Videos and Photos

2015

  1. Informal economy

    A journey towards formalization

    26 August 2015

    This video shows a large number of people in Nepal work in informal business. Their contribution to the country's economy remains unseen and unmeasured. This affects not only the country's budget, but also hampers the economic planning and the country's development goals.

  2. Skills and employment

    Brightening lives

    18 August 2015

    ILO partnered with the Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) province and arranged “Skills and Employment” interventions for the displaced families to engage them in productive activities. The video describes how this project supported the displaced families in reducing their vulnerabilities.

  3. Video

    AP-Forced Labour Net online course: Module 2

    15 August 2015

    Module 2 of the online course covers the ILO indicators of forced labour, how indicators of forced labour can contribute to data collection and research and the concept of a "continuum of exploitation".

  4. BBC

    Worker involvement key to workplace safety in China

    12 August 2015

    Explosion in northern China puts focus on workplace safety. The BBC interviews Tim De Meyer, Director of the ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia, on the tragic loss of life caused by the explosion in the port of Tianjin on 12 August 2015. He said more needs to be done to ensure workers are given the tools and support necessary to protect themselves, the public and the environment.

  5. Disaster response

    Decent work: An immediate response to Haiyan

    06 August 2015

    Almost 6 million workers were affected when Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the Philippines in November 2013. Of these, 2.6 million workers were already in vulnerable employment and living near or at the poverty line even before the super typhoon. The ILO immediately responded with livelihood and decent work at the forefront of its recovery efforts. With the support of the Governments of Norway and Japan, the Department for International Development (DFID) UK , and the International Maritime Employers' Council (IMEC), the ILO reached out to affected communities with social protection and programmes of emergency employment, local resource-based work, skills training, and enterprise development and recovery.

  6. Disaster response

    Highlights of the ILO Haiyan (Yolanda) project culminating event

    06 August 2015

    The ILO Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery Project, for Super Typhoon Haiyan locally known as Yolanda, gathered donors, partners, and beneficiaries to conclude its disaster response work with a culminating event "Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihood at the Forefront of Recovery after Haiyan (Yolanda)" on 6 August 2015. At the event participants shared key lessons and challenges in placing sustainable livelihood at the forefront of post-disaster relief, recovery, and development.

  7. Disaster response

    ILO Haiyan (Yolanda) culminating event and panel on disaster response

    06 August 2015

    Introduction and panel 1 on Lessons across borders: Learnings from disaster response in Japan and the Philippines, the first panel discussion during the culminating event "Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihood at the Forefront of Recovery after Haiyan (Yolanda)

  8. Disaster response

    ILO Haiyan (Yolanda) panel on disaster response and livelihood

    06 August 2015

    Panel discussion 1 on Lessons across borders: Learnings from disaster response in Japan and the Philippines and Panel discussion 2 on Spearheading sustainability and liveli hood recovery through collaboration during the culminating event "Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihood at the Forefront of Recovery following Haiyan"

  9. Disaster response

    ILO Haiyan (Yolanda) on livelihood and social protection

    06 August 2015

    Panel discussion 2 on Spearheading sustainability and livelihood recovery through collaboration and Panel discussion 3 on Social protection in Haiyan disaster response during the culminating event "Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihood at the Forefront of Recovery following Haiyan"

  10. Forced labour

    AP-Forced Labour Net online course: Introductory video

    02 August 2015

    This video introduces the AP-Forced Labour Net online course covering the preventing and addressing trafficking in persons in East and South-East Asia.