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ILO Director-General discusses bilateral cooperation with the European Commission

During his first official visit to Brussels, the ILO Director-General met the Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, the Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, and the EU Commissioners for Jobs and Social Rights and...

ILO Working paper 83

Labour protests during the pandemic : The case of hospital and retail workers in 90 countries

With a novel methodology searching news events from world’s largest news agencies via the online GDELT project, this report documents protest of key workers against their working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in 90 countries.

Peak-level social dialogue and COVID-19: The European experience

This report outlines the role social dialogue played in designing response measures to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through six country case studies, it shows the value of social dialogue in times of crisis, and the pitfalls when dialogue did not take...

The Social and Solidarity Economy as an agent of social innovation in Africa

An ILO research report on the contribution of SSE to social innovation in Africa is now available in English and French

Social and solidarity economy: Social innovation catalyst in Africa?

The report illustrates and characterizes the social innovation processes carried out by Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) in five African countries (South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia). By analysing practical...

ILO-EU Relations

ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 16th High Level meeting

Conclusions of the 16th High-level meeting between the International Labour Organization and the European Commission (2022)

ILO and UNTFSSE participate at Catalysing Change Week 2022

The Director of the Enterprises Department of the ILO and Chair of the UN Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE), Mr Vic Van Vuuren has participated in the Catalysing Change Week 2022, an international event to unlock and...

ILO and UNTFSSE participation in the conference “Social economy, the future of Europe”

Organized in Strasburg on 5-6 May, the event brought together more than 2,000 social economy stakeholders of Europe and beyond.

The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy

The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.

Publication

Collective bargaining outcomes on gender equality in France

ILO welcomes renewed EU focus on decent work worldwide for a just transition and a sustainable recovery

The European Commission has adopted a Communication on decent work worldwide, which sets out how the EU will act upon the challenges linked to a just green and digital transition and a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation

Agence Française de Développement Group and the ILO join hands to provide access to inclusive insurance for the most vulnerable

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and its subsidiary Proparco have recently signed two new projects in partnership with the ILO, which is recognized for its expertise in inclusive insurance.

Presentation from webinar

Territoires Zéro Chômage Longue Durée (TZCLD), (Territories with Zero long-term Unemployment), presented by Victoria Bazurto

Webinar - Public Works and Public Employment Programmes: What role in socioeconomic recovery?

Social Protection Spotlight

Extending social protection to the cultural and creative sector

Workers in the cultural and creative sector often lack effective access to social protection.

Social Summit in Porto

ILO Director-General addresses EU Social Summit in Porto

Europe must seize its opportunity to increase investment in training, social protection, social dialogue and the jobs of the future, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told EU leaders at their Social Summit in Porto, Portugal.

UNTFSSE participates in the relaunch of the Pact for Impact Alliance

The Chair of the UNTFSSE and Director of the Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic Van Vuuren, participated in the re-launch of the Pact for Impact Alliance virtually held on 15 April 2020.

ILO working paper 28

Social Protection in the Cultural and Creative Sector - Country Practices and Innovations

EU and ILO mark anniversary of the Council Recommendation on a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships

At a high-level conference on quality and effective apprenticeships, organized by the ILO and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, the ILO Director-General said that the pandemic has severely affected skills and lifelong learning. The effects...