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ILO and UNCTAD renew their partnership for development

ILO an UNCTAD signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen their collaboration on trade and employment related matters.

Statement

ILO Awarded 25th Anniversary Super Vector Prize

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s acceptance speech for the prestigious award from the Employers of Poland at its jubilee gala event in Warsaw in the presence of the President of Poland.

G20 Leaders' Summit - Brisbane

Global jobs challenge top of G20’s priorities

Leaders’ Summit marked by concern that economies might continue to suffer slow growth and recognition that concerted action is needed to make progress on jobs which remain at the centre of public concern.

L20 Summit - Session VI

A G20 strategy for reducing unemployment and income inequality

Remarks by Sandra Polaski Deputy Director-General for Policy, ILO

Global South-South Development Expo

ILO presents innovative South-South development solutions

The ILO contribution to the Global South-South Development Expo 2014 will feature scalable solutions related to South-South cooperation on social protection floors, the eradication of child labour, the social and solidarity economy, and fragile...

Media Advisory

ILO, EU, Bangladesh and US to take stock of achievements in Bangladesh

The European Commission, the ILO and the Governments of Bangladesh and the US hold a high-level meeting to take stock of progress made in terms of labour conditions in Bangladesh.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

The decent work foundation for shared prosperity

ILO statement delivered to the World Bank Group and IMF Development Committee - Autumn meeting in Washington

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

The decent work foundation for shared prosperity (PDF)

ILO statement delivered to the World Bank Group and IMF Development Committee - Autumn meeting in Washington

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Reversing the slide into a low growth trap

ILO Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Reversing the slide into a low growth trap (PDF)

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

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting - Melbourne

ILO Director General's address on G20 Labour Markets

The Director-General of the ILO, Guy Ryder, joined the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting held in Melbourne in September 2014, during which the ILO presented a number of reports on employment issues that have been prepared to inform the...

Joint report by the ILO, the OECD and the World Bank Group

G20 faces persistent gaps in employment and job quality

The ILO, along with other international organizations - including OECD, IMF and the World Bank, have produced a number of reports on employment issues that have been prepared to inform the labour ministerial discussions. These reports help identify...

Post 2015

The Millennium Development Goals and beyond: An ILO perspective

Aurelio Parisotto, Senior Economist in the ILO’s MULTILATERALS Department, talks about the organization’s efforts to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the road ahead Post-2015.

ECOSOC High-level Dialogue

Quality jobs key to reviving a weak global economy

As the effects of the global financial crisis linger, policymakers are considering the role of macroeconomic policy in bringing about sustainable development while creating more and better jobs.

Youth employment

Ban Ki-moon: Decent jobs for youth are essential to the future we want

UN Secretary-General calls on governments to invest more in youth employment initiatives.

Youth employment

Visit by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the ILO

EU Commissioner Andor: “ILO and EU share a common ambition to make the world a better place to work and live in”

EU Commissioner László Andor, taking the floor at the ILC Plenary underscored the common values of the ILO and the European Commission and the increasing cooperation between both institutions.

Multilateral cooperation

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

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

ICOH declaration on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work

The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) renews its call for joint actions for developing occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes meeting the changing needs at the workplace in a globalized economy.

Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Tackling unemployment and inequality to revive growth

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