News room

August 2023

  1. Identifying and investigating forced labour cases: a training for state labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

    24 August 2023

    On 23 and 24 August 2023, further to a request from the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the ILO Integrated Programme on Cotton, Textile and Apparel sector delivered a two-day online training on identifying and investigating forced labour cases for state labour inspectors.

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    Generative AI likely to augment rather than destroy jobs

    21 August 2023

    ILO report assesses the impact of generative artificial intelligence on job quantity and quality.

  3. Armenian labour inspectors enhance skills and expand knowledge on labour rights

    18 August 2023

    Within the framework of the promotion of labour rights in Armenia, training for labour inspectors was held here on August 18, 2023.

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    Effective financing mechanisms for skills development can tackle inequality woes, says a new ILO report

    17 August 2023

    The study analyses pros and cons of practices around the world, shedding light on the policy options to improve access to and participation in skills development and lifelong learning of disadvantaged people.

July 2023

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    ILO calls on G20 for international solidarity to close the global decent work divide

    21 July 2023

    The G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting highlighted the need to sustainably finance social protection, to extend social security to more workers, including in the gig and platform economy, and to address the global skills gap.

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    New partnership to promote decent work across food systems

    20 July 2023

    The new alliance between ILO, IFAD and CARE will promote decent work and productive employment, with the aim of tackling poverty and inequality in the sector while also promoting sustainable business.

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    Improve Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to meet skills and labour mismatch

    12 July 2023

    A new joint study by the World Bank, the ILO, and UNESCO says TVET needs to adapt to globalization, technological progress, demographic transformation, and climate change.

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    ILO and UNHCR commit to decent work for refugees, displaced people and host communities

    10 July 2023

    The Joint Action Plan (2023-2025), a result of six interagency regional consultations, sets the priorities for advancing an inclusive world of work in forced displacement contexts.

  5. New website of the Union of Employers of Tajikistan

    07 July 2023

    The new website of the Union of Employers of Tajikistan (ORRT) has been officially launched. It has been developed with the support of the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO/ACTEMP).

  6. ILO presents its Self-Assessment Method for Social Dialogue Institutions to constituents in Armenia

    01 July 2023

    On 29-30 June, 2023, a Workshop was conducted in Yerevan, Armenia, to present the ILO newly developed tool “Self-Assessment Method for Social Dialogue Institutions” (SAM-SDI) to the members and secretariat of the Republican Tripartite Commission (RTC) of Armenia.