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10th high level meeting of the ILO and the European Commission

For the 10th time in a row, and in the presence of the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, the ILO Office and the European Commission (EC) held their annual high-level meeting defining the focus of their cooperation for the next year. The ILO Office and...

Guy Ryder: "ILO and EU have a shared responsibility of realizing decent work for all"

For the 10th time in a row, and in the presence of the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, the ILO and the European Commission held their annual high-level meeting defining the focus of their cooperation for the next year. At this meeting, Guy Ryder...

ILO-EU project led to better coordination of social protection and employment policies in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras

The ILO and the European Commission concluded their joint project "Improving social protection and promoting employment” in a workshop organized in Brussels. The project, signed in 2009, supported Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras in the...

What Does the World of Work for 1.2 billion Youth Look Like? Global Labour Markets and Youth Employment: A Vision for the Future

Lecture by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment, ILO, at the Public Seminar at World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Centre

Inaugural Remarks at the Cooperative Forum on "Role of Co-operatives in times of natural disaster"

by Mr José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO at the 10th International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly

The ILO and Cooperatives: A global perspective towards the International Year of Cooperatives

by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment, International Labour Organization, at University of Kobe, Japan

Talk on ILO Working paper on Rokin Banks

by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment, ILO To the Rokin Association & Kinki Rokin

The World at a Crossroads: The employment challenge facing the world today

Keynote Speech by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Executive Director for Employment, ILO, at the Rokin-ILO International Symposium

Rights in Myanmar

Reform process in Myanmar is irreversible, says ILO expert

As US President Barack Obama heads to Myanmar, the ILO’s liaison officer in Yangon discusses the various changes this Southeast Asian country has been going through.

European Parliament delegation discusses response to the crisis with ILO Director-General

A high-level delegation of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament visited the ILO headquarters in Geneva on 12 November 2012. The delegation met the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and discussed – among other...

Corporate Social Responsibility/Global Compact Conference in Baku

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Global Compact Local Network (GCLN), National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers') Organizations of Azerbaijan and PwC Azerbaijan (GCLN Sustainability Partner), in cooperation with UNICEF...

World Scout Movement and ILO-IPEC extend cooperation to fight child labour

The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) have signed a third Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) extending cooperation for a further five years.

Denmark and ILO team up to advance youth employment in Egypt

Denmark donates US$1.6 million to finance the first phase of two youth employment projects in Egypt.

International labour Office comments on the World Bank’s “World Development Report 2013: Jobs”

World Bank’s “World Development Report 2013: Jobs”, ILO 2 November 2012.

Comments by M. Salazar-Xirinachs at Launching Event The World Bank’s 2013 World Development Report on Jobs

Statement by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs at Launching Event of the Report organized by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the World Bank, Bern, 1 November 2012.

International coordination

Joint press release by German Federal Chancellor, ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank

Joint press release by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on...

Multilateral meeting

French President meets with the heads of ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank

Agricultural cooperatives

Message from ILO Director-General on World Food Day

The benefits of sustainable and responsible workplace practices

The ILO believes that the results of its first public-private partnership (PPP) to train Chinese suppliers of Switzerland’s second-largest retailer will show that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can become more productive and competitive by...

ILO Director-General congratulates EU on Nobel Peace Prize

On behalf of the ILO, Guy Ryder congratulated the European Union on its receipt of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on 12 October 2012.