• Transition from school to work remains a difficult process for youth

    The ease or difficulty with which young people are able to transition from school to work has a lasting impact on their lives and labour market prospects. New indicators in the ILOSTAT database provide insights on youth transitions into the workforce.

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  • How an ILO Protocol has helped combat forced labour in Thai fishing

    Since Thailand ratified the ILO’s 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention (P29), conditions for workers in the country’s seafood and fishing industry have improved. The ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights project has supported the Thai government in implementing the changes.

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  • The ILO’s Centenary year in review

    It was a year of celebration, declarations and reaffirmation at the International Labour Organization as it marked 100 years in pursuit of social justice and decent work around the world. A look back at 2019 as the ILO looks to the future of work in its second century.

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    Joint action to support refugees and host communities

    Global Refugee Forum

    The International Labour Organization will work to strengthen socio-economic growth and decent work for refugees and host communities as part of the PROSPECTS partnership.

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  1. ILO100

    ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, 2019

  1. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

News

  1. Forced labour

    Hope and better prospects for a former bonded labourer in Nepal

Programmes and results

  1. ILO's flagship programmes

    The ILO has integrated many of its existing technical projects into five flagship programmes, designed to enhance the efficency and impact of its development cooperation with constituents on a global scale.

Cooperation

  1. Partnering for Development

    With over 50 years of experience in development cooperation, the ILO today has a bigger portfolio than ever with some 600 active programmes and projects in more than 100 countries.

  2. ILO projects worldwide

    Discover ILO's Development Cooperation Dashboard

Campaigns

  1. Artworks

    Artists engagement programme

  2. 50forFreedom

    Support the international treaty to end modern slavery

World of work trends

  1. The Global Labour Income Share and Distribution
  2. World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2019
  3. Global Wage Report 2018/19: What lies behind gender pay gaps
  4. World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs
  5. World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 – Global snapshot

Resources for constituents

  1. 14th African Regional Meeting

  2. 337th Session of the Governing Body

  3. ILO Centenary

  4. 108th Session of the International Labour Conference

  5. Upcoming sectoral tripartite meetings

  6. Programme of ILO meetings 2019-20

  1. Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

    Podcast - Anna Biondi: The role of cooperatives for decent work

  2. Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACTEMP)

    Women in business and management: The business case for change

Learn more

  1. Trainings and courses

    ILO Training Centre

    Global provider of training for the world of work

  2. ILO Helpdesk for business on international labour standards

  3. Skills for employment knowledge sharing platform

Multimedia library

Multimedia download platform   ¦  Apps

Director-General

  1. G7 Paris Summit

    Reducing inequalities for sustainable development

Blog Work in Progress

  1. Labour migration

    I benefitted from migration, let others do so too

Interactive

  1. ILO Centenary

    Our story, your story

  2. InfoStory

    The ILO: Laying the foundations of social justice

World of Work magazine

  1. Special 2019 issue: The ILO at 100

    Working for peace and social justice

    This Centenary issue of the World of Work magazine presents some milestones of the ILO’s history and its efforts to promote social justice as the foundation of peace around the globe.