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A framework agreement signed between the ILO and the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service Foundation of Spain (SIMA-FSP)

The agreement, which covers joint actions by both institutions to promote labour conciliation and arbitration, was signed in Madrid on 6 November.

ILO Voices | Women's entrepreneurship

Between Spain and Morocco, I built my independence

After years of working in seasonal agriculture in Spain, Fatima Laanieg took part in the ILO’s WAFIRA project, learning how to manage a business. Now, she runs her own grocery store in Morocco while continuing to work abroad for part of the year.

The ILO strengthens in Geneva its partnership with Spain’s Social Graduates in support of social justice and decent work

As part of the centenary of the profession, the institutional visit to the ILO headquarters highlighted the shared commitment to promoting equality, dignity at work and the Organization’s founding principles.

An international course is held in Madrid to ensure non-discrimination at work for LGTBIQ+ persons

The training, held from 2 to 4 September 2025, brought together experts from Europe, the Americas and Asia.

ILO Working Paper 143

Collective bargaining and collective action in the platform economy

This working paper was prepared in 2024 and reviews developments internationally since 2021 relating to the exercise of the right to bargain collectively and the existence of collective agreements among workers in the platform economy. The paper...

Held: 113th International Labour Conference

The 113th International Labour Conference (ILC), held in Geneva from 3 to 14 June 2025, brought together over 4,000 delegates representing governments, workers and employers from the ILO’s 187 Member States.

Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank Forum

ILO highlights transformative power of the social and solidarity economy at a global forum in Spain

The ILO participated in the first Forum of the Arizmendiarrieta Social Economy Think Tank (ASETT), emphasizing the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in contributing to decent work, social justice, and inclusive development. It...

The ILO Director for Europe Meets with the Spanish Government, Employers and Trade Unions

On 7 May in Madrid, Beate Andrees, Deputy Director-General of the ILO and Director for Europe and Central Asia, held a series of meetings with the ILO’s Spanish constituents.

AI and digitalization: key issues for the future of occupational safety and health, up for debate at the ILO and INSST technical workshop

As it does every year, the tripartite technical workshop was held in Madrid on the occasion of the 2025 World Day for Safety and Health at Work, and this year it focused on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization for...

The ILO report on peak-level social dialogue is presented in Spain at the headquarters of the Economic and Social Council (ESC)

Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance and Tripartism Department, shared the main findings of the recently published ILO report on 23 April 2025 during a session of the ESC’s Aula Abierta series.

World Forum for Local Economic Development

Local economic development fuels the transition to formality

Local economic development plays a vital role in transitioning businesses and workers from informality to formality by fostering job creation, improving infrastructure, simplifying regulations, and expanding access to finance and markets.

The 4th Assembly of the Ibero-American Network of Public Employment Services (RISPE) was held in Madrid

It was attended by the ILO and took place from March 31 to April 2, 2025, promoted by the Spanish Public Employment Service (SEPE).

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Víctor Meseguer Sánchez, Deputy Director General of Abacus Cooperative

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Ibero-America

More protection, less inequality: The urgent need for a gender perspective in occupational safety and health

New report by the ILO and OISS highlights how occupational risks affect women and men differently in Ibero-America, underscoring the invisibility of feminized sectors such as care work.

The International Training Centre of the ILO certifies the mediators of the SIMA-FSP Foundation

A total of 18 mediators, coming from the organizations that signed the VI Agreement on Autonomous Resolution of Labour Conflicts (ASAC), have participated in the face-to-face training held in Madrid from March 10 to 13, 2025.

ILO at COP29

From Vision to Practice for a Just Transition for All

A cross-regional policy dialogue on energy, sustainable finance, and enterprises for inclusive policy-making and enhancing NDC ambition, 20-21 November 2024, COP29 ILO Just Transition Pavilion.

Enterprise development

New programme to close digital gap for 15,000 small businesses

The United Nations in the Philippines launched a new joint programme to bridge the digital divide and boost the competitiveness of enterprises through improved connectivity and support from UN agencies, including the ILO and government partners.

ILO and EESC join forces to shape a fair and inclusive AI-driven future at high-level conference

Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world of work at an unprecedented pace, bringing both opportunities and challenges for workers, businesses and policymakers.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Rosa Lavín Ibarra, President of KONFEKOOP

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)....

Wage inequality has decreased in Spain since the beginning of the 21st century

According to the ILO Global Wage Report 2024-25, wage inequality in Spain has declined by 0.6% annually since the early 2000s. Despite this, wage disparities persist, with uneven growth trends globally and slower recovery in advanced economies.