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ILO steps up cooperation in youth employment with Azerbaijan

On May 30 Azerbaijan’s Labour and Social Protection Minister Fizuli Alekperov met with ILO Moscow Senior Employment Specialist Olga Koulaeva to discuss the implementation of ILO’s new project Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of...

9th European Regional Meeting

Signing of the Agreement of Cooperation between the Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan and the Confederation of Trade Unions of...

Signing of the Agreement of Cooperation between the Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan and the Confederation of Trade Unions of Georgia (GTUC) took place on the 29th of May in Tbilisi. It coincided with the first day of the work of the...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sharing knowledge in combating child labour

Within the framework of activities carried out by the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) in Central Asia two study tours were organized for tripartite partners in the region to learn experience of combating...

Long term youth unemployment causes generation's distrust

A new ILO report says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, creating a generation at risk of suffering decent work deficits throughout their lives and causing distrust in the socio-economic and political...

33rd Ordinary Congress of LO-Norway: Speech by Dan Cunniah,Director Bureau for Workers’ Activities

Speech by Dan Cunniah,Director Bureau for Workers’ Activities at 33rd Ordinary Congress of LO-Norway,Oslo, 4 May 2013.

Georgia’s parliament adopts in first reading amendments to Labour Code

Domestic workers negotiate new collective agreements in Uruguay and Italy

Working Paper No. 44, "Social dialogue and gender equality in the European Union"

This paper forms part of a comparative research project whose objective is to demonstrate that gender equality and social dialogue are mutually beneficial and that their promotion should go hand in hand. Despite several studies on each topic...

Working Paper No. 49, "The impact of the eurozone crisis on Irish social partnership: A political economy analysis"

This paper is part of a series of studies funded by the European Commission in the framework of an ILO research project on “Promoting a balanced and inclusive recovery from the crisis in Europe through sound industrial relations and social...

Child labour

Protecting children from having to work

Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).

Public Sector Shock: The impact of policy retrenchment in Europe

On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.

Economic crisis

Crisis shockwaves reverberate in European public sector

The public sector in many European countries has been hit hard by the economic crisis, leading to big cuts in spending, jobs and wages. ILO Senior Economist, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, analyses the impact on the public sector, of policy responses to...

EU social dialogue

Guy Ryder: “Social dialogue is and must be part of the solution to the crisis”

"Social dialogue must be a part of the solution to the crisis", Guy Ryder stressed in his video message for an EU conference on industrial relations and social dialogue in Europe.

Guy Ryder: "Social dialogue is and must be part of the solution to the crisis"

“Social dialogue is and must be a part of the solution” Guy Ryder recalled at a conference on 'Industrial relations and social dialogue in Europe 2012' organized by the European Commission in Budapest on 15 and 16 April 2013.

9th ILO European Regional Meeting

The Oslo Declaration: Restoring confidence in jobs and growth

Government, worker and employer delegates from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopted a resolution to help countries affected by the crisis to overcome its negative economic, social and political consequences and restore trust in...

Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region

9th European Regional Meeting

Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region.

From Oslo

ILO Director-General's closing remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

Jobs for youth: what works

Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis