Videos

  1. How to combine better income and food security

    31 March 2022

    Fabrice Leclerq, Chief Technical Advisor of an ILO project in Haiti explains how it aims to improve the living conditions of 1000 small producers, half of which are women, by using two products growing abundantly on the island: cocoa and breadfruit.

  2. Empowering refugees in Indonesia

    20 April 2021

    The video captures a joint initiative between the ILO and the UNHCR to empower Indonesian youth and refugee youth in Indonesia through entrepreneurship training.

  3. How Sustainable Enterprises can be part of the Post COVID-19 Response

    19 November 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and devastating impact on micro, small, and medium enterprises. To re-build economies that are more resilient and create productive, decent employment, policymakers will have to put in place reforms that are especially conducive for MSMEs.

  4. A new market for Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia

    14 June 2016

    The new covered market in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid is expected to create better working conditions for vendors.

  5. Sri Lankans rebuild livelihoods with new skills

    21 December 2015

    Sri Lanka's 26 year civil war not only killed thousands of people; it devastated the economy, ruining lives and destroying livelihoods. Ever since the war ended in 2009, Sri Lankans have been trying to rebuild not only their lives, but also their means of making a living. A new initiative by the ILO is helping them make that happen. (Closed Captions available)

  6. Social protection is an investment that pays dividends

    09 July 2015

    Ahead of the 13-16 July Financing for Development Conference in Addis-Ababa, Stephen Pursey, Director of the ILO Multilateral Cooperation Department talks about how social protection lifts people out of poverty and leads to healthier, better educated and more productive communities.

  7. The virtuous circle of decent work

    09 July 2015

    Ahead of the 13-16 July Financing for Development Conference in Addis-Ababa, Stephen Pursey, Director of the ILO Multilateral Cooperation Department talks about the significance of the conference on the road to the post-2015 agenda and the role of the ILO and the Decent Work Agenda.

  8. Decent work is the best source of financing for development

    09 July 2015

    Ahead of the 13-16 July Financing for Development Conference in Addis-Ababa, Jürgen Schwettmann, Director of the ILO Partnership Development Department talks about the role of the private sector and south-south cooperation in funding development and explains how decent work can create a virtuous circle of investment and sustainable growth.

  9. Youth employment is on everybody's minds

    09 July 2015

    Ahead of the 13-16 July Financing for Development Conference in Addis-Ababa, Stephen Pursey, Director of the ILO Multilateral Cooperation Department talks about the challenge of high-levels of youth employment and how it can be tackled.

  10. ILO Director-General interviewed at the European Parliament

    14 September 2011

    Following his address to an extraordinary meeting of the European Parliament Conference of Presidents, ILO Director-General, Mr. Juan Somavia, was interviewed saying "the real economy must take the driver's seat of the global economy, with a financial system at its service.

  11. Excerpts from ILO Director-General address to the European Parliament

    14 September 2011

    "The real economy must take the driver's seat in the global economy, with a financial system at its service" Mr. Somavia told members of the European Parliament during an address in Strasbourg.

  12. Global Wage Report 2010/2011: An Interview with the ILO's Manuela Tomei

    15 December 2010

    With the launch of the ILO's Global Wage Report 2010/2011, ILO TV interviews Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL). Based on an analysis of wages in 115 countries, the report says the financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009. The increasing discrepancy between low-wage and high-wage earners has had a deleterious effect on consumption worldwide. The interview highlights how several national recovery schemes and measures have worked to buffer wage stagnation and avoid lay offs, thus hastening a sustainable economic recovery.

  13. Facing the "stark reality" of climate change's effect on economic growth

    13 November 2007

    ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and UNEP Director Achim Steiner lead a discussion about the effects of climate change on the nexus between economic growth and environmental sustainability and how our only choice will be to see how they can reinforce each other in the years to come.