Eastern Europe and Central Asia need to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in ‘green’ jobs, and establish social protection floors to ensure a sustainable future. These were some of the findings from a new UN report “From Transition to Transformation”, launched in Istanbul, Turkey at the first (...)
Ahead of the Youth Employment Forum, the ILO is holding consultation events in more than 40 countries around the world to hear young people’s views on the alarming employment situation. The meeting in Beirut underlined the different angles of youth employment in the Arab (...)
The ILO Green Jobs Programme organized a national workshop on green jobs creation on 22 and 23 February 2012. During this workshop, Government representatives, as well as employers’ and workers’ organizations discussed the results of four national assessments on green job creation conducted (...)
The third open-ended informal intersessional meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will be held on Monday, 26 March, and Tuesday, 27 March 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber (...)
L’atelier vise à permettre à l’Etat et aux partenaires sociaux de disposer d’éléments de réflexion pertinents en vue de l’adoption et de la mise en œuvre d’une stratégie et d’un plan national de lutte contre la discrimination en matière d’emploi et de profession. Plus spécifiquement, l’atelier cherche à : - (...)
The centre provides vocational education training for people of different age, mainly for those unemployed and labour migrants on 48 professions and occupations that are on demand on the labour market.
The ILO Office complemented the UN response to the EC public consultation on social protection in development cooperation with an ILO response, taking into account the ILO tripartite structure and the upcoming discussion at the June 2012 International Labour Conference (ILC) regarding a (...)
The ILO Office contributed significantly to the consolidated response by the UN team in Brussels to the "European Commission (EC) Public Consultation: Social Protection in EU Development Cooperation".
The ILO Consultation, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), brought together the European Youth Forum, the EU social partners, the EESC, European Commission, Danish EU Council Presidency, EU Member States and political groups at the European Parliament. The outcomes of (...)
The ILO and the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste have announced a new US$31 million project to significantly improve road transport in Timor-Leste.