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BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM), 15-16 July 2026
ILO welcomes BRICS focus on social protection, women’s labour force participation, formalization and future-ready labour markets
India's leadership in advancing labour and employment priorities during its BRICS Presidency is praised as ILO pledges continued support for BRICS cooperation on decent work.
BRICS Brazil
The ILO calls on BRICS to strengthen efforts on social justice as groundbreaking LEMM declaration on AI and Just Transition is adopted
BRICS Labour Ministers adopted their Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting Declaration during their annual meeting in Brazil.
Press Release
Brasília Hosts the 4th BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting Focused on Artificial Intelligence and Just Transition
By focusing on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Just Transition, the 4th BRICS Employment Working Group meeting in Brasília convened to ensure a fair, inclusive, and sustainable future of work in BRICS member states through South-South and...
BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting
ILO Director-General commends BRICS "far-reaching" Declaration for a more human-centred world of work
As the BRICS nations welcomed its five new members to the Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting, Gilbert F. Houngbo highlighted the opportunities to advance decent work and social justice through expanded multilateral cooperation.
BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting
ILO Director-General welcomes BRICS commitment to ensuring decent work, dignity and respect for all
Speaking at the meeting of BRICS nations*, Gilbert F. Houngbo emphasized the importance of inclusive and sustainable development, promoting labour rights for all, ensuring universal access to social protection systems, closing the skills gap in the...
9th BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General spotlights inequalities and labour market insecurities in speech to BRICS
In his statement delivered at the opening session of the meeting of BRICS nations* in Durban, South Africa, Gilbert F. Houngbo, outlined the economic challenges facing countries worldwide. (*Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme South Africa
The ILO supports BRICS discussion on Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work
In May, the ILO participated in the second meeting of the BRICS Employment Working Group under the South African Presidency to explore the bidirectional relationship between productivity growth and decent job creation.
BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting
ILO Director-General welcomes BRICS commitment to green jobs, skills development, workers’ protection
Guy Ryder warned the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers, from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, of a growing risk of further labour market deterioration in 2022.
BRICS 8th Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General’s remarks to the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
Knowledge exchange on formalisation between BRICS and CIS
From 2 November 2021 to 9 December 2021, tripartite constituents and academic partners from the BRICS and the CIS countries exchanged experiences in transitioning to formality organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with the...
CIS countries shared progress on transition to formality during the inter-regional dialogue with the BRICS
On 16 November 2021, representatives of the tripartite constituents from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan discussed the progress on transitioning to the formal economy with their BRICS counterparts during the BRICS-CIS...
BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment Endorsement
ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers' support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19
The ILO’s Global Call to Action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted by the membership at the International Labour Conference in June, has been endorsed by the Labour and Employment Ministers of the five BRICS economies.
9th BRICS Trade Union Forum
The forum was attended by 106 delegates representing 13 national trade union centres which bring together almost 400 million workers, and by honorary guests from Russia and beyond.
Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
BRICS commitment to jobs, social protection & social dialogue welcomed by ILO
Higher levels of international cooperation and solidarity will be needed to meet the challenge to labour markets posed by COVID-19, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
ILO head praises BRICS countries’ commitment to social dialogue
Guy Ryder highlights the major contribution BRICS countries can make to social dialogue, social protection, gender equality and youth employment.
BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Make social dialogue work
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praises the commitment to social dialogue and tripartism made by BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in a speech at the group’s Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa.
10TH BRICS SUMMIT JOHANNESBURG DECLARATION
Declaration of the BRICS countries 2018
Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment
ILO Director-General: BRICS countries play a key role in tackling global world of work challenges
Guy Ryder has renewed the ILO’s commitment to supporting BRICS countries as they address social and economic issues.
BRICS Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General address to the BRICS on "Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future"
“It is after all a fundamental desire of people across the world, above all in this period of transformative change and sometimes of uncertainty, that they can look forward and contribute to a better future of work – one with social justice and...
ILO Director-General to attend the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting in China
Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the ILO, will be attending the third meeting of labour and employment ministers of BRICS countries from 26 to 27 July 2017.