News and events
2015
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South-South and triangular cooperation
Informal briefing on ILO activities with the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
Members of the ILO from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) met with representatives of the ILO during the International Labour Conference in June 2015.
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South-South cooperation
IX Brazil-ILO Annual Review Meeting, 2015
Brazil and ILO announced a new South-South cooperation project to promote decent work in the cotton industry during a meeting between representatives of the Brazilian Government and workers' and employers' organizations and the ILO.
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South-south cooperation
ILO and Brazil to promote decent work in cotton-producing countries in Africa and Latin America
04 May 2015
2014
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South-South and triangular cooperation
BRICS and the ILO: An overview
16 October 2014
During the past few years, development cooperation between both governments and private industry from the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa) and the ILO has been very active. In 2009, Brazil signed an overarching framework agreement on Technical Cooperation with Latin American and African countries for the implementation of the ILO-Brazil Partnership Programme for the Promotion of South-South Cooperation.
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South-South and triangular cooperation
Informal meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and the ILO in the framework of SSTC
Members of the ILO from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) met with representatives of the ILO during the International Labour Conference in June 2014. Inter alia, they discussed the recent publication, "South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP): good practices in social protection and in combating child labour" (see link below to Portuguese version).
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South-South cooperation
Brazil-ILO Annual Review Meeting 2014
Representatives from the Brazilian Government and workers' and employers' organizations will present, analyse and debate ongoing cooperation activities within the partnership with the ILO for the promotion of the Decent Work Agenda.
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News
Angola presents the Brasilia Declaration on combating child labour through South-South cooperation on behalf of the CPLP
15 April 2014
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Publication
Reducing the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Tobacco-Growing Communities in Brazil, Malawi and Zambia
21 March 2014
Brazil, Malawi and Zambia are among the largest producers of tobacco worldwide. A combination of factors, however, such as the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, cultural acceptance of child labour, and the accepted distribution and use of land, have exacerbated the incidence of child labour in these countries.
2013
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Event
Final conference on the ILO-EU project "Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work"
Final conference on the ILO-EU project "Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work (MAP)", funded by the European Commission. The conference will focus on the main results of the project and validate the methodology developed in the project countries in the light of the post-2015 development agenda.
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Global South-South Development Expo 2013
Sustainable Development and Decent Work Solution Forum
Within the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo that took place in Nairobi from 28 October to 1 November 2013, the ILO Solution Forum focused on projects concerning sustainable development and decent work in a variety of contexts worldwide.