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Cooperation
Sweden announces new partnership programme with the ILO
Agreement will provide SEK 100 million (US$ 15.4 million) for the period 2014-15 for initiatives promoting skills and jobs for youth and workers’ rights.
Migrant Domestic Workers’ Rights Discussed at the Global Forum on Migration and Development
250 civil society organizations from over 75 countries participated in the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, on the margins of which a side event on migrant domestic workers was organized with an aim to share...
Sweden-ILO Partnership Results Report 2012-13: Annex - Detailed results by Outcome
Sweden-ILO Partnership Results Report 2012-13
The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation
Catching Up: The Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Sweden
Green Jobs
Creating Jobs by Greening Malmö
The changing climate is changing the job market. Around the world, many cities are recognizing that the growing demand for environmentally friendly, energy saving technologies and construction methods is leading to higher demand for "green jobs."...
Living and working conditions in inland navigation in Europe
This study explores various aspects of the inland navigation in the European region, addressing all the essential aspects in relation to the working and living conditions of the crews, including relevant laws and regulations, occupational safety and...
Private employment agencies in the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden
This paper, written by Gijsbert van Liemt, discusses the development of private employment agencies in the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, focusing on the period from the mid-1990s to 2013, highlighting some of the main issues of concern to the...
Youth employment
Sweden joins ILO initiative in Zambia for rural youth
The ILO-led UN Joint Programme with FAO on decent work and food security will create job opportunities for young entrepreneurs along agricultural value chains and will boost food security for rural populations in Zambia.
Youth Guarantees
Sweden tackles youth unemployment through jobs guarantees
It's not easy being a young jobseeker today. With nearly 74 million young people worldwide unemployed, youth guarantees programmes help keep youth connected to the labour market by boosting skills and giving them support to find jobs.
The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge
This paper explores the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health issues, labour issues and regulatory frameworks, and links this growing global problem with the...
Desk review of research on HIV/AIDS in the world of work
This desk review was conducted by ILO/AIDS as part of the Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV workplace policies/programmes and private sector engagement (IATT/WPPS). It is based primarily on the research documents shared by the IATT members, covering...
Sweden – a leader ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
Sweden is the 28th ILO Member and the eighth member of the European Union to ratify this landmark Convention.
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Working paper
The political economy of pension reforms in times of global crisis: State unilateralism or social dialogue?
This paper examines the political economy of pension reforms in times of economic crisis and its impact on social dialogue and tripartite institutions in ten countries.
Corporate brochure on ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
Prevent HIV, Protect Human Rights at Work
ACTRAV Technical Cooperation
Responsible contracting: An approach aimed at improving social and labour practices in the property services sector
Research paper on the property services sector, and in particular on the provision of cleaning and security services, prepared as background for an ILO meeting on Private employment agencies in private services sectors, 18–19 October 2011.
Sweden commits to further support for ILO technical cooperation
Azerbaijan introduces new mechanism to determine minimum wage
Within the framework of the second phase of Azerbaijan’s state programme for ensuring decent work new mechanisms and standards to determine a minimum wage will be established, Labour and Social Protection Minister Fizuli Alakbarov said in his...