News and events

2020

  1. 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.

  2. Publication

    ILO and the United States' private sector

    20 August 2020

  3. © Issouf Sanogo / AFP 2022

    COVID-19 and child labour

    COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour – ILO and UNICEF

    12 June 2020

    Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.

2019

  1. ILO development cooperation

    ILO: Changing Lives

    19 December 2019

    One of the main missions of the ILO is to improve people's lives by advancing social justice and promoting decent work for everyone. Watch this video to discover a few of our 760 ongoing projects which do just that.

  2. © 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.

  3. Publication

    ILO-UNHCR partnership: Joint action for decent work and long-term solutions for refugees and other forcefully displaced persons

    13 December 2019

    The ILO, the UN agency for the world of work, and UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, are collaborating closely to address the challenges related to large scale displacement by making access to decent work and productive employment an essential component of sustainable response strategies for host communities, refugees, and other forcibly displaced persons.

  4. 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

  5. Publication

    Denmark-ILO Cooperation, November 2019

    01 November 2019

    Denmark has been an ILO member State since the organization’s creation in 1919 and is a key partner of the ILO in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Denmark has ratified the eight Fundamental Conventions, the four Priority Conventions, and 60 Technical Conventions.

  6. 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

  7. Event

    The 11th Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)