Akiko’s Blog No. 30 “The ILO’s Five Flagship Programmes”
Another formidable typhoon hit Japan at the end of September, causing great havoc throughout the country. This month saw Asian nations suffer great natural disasters: the Philippines hit by a massive typhoon, and Indonesia struck by a major earthquake and tsunami, among other cases. I offer my sincerest condolences, and I pray so that people who are forced out of home may return to normal life as soon as possible.
In the politics, the incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the LDP’s president election for the third time. Shigeru Ishiba, former State Minister for Regional Revitalization, came closer than previously expected.
And now, let us talk about what we’ve been up to at the ILO Office for Japan.
In early September, we had a social finance specialist from the ILO HQ visit Japan, to conduct an investigative study with two Japanese professionals on labour banks in this country as a means to promote financial inclusion. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped with this study.
We have a non-partisan association of lawmakers for promotion of the ILO activities, which is having its 30th anniversary this year. To celebrate this, its members visited Vietnam and Cambodia to have talks with the governments, workers and employers and to visit the ILO projects there, and I tagged along.
The ILO is recruiting available specialist jobs throughout the world here. Please see the vacancy list from here.
We are holding the second Sustainability Forum on Wednesday, 17 October, and ILO-Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA) Public Seminar: Cooperative Activities in Western French-Speaking West Africa, on Tuesday, 23 October, in addition to the 31st International Symposium on Labour Issues, held jointly with the Ohara Institute for Social Research of Hosei University on Thursday, October 4. Do join us at these events.
Lastly, we have translated the executive summary of “World Social Protection Report 2017-19”, and created a leaflet titled “Decent Work: Key to Achieving SDGs”.
Let’s have a look at this leaflet this month. The ILO highlights the following five flagship programmes to support decent work and achievement of SDGs.
The first is the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC+); it aims to eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025, and forced labour, modern slavery, and human trafficking by 2030.
The second is Global Action for Prevention on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH GAP); this programme helps foster culture of prevention, and assists all workers so that they may enjoy their basic right to work in a safe and healthy environment. The Japanese government supports Cambodia for this programme.
The third is the Programme on Jobs for Peace and Resilience; it provides decent work to people who are vulnerable to social and political instability, which tends to occur in conflict zones and disaster-prone countries. The Japanese government conducts Employment Creation for Youth to Build Sustainable Peace Project in The Gambia.
The fourth is Building Social Protection Floors for All; with the goal of providing social protection floors for all people, it promotes and supports development and implementation of social protection schemes. The Japanese government is also engaged in this programme.
The fifth is Better Work. This partnership between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) endeavours to improve working conditions in the garment industry and to boost business competitiveness.
These programmes were included in the projects that the Diet members visited on the trip that I mentioned earlier.
In the politics, the incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the LDP’s president election for the third time. Shigeru Ishiba, former State Minister for Regional Revitalization, came closer than previously expected.
And now, let us talk about what we’ve been up to at the ILO Office for Japan.
In early September, we had a social finance specialist from the ILO HQ visit Japan, to conduct an investigative study with two Japanese professionals on labour banks in this country as a means to promote financial inclusion. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped with this study.
We have a non-partisan association of lawmakers for promotion of the ILO activities, which is having its 30th anniversary this year. To celebrate this, its members visited Vietnam and Cambodia to have talks with the governments, workers and employers and to visit the ILO projects there, and I tagged along.
The ILO is recruiting available specialist jobs throughout the world here. Please see the vacancy list from here.
We are holding the second Sustainability Forum on Wednesday, 17 October, and ILO-Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA) Public Seminar: Cooperative Activities in Western French-Speaking West Africa, on Tuesday, 23 October, in addition to the 31st International Symposium on Labour Issues, held jointly with the Ohara Institute for Social Research of Hosei University on Thursday, October 4. Do join us at these events.
Lastly, we have translated the executive summary of “World Social Protection Report 2017-19”, and created a leaflet titled “Decent Work: Key to Achieving SDGs”.
Let’s have a look at this leaflet this month. The ILO highlights the following five flagship programmes to support decent work and achievement of SDGs.
The first is the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC+); it aims to eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025, and forced labour, modern slavery, and human trafficking by 2030.
The second is Global Action for Prevention on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH GAP); this programme helps foster culture of prevention, and assists all workers so that they may enjoy their basic right to work in a safe and healthy environment. The Japanese government supports Cambodia for this programme.
The third is the Programme on Jobs for Peace and Resilience; it provides decent work to people who are vulnerable to social and political instability, which tends to occur in conflict zones and disaster-prone countries. The Japanese government conducts Employment Creation for Youth to Build Sustainable Peace Project in The Gambia.
The fourth is Building Social Protection Floors for All; with the goal of providing social protection floors for all people, it promotes and supports development and implementation of social protection schemes. The Japanese government is also engaged in this programme.
The fifth is Better Work. This partnership between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) endeavours to improve working conditions in the garment industry and to boost business competitiveness.
These programmes were included in the projects that the Diet members visited on the trip that I mentioned earlier.