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Response by the ILO to the European Commission Green paper on future EU development policy

Response by the International Labour Office to the European Commission's Green paper on future EU development policy: “EU development policy in support of inclusive growth and sustainable development – increasing the impact of EU development policy”

EU Member States ILO Convention ratifications

A list of the ratifications of ILO Conventions by member states of the European Union

Decent Work Country Programme for Serbia 2008-2011

EU/ILO Join Forces on Unemployment and Creating a Greener Economy

ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, and the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor are key participants in the global debate on unemployment and the green economy. Highlighting the strong partnership between the...

Belarus to hold regular household employment survey in 2012

Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia: cross-country report

This study explores the main economic and labour markets developments in the three target countries during the economic downturn, reviews the responses undertaken by the respective governments and proposes some policy options to ensure that more and...

Working Paper 23: "Collective bargaining and balanced recovery: The case of Austria"

This paper is part of a series of national studies on collective bargaining and effective responses to the crisis under the Global Product on ‘Supporting collective bargaining and sound industrial relations’. The national studies seek to examine the...

World of Work 2011 Snapshot of the European Union

World of Work 2011 report: a snapshot of the European Union.

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...

Kyrgyzstan

Agenda - The Global Jobs Pact: Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in South-Eastern Europe

Proposal - The Global Jobs Pact: Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in South-Eastern Europe

Supporting Strategies to Recover from the Crisis in South Eastern Europe Country Assessment Report: The former Yugoslav Republic of...

Supporting Strategies to Recover from the Crisis in South Eastern Europe Country Assessment Report: Croatia

Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in South Eastern Europe: country assessment: Serbia

Feature story

Inequities in health care access in the European region

The objective of providing universal health coverage is high on the agenda of countries in the broader European region, yet vulnerable groups often do not have full access to health services, according to Dr. Xenia Scheil-Adlung, Health Policy...

“Europe is at stake”: European Brainstorming Conference calls for socially responsible fiscal consolidation and more political willingness...

ILO handbook for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking in the Armenian language was presented in Yerevan

The ILO handbook for labour inspectors on forced labour and human trafficking in the Armenian language was presented in Yerevan on October 4. The event was organized within the framework of the ILO project on strengthening of comprehensive...

G20 2011 Summit in Cannes: presentation by French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte

Ambassador Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor and Sherpa of the President of the French Republic, presented the preparations for and challenges facing the forthcoming G20 Summit (Cannes, 3-4 November 2011).

Programme for the ILO High-Level Brainstorming Conference on economic, employment and social prospects in Europe

The ILO High-Level Brainstorming Conference, jointly organized by the ILO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the ILO International Institute for Labour Studies, will bring together fifteen prominent international experts as well as...