Statements and speeches

2023

  1. Technical and vocational education and training and skills development

    Skills: My passport to a better future

    06 September 2023

    The ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme helps partners implement pilots on inclusive, area-based and industry-led lifelong learning models in the Philippines.

  2. © Bernard Testa/ILO 2023

    Skills development

    A new wave of traditional mat-making sweeps through a Philippine town

    22 August 2023

    The ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme has helped locals produce and sell premium, high-quality hand-woven products and thus earn a decent wage.

  3. Statement

    Businesses need to innovate and adapt to harness opportunities in the rapidly changing world of work

    18 August 2023

    Keynote Speech by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, OIC/Deputy Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi at the EFSI ER Conference 2023: Business dynamics and HR value creation

  4. Statement

    Apprenticeships need to be agile to cater to the changing demands of the workforce

    17 August 2023

    Opening remarks at the Sharing of good practices and lessons learned in apprenticeships from ADULT project workshop by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director/OIC, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi.

  5. Statement

    India's progress in connecting drinking water to households has resulted in decent work opportunities

    10 August 2023

    Introductory remarks at the release of the Study on Assessment of Employment Potential of the Jal Jeevan Mission by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director/OIC, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi.

  6. Statement

    Increasing women's participation in platform work is fundamental to the Decent Work Agenda

    27 July 2023

    Opening remarks by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director and Officer-in-Charge, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, at - Understanding and improving women's work on digital labour platforms Stakeholder Consultation Workshop in India

  7. Statement

    Technology needs to work for employers and workers in an equitable future of work

    17 July 2023

    Address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, OIC/Deputy Director, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, at the New Technologies and the Future of Work conference

  8. Statement

    Organizations must recognise and nurture women as a talent pool to advance decent work for all

    13 July 2023

    Opening remarks by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director and Officer-in-Charge, ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, at the Leadership Development for Women Executives in CPSEs organized by SCOPE

  9. Statement

    Statement on the death in Bangladesh of Mr Shahidul Islam

    30 June 2023

    President of the Gazipur branch of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, (BGIWF) died on 25 June 2023.

  10. Just and sustainable workplace

    Closing message at the National Conference of Employers in the Philippines

    28 June 2023

    ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo addressed the National Conference of Employers on Human-Centred Transitions for a Just and Sustainable Workplace held in Manila.