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Environmental and Social Framework

ILO Statement on the World Bank Environmental and Social Policy

The revised ESF, which sets forth the safeguard policies that the Bank and its borrowers will apply to future investment project financing, now includes a labour standard for protecting workers on Bank-financed investment projects.

Beijing meeting

ILO Director-General calls for labour market policies supporting both demand and recovery

At a meeting hosted by the Chinese Prime Minister with the heads of several international organizations, Guy Ryder highlighted the need to boost labour incomes and household consumption.

Joint Press Release

Joint press release by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF, World Bank and FSB

UNCTAD 14

Policy coherence needed to turn trade into an engine for growth in Africa

Trade and investment can be drivers of inclusive growth for sustainable development in Africa, says the ILO’s Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships, Gilbert Houngbo, at UNCTAD 14 in Nairobi but calls for more integrated...

World Youth Skills Day

GE Foundation and ILO launch Global Youth Internship Programme

To help inspire and prepare young people for a rapidly changing and highly competitive job market, the GE Foundation is launching an innovative learning programme to provide 16 to 18 year olds with a practical work experiences in STEM careers for...

G20 Labour Ministers meeting

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers act to advance decent work

G20 labour ministers’ Beijing Declaration stresses that “productive employment and decent work are the foundation of the livelihoods of people across the world”.

2016 G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting Declaration

Innovation and Inclusive Growth: Decent Work, Enhanced Employability and Adequate Job Opportunities

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers have agreed on action to advance decent work, enhance employability, and generate adequate job opportunities.

G20, Beijing

ILO Director-General briefs G20 Labour and Employment Ministers on “Promoting Decent Work”

G20 Labour Ministers meeting

ILO Director-General: “Persistent slow growth weakening the outlook for jobs and wages”

In a briefing to G20 Labour and Employment ministries meeting in China, Guy Ryder has raised concerns that poor prospects for economic growth risk becoming entrenched.

G20, Beijing

ILO Director-General's remarks to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

In his statement to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting held in Beijing in July 2016, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder warned that poor prospects for economic growth risk becoming entrenched.

Child sexual abuse

‘Luxembourg Guidelines’ on terminology: A step forward in the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children

105th Session of the International Labour Conference

ILO World of Work Summit and visit of European Commission President Juncker

Official visit

Switzerland calls on the ILO to meet challenges relating to the future of work

The guest of honour at the opening day of the 105th International Labour Conference, Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann advocates a strong ILO, ready to respond to rapid change in the world of work.

ILO Statement

ILO to coordinate compensation process for victims of Ali Enterprises’ tragedy

The ILO will facilitate compensation for workers injured in a 2012 factory fire in Karachi, Pakistan.

Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

'Urgent Action Needed to Break Out of Slow Growth Trap'

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.

Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

'Urgent action for faster, greener and more inclusive growth'

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, to the World Bank-IMF Development Committee.

Berlin meeting

ILO welcomes call for stronger efforts to promote decent work and inclusive growth

A meeting between the German Chancellor and the heads of the OECD, WTO, IMF, World Bank and the ILO has agreed on the central role of decent work in meeting policy challenges in the coming year.

World Water Day

Monrovia post Ebola: The quest for clean water and youth employment

In the lead up to World Water Day, a new programme to strengthen the capacity of local communities in Liberia to improve sanitation highlights the importance of access to clean water.

High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

ILO calls for increase in global health sector workforce

At the first meeting in Lyon, France, of a new UN multilateral commission, the ILO has highlighted a major increase in the health sector workforce as essential if the 2030 Agenda goals on health are to be realized.

Multilateral system

ILO Director-General welcomes the appointment of a High-level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

A new multilateral commission will address issues in global health labour markets. Among them, labour shortages and problems of access for populations in need.