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ILO and UNTFSSE participate in the first meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration under the Spanish Presidency

Representatives from the EU member states confirmed their commitment to promote the social economy and discussed the importance of social economy organizations in COVID-19 recovery measures.

Interview with Michele Pellegrini: The experience of a social cooperative, Cadore in Italy

The ILO and its International Training Centre in Turin, mark ten-years of organizing the Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Since 2010, more than 1,200 participants from all continents participated in the 11 editions of the academy....

Better cheese, better work: The Alliance Caucasus Programme's Impact on Informality and Working Conditions in Georgia's Dairy Sector

Better cheese, better work: The Alliance Caucasus Programme's Impact on Informality and Working Conditions in Georgia's Dairy Sector

COVID-19 and the World of Work: Rapid Assessment of the Employment Impacts and Policy Responses. NORTH MACEDONIA

The report provides evidence that show that the lockdown measures had severe impacts on employment. It offers eleven policy recommendations for the country and suggests steps to introduce as coronavirus emergency measures are being eased.

COVID-19 and the World of Work

Impact of pandemic requires massive state intervention in North Macedonia: ILO and EBRD advise government on labour market after...

The ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) established a joint task force to assess the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the region’s economies. The EBRD/ILO Task Force was...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Interview with Edgar Parnell, Cooperative Practitioner

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19

The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment.

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Interview with Andrew Bibby, Journalist and Writer on cooperatives

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

COVID-19 and the World of Work

COVID-19 rapid assessment: Federation of Employers of Ukraine releases business impacts and responses

The Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU), the largest and most representative employer organization in the country, conducted a survey between 10 and 27 April, 2020 to scan the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among its member enterprises. 121...

COVID-19 and the World of Work

Rapid assessment of Montenegrin Employers Federation reveals extent of COVID-19 impact on businesses

The Montenegrin Employers Federation (MEF) presented the findings of the first rapid assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on enterprises in Montenegro on 20 May, 2020. The assessment involved 430 businesses which responded to the survey...

A safe and healthy return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic

This guidance note aims to assist governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations in developing national policy guidance for a phased and safe return to work, and provide guidelines for workplace-level risk assessments and implementation...

COVID-19 and the World of Work

ILO forecasts Western Balkan economies will lose 11.6 per cent hours worked in Q2 due to pandemic

ILO global estimates show that the COVID-19 crisis is causing an unprecedented reduction in economic activity and working time. The ILO estimates for quarter 2 indicate that the Western Balkans will lose 11.6 per cent of hours worked due to the...

Webinar on Employment and Labour Market Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

ILO Moscow has launched a series of five webinars “From the immediate crisis response to COVID pandemic towards economic recovery with- decent work in focus”.

Report

Jobs in green and healthy transport: Making the green shift

This joint report by the ILO and UNECE report estimates the employment impact of investing in public transport and making them free, as well as moving towards electrification of vehicles in the member states of the United Nations Economic Commission...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on enterprises in North Macedonia

Roundtable on Compliance with International Labour Standards by EU and EAEU Member-States in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

On May 15, the application of international labour standards (ILS) by EU and EAEU Member-States within the context of the COVID pandemic was discussed during a round table of le-gal academics, practitioners and a representative of the International...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Interview with Stirling Smith, SYNDICOOP project

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

Armenia: G20TS Project’s 3rd National Steering Committee Meeting

European labour market has above average risk exposure from the crisis in terms of employment impacts

At a webinar organized by Eurocities, Steven Kapsos, Head of the ILO's Data Production and Analysis Unit, presented the ILO’s assessment of the impact of the global pandemic on the world of work.