News and events

2021

  1. Decent work for peace

    ILO and Interpeace sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen conflict-sensitive and peace-responsive programming

    10 December 2021

    ILO and Interpeace sign MoU to expand global peace responsive approaches.

2020

  1. ILO Partnership

    ILO and the Government of Norway sign a new partnership agreement on skills development and lifelong learning for the Future of Work

    15 December 2020

  2. Agreement ILO/IOM

    ILO and IOM sign agreement to strengthen collaboration on migration governance

    23 October 2020

    To strengthen their work on migration and enable them to provide more policy and practical support to their members, the ILO and the IOM have signed an agreement on migration governance.

2019

  1. © M. Crozet / ILO 2022

    Global Refugee Forum

    Joint action to support refugees and host communities

    18 December 2019

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

  2. Press release

    UNHCR and ILO to launch a joint initiative to support the urbanization and economic integration process of Malian refugees in Niger

    22 November 2019

  3. Press release

    ILO signs new agreement with the Netherlands on forced displacement response

    31 October 2019

    PROSPECTS Partnership: Putting decent work at the nexus between humanitarian action and development cooperation

  4. © Better Work 2022

    Textile industry

    ILO and H&M Group expand partnership

    24 January 2019

    The ILO and H&M Group have broadened their cooperation to further improve working conditions and productivity in textile and garment industry supply chains. This partnership will help drive both the Decent Work and Sustainable Development Goal Agendas in a key global sector.

2018

  1. Press release

    Luxembourg reaffirms support to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth

    23 October 2018

    Donor renews partnership with the ILO with a particular focus on the Sahel region

  2. Press release

    Switzerland and ILO sign new agreement on peace and development through employment

    04 February 2018

    The two entities will cooperate in the implementation of a project that promotes employment creation for peace and development in conflict situations

2017

  1. SCORE Programme

    ILO Programme increasing productivity in SMEs by up to 50%, enters third phase

    05 December 2017

    On 4 December 2017, the International Labour Organization (ILO), along with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), officially launched Phase III of the Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme.