ILO Director-General

  1. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder took office on 1 October 2012. Guy Ryder sees the ILO as absolutely central to the questions of the day: jobs, social protection, the fight against poverty, and equality. For this reason, he wants to reinforce the ILO's place at the centre of international decision-making on issues that affect the world of work.

    The Director-General wants the ILO to play a role in difficult global situations – such as economic crisis – and on the national agendas of countries undergoing change, especially where the world of work is at stake.

    To support these goals, Guy Ryder has started a process of internal reform to strengthen the ILO's technical capacity and improve its policy analysis.

Statements and speeches

  1. © SEWA Cooperative Federation 2020

    International Day of Cooperatives

    ILO Director-General’s statement for the International Day of Cooperatives 2020

    03 July 2020

  2. Virtual Oceans Dialogue of the World Economic Forum

    Include the ocean economy in the response to COVID-19

    08 June 2020

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News and press releases

  1. Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: New normal? Better normal!

    01 May 2020

  2. © Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via AFP 2020

    COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment

    COVID-19: How social and economic sectors are responding

    21 April 2020

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In the media

  1. © AFP 2020

    People's Daily

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

    29 May 2020

  2. © Nam Y. Huh / AP 2020

    Euronews

    COVID-19 creating 'lockdown generation' as young workers take the biggest hit

    28 May 2020

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Videos, audio and photos

  1. COVID-19:  Supporting employment and incomes

    Message from ILO's Director-General Guy Ryder for International MSME Day 2020

    26 June 2020

  2. COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

    Migrant workers among the hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic

    24 June 2020

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