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ILO adopts Abidjan Declaration
The ILO's 14th Africa Regional Meeting has concluded with the adoption of a new declaration calling for investment in decent job creation, the institutions of work and sustainable growth in order to achieve a human-centred future of work in Africa.
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Let them fly, don’t clip their wings!
Sri Lankan singer, Ridma Weerawardena, is the latest musician from around the world to join the ILO’s Global Music Against Child Labour Initiative. The song is his contribution to the global fight to end child labour.
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More than 500 billion dollars a year needed to ensure basic levels of social protection worldwide
A new ILO report highlights critical financing gaps in social protection and provides policy recommendations on how these gaps could be closed.
- Read the report: Measuring financing gaps in social protection for achieving SDG target 1.3: Global estimates and strategies for developing countries
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Global Social Protection Week
25-28 November
A special event for Global Social Protection Week kicks off at ILO Headquarters in Geneva this week with aim of providing a roadmap for the future of social protection within the framework of of the Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work.
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ILOSTAT Blog
Africa’s employment landscape
Following Africa Industrialization Day earlier this month, which focused on the expansion of the region’s manufacturing sector.
Programmes and results
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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
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Decent Work for Sustainable Development Resource Platform
This platform offers integrated guidance and working resources on the relationship between Decent Work and Sustainable Development.
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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.
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ILO projects worldwide
Discover ILO's Development Cooperation Dashboard
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Campaigns
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Artworks
Artists engagement programme
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50forFreedom
Support the international treaty to end modern slavery
World of work trends
- The Global Labour Income Share and Distribution
- World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2019
- Global Wage Report 2018/19: What lies behind gender pay gaps
- World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs
- World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 – Global snapshot
- World Social Protection Report 2017-19
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Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
Podcast - Anna Biondi: The role of cooperatives for decent work
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Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACTEMP)
Business models worldwide face radical change: ILO-IOE study
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Trainings and courses
ILO Training Centre
Global provider of training for the world of work
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ILO Helpdesk for business on international labour standards
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Skills for employment knowledge sharing platform
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Director-General
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
End violence and harassment in the world of work
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ILO Centenary
Our story, your story
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InfoStory
The ILO: Laying the foundations of social justice
World of Work magazine
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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.