Occupational Safety and Health

Social dialogue, key to strengthening safety and health at work

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have shown the importance of an effective collaboration between social partners in preventing occupational accidents and diseases, says a new report from the ILO on World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

ILO and EUD high-level visit to Konya

Mr. Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey, and His Excellency Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, paid field visits to Konya for on-site review of activities under “Opportunities for Lives Project” implemented by ILO and DGILF with EU funding.

ILO’s informative meetings on combating child labour in the Black Sea Region

A series of informative meetings were held for institutions in the context of “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Turkey”

A just transition to greener economies

Bold action needed to reduce carbon emissions

The latest report from the UN‘s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change outlines opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and strengthens the ILO‘s call for a just transition to greener economies.

ILO Turkey Office renews its call for Ratification of Violence and Harassment Convention (C190)

Speaking at the event on preventing violence in the world of work, Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey, stated that social partners, private sector and civil society were already mobilized and working to implement the Convention, though not yet ratified, and practices deriving from the Convention already being introduced at work.

New Director-General of the International Labour Organization elected

The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022.