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The enabling environment for sustainable Enterprises in Armenia- 2016

Comprehensive evaluation of the business environment of Armenia. It provides a full review of the 17 factors identified by the International Labour Conference as the key conditions for an enabling business environment.

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in the FYR of Macedonia

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Kyrgyzstan

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Armenia

European Union

ILO welcomes strengthened EU focus on social issues

The Organization stands ready to support the European Commission, which has launched a consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights.

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Georgia

Refugee crisis

Addressing the labour market integration of refugees

ILO-Brussels Director Claire Courteille presented the ILO perspective on the EU refugee crisis at a seminar jointly organised by the European Public Service Union (EPSU), ETUI and Public Services International (PSI).

Discrimination at work

ILO: 90 per cent of domestic workers excluded from social protection

New ILO study highlights huge decent work deficits for domestic workers throughout the world.

Future of work seminar

Belgian government hosts seminar on the Future of work

The Belgian Federal Public Service for Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue organized a two-day seminar on the Future of work, in light of the ILO’s centenary in 2019.

International Women’s Day 2016

ILO: Large gender gaps remain across broad spectrum of global labour market

New ILO report highlights the enormous challenges women continue to face in finding and keeping decent jobs around the world.

Development cooperation

Government of Flanders signs new cooperation agreement with ILO

The agreement sets out the new focus for ILO support from Flanders.

Corporate Social Responsibility

ILO discusses Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU and globally

On 3 March, Githa Roelans, Head of the ILO Multinational enterprises and Enterprise engagement unit, took part in a high-level consultation on Corporate Social Responsibility convened by the European Commission (EC).

Executive summary - Trends in the world of work: What effects on inequalities and middle-income groups

Inequalities and middle-income groups

Crisis has aggravated long-term erosion of European middle class

The financial crisis and changing employment relationships have caused the middle class in most EU countries to contract over the past decade.

Is the world of work behind middle class reshuffling?

Spain

European Parliament hearing

Refugees - social inclusion and integration into the labour market

At a hearing organized by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Ryszard Cholewinski, Migration policy specialist at the ILO, discussed the integration of refugees into the labour market.

Young Trade Unionists from Northern Regions Meet in Murmansk

On 16 – 18 February northern Russian city of Murmansk hosted an international conference of young trade trade-unionists and employment specialists from northern regions who gathered to discuss youth employment promotion in the remote and north ...

European Parliament hearing

The GSP+ mechanism after two years

Corinne Vargha, Director of the ILO Standards department, presented the views of the ILO on the GSP+ mechanism at a hearing organized by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade and its Sub-committee on Human Rights.

European Parliament meeting

ILO Deputy Director-General reflects on trade, decent work and global supply chains

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy Sandra Polaski appeared before the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament to present recent research and initiatives by the ILO that address the link between trade and labour rights,...