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ILO and UNTFSSE participated in a Conference on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and creation of jobs in the EU

The ILO Director of ACTRAV and the UNTFSSE Chair participated in the event titled “The role of Social Economy in the creation of jobs and in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights” organized by the Portuguese Government on March...

Gender equality

Luxembourg supports the Equal Pay International Coalition

The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) is a multi-stakeholder partnership committed to achieve equal pay for women and men for work of equal value by 2030. Taina Bofferding, the Minister for Equality between women and men, explains why...

Joint UNTFSSE-SEE event in the framework of European Social Economy Summit

Social Economy Europe and the UN Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy will co-organise the event “Social and Solidarity Economy: leading the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the contribution to a fair recovery”.

Evolving challenges and expectations facing Macedonian enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic

ILO support to Employers' organizations during the pandemic

North Macedonia extends wage support to enterprises as Covid-19 pandemic enters the third wave

In the last quarter of 2020, the ILO supported the Organization of Employers of Macedonia (OEM) and Business Confederation of Macedonia (BCM) in conducting a second countrywide enterprise survey with the aim to track business challenges and needs...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Marta Lozano Molano, Founding Member of Wazo Cooperative

“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)....

Training Policy Brief

How effective were the EU’s economic adjustment programmes in improving job quality in Greece?

This brief shows that Greece’s economic adjustment programmes (EAP) have been detrimental to job quality. Against this background, it proposes five policy measures that could improve employment conditions. Given the potential positive effects of job...

ILO COOP participates in a Webinar on Sustainable Development and Culture organized by the Mediterranean Academy

ILO COOP presentation at the virtual workshop on “Sustainable Development and Culture: Where do we stand on the 2030 Agenda?” focused on localizing the SDGs through social and solidarity economy.

Video

The Transition to Formality Programme (KIGEP) grows apace

Supporting companies to protect and create decent works, The Programme extends to cover thousands of new employees.

ILO Convention No. 161

Moldova pledges safer and healthier workplaces

In Moldova, if you choose to work in construction, agriculture or transportation you may run a high risk of work-related injury. This is what the statistics tell us. In 2019, every third work-related accident in the construction sector caused a loss...

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...

The UN Resident Coordinator in Turkey and ILO Turkey Director Call for Taking Action to End Child Labour

On the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkey and ILO Turkey Director call for taking action to end child labour through individual and corporate pledges. - Rodriguez and Özcan: “Do your share,...

ILO presents findings from its WESO 2021 report at a COOP Academy organized by the ICA

The presentation on the ILO’s flagship report “The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work” focused on the role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work and also elaborated on experiences of platform...

Policies for COVID-19 and beyond

Teleworking in Montenegro: ILO offers guidelines on effective working arrangements from home

Montenegro has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and had to go for lockdowns and stay-at-home measures for the workforce wherever possible. The ILO has been requested by the government to provide legal advisory on updated teleworking policies....

Making the most of remote work requires focus on the human dimension, says ILO

It is our collective responsibility to make the most of the opportunities created by remote working, while keeping our focus on the human dimension, the ILO Director-General has said at a High-level Conference on the Future of Work, organized by the...

Assessment of the Social Security Responses to COVID-19

The report reviews the COVID-19 situation and economic data, the social security and related measures implemented to address the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemics during the first lockdown in the second quarter of 2020.

Legal analysis of the regulation and implementation of “teleworking” in Montenegro’s Labour Framework

ILO presents new report on platform work to the European Parliament

Decent Work Country Programme - Tajikistan (2020 - 2024)

Programme of Cooperation between Russian Federation and ILO (2021 - 2024)