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Ukraine recovery

ILO, IOM help pave road for post-war labour market in Ukraine

On 12-13 July, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held a workshop in Kyiv with key government stakeholders from Ukraine, including the Ministry of Economy to discuss current and future...

Pioneering the Kenyan Migrant Workers Welfare Fund

An Inter-Governmental Consultative Workshop for Drafting the Kenyan Migrant Workers Welfare Fund Bill

Three essential questions

How can the ILO support Georgia in its EU accession?

In our interview series with leading economists, researchers and policy-makers, we interviewed Tinatin Akhvlediani, PhD, Research Fellow at the Center for European Policy Studies. She shared how she sees the enlargement policy of the EU evolving,...

Decent Work Country Programme

North Macedonia and ILO sign framework programme for cooperation to deliver decent work

The ILO, the Government, trade unions, and employers' organizations of North Macedonia have signed the new framework programme for cooperation with the ILO that will guide the work on delivering decent work in 2023-2025 in the country.

Decent Work Country Programme 2023-25 North Macedonia

EU accession

ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe will also serve Georgia

At the request of the Georgian ILO constituents the ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe will support Georgia as of July 2023. Georgia has sought political and economic integration in the European Union since joining the Eastern Partnership in...

About the ILO in Georgia

Youth employment

VIDEO Meet the Manager: Quick intro on the Youth Guarantee in the Western Balkans

Daniela Zampini, Senior Employment Specialist of ILO Central and Eastern Europe explains what the Youth Guarantee is and how this policy framework ensures that young people up to the age of 30 integrate into the labour markets of the Western Balkan...

Towards more resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains event

ILO discusses quality and effective apprenticeships

In the context of the European Year of Skills, the ILO discussed the value of quality apprenticeships on both a global and European scale, emphasizing the crucial role of the social partners.

Denmark-ILO Cooperation

Denmark is a founding Member State of the ILO, and a key partner of the ILO in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Denmark has ratified all ten Fundamental Conventions, the four Priority Conventions, and 59 Technical Conventions.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Chiara Carini, Senior Researcher at the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (EURICSE), and...

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Belgium ratifies ILO Convention on violence and harassment in the world of work

Belgium becomes the 30th country in the world, and the sixth in the European Union, to ratify Convention No. 190.

Report

Promoting and enforcing compliance with labour provisions in trade agreements: Comparative analysis of Canada, European Union and United...

An important question related to labour provisions in trade agreements is how these mechanisms – which are detailed in the trade agreements – work in practice, particularly in the context of a labour dispute. This study seeks to answer that question...

Ukraine

Despite the war Ukraine keeps up the reform process: addressing the gender pay gap is high on agenda

In early May, the Government of Ukraine, with the personal support of Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine presented the National Strategy and Action Plan to reduce the gender pay gap in the country. In addition to constituting equal...

ILO COOP participates to present at the EESC meeting on the Social Economy Category

The second meeting of the EESC meeting on the Social Economy Category for 2023 took place on June 7, 2023. The hybrid meeting included a presentation and discussion with ILO COOP Unit Manager Simel Esim on the ILC and UN GA resolutions on the SSE.

ILO discusses child labour in agrifood value chains

At an event which marked the Word Day Against Child Labour, ILO-Brussels Director, Lieve Verboven stressed the importance of sharing best practices and concrete interventions in order to tackle child labour.

43rd Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

The 43rd UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 16 May 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES,...

ILO Voices | Just transition

A just transition to a new, greener life

Cristina Carro lost her job as a quarry truck driver when the coal mines in Spain shut down as part of the government's commitment to fight climate change. A government-led “just transition” project helped Cristina find a new job, restoring a...

Ukraine

ILO Brief: Violations of fundamental principles and rights at work at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and in Enerhodar city in...

Ukrainian trade unions report that fundamental rights of Ukrainian workers in the areas temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation are frequently and repeatedly violated.