All resources: digital labour + digital divide + artificial intelligence

India's ICT sector has grown meteorically in the last two decades, making it an important lever of employment for the next generation of...

Opening remarks by Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DTW-South Asia and Country Office for India at the Global Research Webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy"

The 2nd Employment Working Group G20 Meeting: “Improving the Employment Condition to Recover Together”

The ILO supports the G20 Presidency of Indonesia which is committed to advocate collective action on three main pillars on global health architecture, sustainable energy transition and digital transformation.

Implementation of the sustaining competitive and responsible enterprises

Call for International Expert for the Implementation of the Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) is an ILO training programme to improve productivity and working conditions in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Operating around the world across various sectors, it is a programme...

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

2021 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

Nearly two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the third quarter of 2021, the employment rate and economic participation rate were still lower than the 2019 records, while the unemployment rate was higher than in that year. The 2021...

Trainers in financial education

Call for Trainers in Financial Education

The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila), under the project, Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally is inviting interested parties to...

Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank

Invest in a greener and more inclusive human-centred recovery ILO tells World Bank and IMF

In statements to the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, emphasized the urgency of fostering a human-centred recovery amid a fragile outlook for 2022.

Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Digitalization of TVET system was held, with a focus on business incubation and innovation in...

On 29 March 2022, the twelfth session of the Community of Practice (CoP) on digital skills and digitalization of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems was held. In the presence of three guest speakers, it focused on business...

Inclusive governance, a just transition, gender-equity and digitalization are the four considerations that the future of work should be...

Valedictory address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi at the 62nd Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference at IIT Roorkee

Employment Task Force

The impact of the 3 Ds on G7 labour markets: key issues

This paper was prepared jointly by the ILO and OECD for the 1st G7 Employment Task Force meeting. The 3 Ds of Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Demographic change are global trends driving shifts in the world of work. This paper identifies the key...

Employment Task Force

The impact of the 3 Ds on G7 labour markets: key issues

This presentation was prepared jointly by the ILO and OECD for the 1st G7 Employment Task Force meeting. The 3 Ds of Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Demographic change are global trends driving shifts in the world of work. The presentation is...

ILO Skills Challenge Innovation Call: winning proposals from Ecuador and Comoros start their innovation journey

Winning entries of the 2nd and 3rd Skills Challenge Innovation Calls were successfully launched in Ecuador and Comoros, with winning teams, partners and their networks expressing their commitment to support e-formality through skills development in...

Policy guidance note: Digitalizing career guidance services

This policy guidance note provides advice to decision makers, managers and technical staff on how to invest in digitalizing career guidance services 

Employment Working Group

Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the digital and green economy

This report prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the 1st G20 Employment Working Group meeting addresses one of the priority areas identified by the...

Employment Working Group

Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the digital and green economy - presentation

This presentation is based on the report prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the 1st G20 Employment Working Group meeting that addresses one of...

Coherent and coordinated international effort is required to protect gig economy workers and businesses

Special remarks by Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi at the International Webinar on New Forms of Employment with reference to Gig and Platform Working in the BRICS and Global South

Informal ministerial meeting of the Ministers of Labour (EPSCO)

The impact of digital and climate transitions on the labour market

In a video statement to the EU labour ministers of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, addresses the “need to accelerate and to steer the transition to a greener, more...

Skills stories

Strengthening digital TVET in Ukraine

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science, the ILO project, “E-TVET in Ukraine: Training continuity and modernization during COVID-19 and beyond,” helped to develop quality e-Learning solutions for technical and vocational...

ILO Brief

Brief: Digital technologies and how India can use it to its advantage

The current trends in digital technologies is further driving forward the digitalization of trade and services, which is becoming a new engine for economic development for many developing countries like India.

Conclusions of the Technical meeting on the impact of digitalization in the finance sector (Geneva, 24-28 January 2022)

Occupational safety and health in teleworking

Crucial changes needed to protect workers’ health while teleworking

New analysis from the ILO and WHO sets out recommendations for safe and productive hybrid and teleworking.