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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 6: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: SSE as trigger of Local...

Opening address at the Inception Workshop: Baseline Study and Sectoral Assessment of Working Conditions in the Rural Sectors

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Inception Workshop: Baseline Study and Sectoral Assessment of Working Conditions in the Rural Sectors, 3 December 2021, Manila, Philippines

Winners of the SDG 8.7 Innovation Challenge

Three Winners of the global category of the SDG 8.7 Innovation Challenge

Three proposals were selected to develop and implement their innovative ideas to develop digital information systems to promote collaborative work among relevant partners in the fight against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in...

Press Release

ILO launches new tool on social dialogue

The new ILO tool, which outlines steps to create effective and inclusive social dialogue, will assist with the achievement of several UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Global and National Research Agendas on Child Labour and Forced Labour

Strengthening the evidence base for achieving SDG Target 8.7

The ILO RTA project is developing global and national research agendas through consultations with funding partners, policymakers, and researchers

Integrating trade unions and the SDGs in Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen capacity, cooperation, and contribution

ILO Caribbean, UN Trinidad and Tobago and Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies team up to encourage greater workers’ representation in 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Asia-Pacific labour market insights

Labour productivity trends in Asia and the Pacific highlight uneven COVID-19 impacts

Enhanced labour productivity is key to boost living standards and is prioritized in the Sustainable Development Goals. In Asia and the Pacific, growth in labour productivity has been instrumental in reducing poverty in recent decades.

Trade and decent work

New publications strengthen ties between trade policy and decent work

Two new publications aim to encourage a socially just, human-centred approach in the assessment of links between trade and the labour market.

The UNGC and the ILO have identified key business practices to improve occupational safety and health (OSH).

On September 30, 2021, a briefing note and an educational video have been released by the United Nations Global Compact and the International Labour Organization to address the role that businesses can play in ensuring safe and healthy workplaces.

76th UN General Assembly

ILO calls for action on social protection and jobs at the UN General Assembly

A human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis on the ILO agenda at the 76th UN General Assembly in New York.

Media Advisory

Ship to Shore Rights Programme gets underway in the Philippines

The European Union-funded Ship to Shore Rights Southeast Asia Programme is set to commence its field activities in the Philippines aimed at promoting regular and safe labour migration in the fishing and seafood processing sectors.

Innovative technology lets partners witness impact of flexible resources on Decent Work in Egypt

A delegation of development partners virtually toured the ILO’s country programme

Jobs and nature

ILO and IUCN sign an agreement to harness the interdependence between jobs and nature

The Memorandum of Understanding between the two agencies aims to make biodiversity an integral part of the agenda to promote decent work and advance social justice.

Press release

ILO, USDOL launch new project to support rural workers

Men and women rural workers will benefit from a new ILO, USDOL partnership to support COVID-19 recovery through decent work, and improve health and safety at work, gender equality and labour law compliance in agriculture, fishing and mining in the...

Opening address at the launch of the ILO USDOL project on Improving workers’ rights in the rural sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the launch of the ILO USDOL project on Improving workers’ rights in the rural sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on women, 11 August 2021, Manila, Philippines

Media Advisory

ILO, USDOL to launch new project to support rural workers

The ILO with the support from the United States Department of Labor is launching a new project in the Philippines to improve compliance with labour laws, occupational safety and health and gender equality in rural sectors covering agriculture,...

ThrivePH Media Advisory

UN to launch joint research findings on gender-responsive, resilient MSMEs

The Philippines endures the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown halting operations of businesses and enterprises that led economic slowdown with severe implications for micro, small and medium enterprises. Yet, there are emerging opportunities to...

ThrivePH Media Advisory

UN to launch joint research findings to diversify, upgrade Ph economy

The COVID-19 led to massive disruption of the economy and labour market. It has also revealed vulnerabilities of sectors and firms. The UN in the Philippines, in collaboration with the ILO, UNDP and UNIDO conducted a joint research to diversify and...

ILO COOP participates in the conversation with C20 Sherpas on the importance of having cooperatives take part in the G20 discussions

On July 7, 2021 ILO COOP participated in the conversation with C20 Sherpas on the importance of having cooperatives take part in the G20 discussions, as organized by the Italian Cooperative Alliance and the International Cooperative Alliance.

G20 Development Ministers Meeting

G20 can help accelerate a human-centred recovery that is inclusive, sustainable, resilient

Speaking to G20 Development Ministers, the ILO Director-General has welcomed the group’s support for increased international cooperation to distribute vaccines, provide financial support, strengthen social protection and counter the employment...