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Steven Stone (UNEP): "Green economy as a tool for sustainable development"

Presentation of Steven Stone (UNEP) at the event "Working towards a green economy after Rio+20" organized in the European Parliament on 2 October 2012.

Peter Poschen (ILO): "Green Jobs for Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion"

Presentation of Peter Poschen (ILO) at the event "Working towards a green economy after Rio+20" organized in the European Parliament on 2 October 2012.

Steven Stone (UNEP) on the ways forward towards a green economy after Rio+20

"All governments need to look at how countries spend their money", says the UNEP's expert Steven Stone in an interview with the UN Regional Information Centre in Brussels. We need to change the look at how we create wealth, Steven Stone concluded.

Peter Poschen (ILO) on the impact of the transition to a green economy on the labour market

"The impact on the labour market of the transition to green economy will depend on the policies that countries implement", says the ILO's green jobs expert Peter Poschen in an interview with the UN Regional Information Centre in Brussels. If...

Interview with The Times

ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact

In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.

Europe Region: How training can help workers and employers anticipate change

Social Dialogue for Workplace Learning Case Study Series 2012.

"Has Europe any plan to help young people?" Omar asks ILO expert Theodoor Sparreboom

In Euronews' programme "Utalk", Theodoor Sparreboom (ILO) responds to a question from Omar, 25 years old, on the youth employment crisis in Europe.

European labour migration

From public sector worker in Portugal to cleaner in Switzerland

As protests spread in southern Europe – especially in Greece, Spain and Portugal – against austerity measures, more and more people hit by the crisis are moving to northern countries in search of decent jobs. Public sector workers are not an...

Declaration

Joint Declaration between the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social policies and the Mauritian Ministry for Labour, industrial relations...

ILO response to EC Consultation on a Post-2015 Development Framework

The ILO Office replied to a European Commission Consultation "Towards a Post-2015 Development Framework". This Consultation prepares the EU contribution to the UN follow-up process on efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals...

Youth guarantee

Euronews interview: Guy Ryder calls for urgent action on youth unemployment

"We have to get growth and jobs, which are so badly missing today, back on the international policy agenda" says Guy Ryder in an interview with Euronews on the occasion of the September 2012 employment conference of the European Commission. The ILO...

Analysis

Crisis in Spain highlights an increasing ‘employment divide’

The wave of social unrest that has recently hit Spain is a reflection of the growing rural/urban and north/south divide in the country.

Dpa Insight EU news service interviews ILO Director General elect Guy Ryder

The news service 'Dpa Insight EU' interviewed Guy Ryder on the occasion of the European Commission 'Jobs for Europe' conference in Brussels on 6-7 September 2012.

ILO Director-General addresses European employment conference

Juan Somavia, the ILO Director-General, addressed the "Jobs for Europe" conference organized by the European Commission on 6 and 7 September 2012 in a special video message. “The challenge is to achieve socially responsible fiscal consolidation in...

Labour standards

Milestone ratifications of seafarers’ labour rights charter

The ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention has now been ratified by 30 countries, meaning it will go into effect in a year’s time. The charter sets out the labour rights of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers.

Weathering the crisis: A Turkish recipe

Turkey has managed to overcome the global financial crisis better than many European countries. How did it do it?

Trade unions and youth employment: global challenges and new approaches – conference in Baku

The Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-PERC) in cooperation with the ILO and the Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation (AHIK) organized two-day conference “Trade unions and youth employment: global...

ILO note on the European Commission Communication on the external dimension of EU social security coordination

This note was presented by the ILO to a study group meeting of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on social security coordination in July 2012.

Kyrgyzstan trade union youth school

The Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with the ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia organized a five-day youth summer school on July 16-20. The summer school brought together some thirty...

Azerbaijan: Conference on trade unions and youth global challenges and new approaches