Employment services: News and events
May 2023
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News
ILO and Pôle emploi sign Memorandum of Understanding
02 May 2023
With this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the International Labour Organization and Pôle emploi, the French Public Employment Service, have committed to strengthen and develop existing forms of collaboration, and to explore new ones in areas of common interest.
April 2023
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Case study on the ratification of Conventions 88 and 181: France
France: Human-centred public-private cooperation for strengthening employment services
14 April 2023
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Case study on the ratification of Conventions 88 and 181: Uruguay
Uruguay: promoting decent work and social inclusion through ratifying and implementing Convention 181
14 April 2023
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Case study on the ratification of Convention 181: Japan
Key role of private employment agencies in strengthening national labour markets: The Japan way
14 April 2023
March 2023
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International Labour Standards
Nigeria ratified ILO Conventions concerning migrant workers and private employment agencies
27 March 2023
Nigeria becomes the 29th country to ratify Convention No. 143, and the 38th to ratify Convention No. 181.
November 2022
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Jobs and career guidance
First Global Careers Month to highlight importance of investing in career guidance
08 November 2022
The Inter-Agency Career Guidance Working Group (IAG CGWG) has launched the first Global Careers Month, which will run from 8 November to 13 December.
September 2022
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Fair Recruitment
The ILO launches a new phase of the Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment
13 September 2022
With the support of the Swiss Development Cooperation and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the third and final phase of the FAIR programme runs from August 2022 to July 2025.
August 2022
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Skills and employment
Big data offers new way to monitor changes in the demand and supply for skills
31 August 2022
A new study by the International Labour Organization finds that, with the right tools, data from online jobs platforms can provide important information about current and future demand and supply of skills in the labour market
July 2022
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Event
Blended Vocational Training in BLK in Indonesia: Curriculum standardization, Instructors’ competencies, and Implementation of training programmes
The Ministry of Manpower and the ILO Jakarta Office – through INSIGHT II project funded by the Government of Japan and UNIQLO project funded by Fast Retailing, Co., Ltd. – collaborate in the development of blended vocational skills training in BLKs for the almost three years now.
May 2022
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News
ILO Launches Ratification Campaign to Broaden Adoption of its Key Employment Services Conventions
25 May 2022
Emphasizing the critical importance of public and private employment services to achieve robust labour markets and a human-centered and job-rich recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organization has launched a targeted effort to increase ratifications of two key conventions among its member States.