Myanmar

The Bureau for Employers' Activities of the ILO (ACT/EMP) has supported the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) in setting up a Labour Department providing quality labour related services to company-members.

Industrial relations

ILO Viet Nam leader joins Politburo Member Truong Thi Mai on Hai Phong’s visit

This is one of Viet Nam’s localities with recorded progresses in establishing trade unions and improving industrial relations.

Indonesian youth speak up about future of work and OSH

The ILO’s event provided an opportunity for young Indonesians to speak out. Sixty Indonesian youth shared their thoughts and insights about future of work and occupational safety and health (OSH).

Shaping the future of occupational safety and health for young workers

The world of work is undergoing major changes that will continue, and potentially intensify, in the future. The ILO seminar provided a venue for Indonesian millennial and the older generations to work together in dealing with the future of work and,...

ILO Centenary

Belarus: Celebrating the Centenary of the International Labour Organization

A tripartite conference “Tripartism and Social Dialogue in the World of Work” organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Belarus and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) took place in Minsk on February 27, 2019.

Gender equality and growth

ILO: Women’s empowerment and skills development are critical to ensure sustained growth in Myanmar’s garment sector

Myanmar’s garment workforce is projected to grow to one million workers by 2020, mostly women. A new ILO report assessing gender gaps in the sector underlines the need to address workplace culture in order to achieve decent work for the thousands of...

New project

Interview with Mr. Nicola Bertolini, Head of Cooperation in the EU Delegation to the Republic of North Macedonia

The EU signed its 2nd grant agreement with the ILO in North Macedonia. The intervention will improve social dialogue as a means to create more and better jobs in the country. The project duration is 30 months with a budget of 1.18 Mio EUR.

Trade union

How immediate upper level unions work in other countries and some observation in Viet Nam

By Dr Chang Hee Lee, senior industrial relations specialist and ILO Viet Nam Director

Tripartite consultation and forced labour

Malta renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

Malta ratifies the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144), as well as of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

Territorial Tripartite Social Partnership Commission Holds its First Session in Adjara Autonomous Republic

BATUMI, GEORGIA On February 12, the Territorial Tripartite Social Partnership Commission of Adjara Autonomous Republic of Georgia held its first session.

The Netherlands celebrates 100 years ILO

At a conference in the Netherlands on the occasion of “100 years ILO”, the ILO Director-General praised the special role the country has played as a founding member and constant supporter of the ILO mandate.

ILO100

The Future of Work International Forum in Ufa

The International Forum “Future of Work: Decent Work for All” took place on February 4-5 at the Toratau Congress Hall in Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan. The forum’s primary goal was to discuss priority problems in the area of industrial relations...

Youth4OSH Portal

Youth4OSH portal to promote better OSH awareness and culture of prevention

To promote better occupational safety and health (OSH) awareness and culture of prevention in Indonesia, the Indonesian OSH council and the ILO has jointly established an OSH portal, Youth4OSH Portal, as a knowledge sharing platform.

Indonesia is developing its National OSH Programme 2019-2024

Indonesia has a long history in occupational safety and health (OSH). To improve its OSH prevention culture, the country is now in the process of formulating its National OSH Programme 2019-2024.

Textile industry

ILO and H&M Group expand partnership

The ILO and H&M Group have broadened their cooperation to further improve working conditions and productivity in textile and garment industry supply chains. This partnership will help drive both the Decent Work and Sustainable Development Goal...