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European Development Days 2013

Bangladesh needs properly skilled workforce say ILO, EU and Bangladesh

The ILO organized a panel on “Skills for Bangladesh” at the European Development Days 2013 in Brussels. Bangladesh has a fast-growing labour population and needs a properly skilled workforce to be competitive and to ensure decent living conditions...

ILO, EU and project countries discussed how to monitor progress on employment and decent work

On 18 and 19 November 2013, a final conference took place on the ILO-EU joint project “Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work” (MAP), funded by the European Commission.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Promoting responsible investment: ILO convenes CSR Roundtable

This year’s Roundtable will focus on how international organizations work with capital markets and policy makers to promote responsible investment, and how to encourage governments to promote good CSR practices.

International governance

Guy Ryder reiterates call for job-led growth at Elysée meeting

The ILO Director-General and other leaders of international organizations have met with the French president at the Elysée Palace.

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka.

UN-EU Partnership Report 2013 launched

The eighth annual Partnership Report, "Saving and Improving Lives: UN-EU partnership for food and nutrition security 2008-2012", was launched today in Brussels.

IMF and World Bank Fall meetings

Avoiding the risk of a slow growth trap

Jobs are central both for the economic recovery and the long-term development of the global economy, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement to International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee. But in order to...

IMF and World Bank Fall meetings

Avoiding the risk of a slow growth trap

Jobs are central both for the economic recovery and the long-term development of the global economy, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement to International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee. But in order to...

68th UN General Assembly

UN Member states call for emphasis on full employment and decent work in more equitable post-2015 development agenda

At the UNGA high level events on the MDGs and sustainable development, member states lauded the achievements made towards reducing poverty, but say too many still left behind.

Workplace safety

Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health launched in Karachi

In response to the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, validated and officially launched a...

Post-2015 development agenda

Social protection can help fill gaps left by the Millennium Development Goals

A meeting of high-level ministers and ambassadors in New York has examined how social protection floors can combat inequality and promote inclusive growth in the post-2015 era.

Post-2015 Development Agenda

Growth and employment, key to the post-2015 development agenda

Rural development

Timor-Leste: When a short road makes a huge difference

In a country where 75 per cent of the population live in rural areas and 40 per cent are below the poverty line, improving a short stretch of road can mean more jobs and a better quality of life for rural workers and their families.

ILO to kick off project on Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

A project to improve the effectiveness of youth employment policies in order to support the creation of more and better jobs for young people in the CIS countries is to be kicked off on 3 October by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

68th UN General Assembly

Tackling the Jobs Challenge

In New York this week, business, unions, and policymakers called for post-2015 discussions to first tackle the employment crisis.

UN Global Compact Leaders learn more about the ILO-Global Compact Child Labour Platform

On September 19, 2013, a special event took place during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York offered to companies and other stakeholders the opportunity to learn more about the Child Labour Platform (CLP).

Event

Tackling child labour in global value chains

A special event during the UN Global Compact Leaders’s Summit brings together companies, the ILO and employers’ and trade union representatives to discuss tools and mechanisms to tackle child labour in value chains.

Viet Nam

Helping recruitment agencies make a difference

The recruitment agency association in Viet Nam is piloting a self-regulatory tool to promote fair competition and better protect migrant workers.

G20 Leaders' Summit - St Petersburg

Jobs and Growth in focus at G20 Summit

G20 leaders marked a shift toward measures that would support a more inclusive pattern of growth.

Trade unions bill discussed between Kazakhstan and the U.S.

Head of the Kazakh Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Tamara Duisenova met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the U.S. to Kazakhstan Kenneth J. Fairfax , the press service of the authority reports.