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ILO organizes a meeting on cooperative to cooperative trade and decent work

ILO brings together the cooperative movement and fairer and ethical trade initiatives to promote responsible production and consumption though cooperative to cooperative trade.

Concept note: Meeting on enhancing cooperative trade for decent work

Proceedings of Workshop (29-30 November 2017)

ILO facilitates a visit by Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) to an Italian social cooperative

The visit by JCCU to Cadore Social Cooperative Society in Pieve di Cadore, Italy aimed to draw on its experience in local community development.

Japan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)

Message by Ms. Akiko Taguchi, Director, ILO Office for Japan

Launch of the Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA)

Japan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)

Multinational Enterprises

The ILO MNE Declaration: What’s in it for Workers?

The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) was negotiated and adopted by governments, employers and workers in 1977. It is the only ILO instrument that provides...

Olympic Games

ILO, Tokyo 2020 sign agreement to promote decent work in run-up to the Games

The International Labour Organization and Tokyo 2020 sign an agreement to promote socially responsible labour practices in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital.

Japan to support youth employment to build stability and peace in The Gambia

New project will support jobs for youth through infrastructure works with local resources, skills training and entrepreneurship promotion, with a strong focus on returnees and women.

Partnering in Asia

Promoting responsible supply chains in Asia

A new joint action by the European Union, the ILO and the OECD on responsible supply chains will promote corporate social responsibility (CSR)/responsible business conduct (RBC) with regard to decent work, environmental sustainability and respect...

Mapping State Interventions for International Labour Migration from India

This background paper, commissioned by the ILO, is an attempt to understand the institutional mechanisms and frameworks for migration governance being developed and modified at the state level.

Human Rights Council

Fair play without human rights violations

In a speech on the margins of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, calls for labour rights to be observed in the run up to mega sporting events

Presentation on “the SDGs and the ILO” at the 25th One World Festival in Osaka

Declining wage share in India’s organized manufacturing sector: Trends, patterns and determinants

Using the Annual Survey of Industries data of the organized manufacturing sector in India for over three decades, the study aims to study the phenomenon of declining labour share in India.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union: Contributing to job creation and local community development through associated work

"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Mr Osamu...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Rokin Labour Banks: Financial cooperatives for workers in Japan

"Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Mr...

National gathering of cooperation in Japan toward sustainable future

Japan’s National Gathering of Cooperation brought together close to 1000 participants to share good practices of cooperation toward building a sustainable society.

Exploring new opportunities: Report of the meeting with recruitment agencies

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Japan