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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been an ILO member state since 1976 and has ratified 19 ILO Conventions, including seven of ten core Conventions. The ILO Technical Cooperation Programme with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development is in its 2nd phase. Work is ongoing on employment policy, skills development, occupational safety and health, social dialogue, fundamental principles and rights at work as well as cooperatives. The ILO is an active member of the United Nations Country Team and works with the Federation of Saudi Chambers and the Saudi National Committee of Workers Committees.

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ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities concludes two online validation workshops on strengthening labour functions in employers’...
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Employers and Business Membership Organization - capacity building

ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities concludes two online validation workshops on strengthening labour functions in employers’...

Report reviews the wage protection system in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
Meeting organized by the EB-GCC at the ILO headquarters in Geneva

New ILO-GCC joint report

Report reviews the wage protection system in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Tripartite partners

Projects and programmes

STREAM - Extending Social Protection to migrant workers and their families in the South Asia-Gulf Corridor

Project

STREAM - Extending Social Protection to migrant workers and their families in the South Asia-Gulf Corridor

Fostering cooperative development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Project

Fostering cooperative development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Publications

Wage Protection Systems in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A regional analysis

New ILO-GCC joint report

Wage Protection Systems in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A regional analysis

Navigating the digital and artificial intelligence revolution in Arab labour markets

ILO report

Navigating the digital and artificial intelligence revolution in Arab labour markets

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Ryszard Cholewinski

ILO activities in Saudi Arabia are coordinated by the ILO in the Arab States Office, based in Beirut.

Aresco Centre - Justinien Street - Kantari
P.O.Box 11-4088 Riad Solh 1107-2150
Beirut – Lebanon

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