News

December 2016

  1. Indonesian Vice President opens ILO’s 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting

    06 December 2016

    Indonesia’s Vice President Mohammad Jusuf Kalla and International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder opened the ILO’s 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) in Bali, with a call for a greater emphasis on social justice in development.

  2. ILO launches first academy on decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states

    05 December 2016

    ILO Regional Office for Arab States and the ILO International Training Centre in Turin have launched the first international academy to promote decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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    New strategies to reduce informality in domestic work

    05 December 2016

    A new ILO report calls for a combination of incentives and compliance to reduce high levels of informality in domestic work.

  4. Asia, Pacific and Arab states Ministers meet to discuss job creation, equality and social justice

    02 December 2016

    Policy makers, academics and civil society groups from throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Arab states will meet at the ILO 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting to discuss strategies for creating jobs and promoting equity and decent work.

November 2016

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    New ILO report presents good practices in labour migration governance for domestic workers

    24 November 2016

    ILO report calls for greater cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination.

  2. ILO launches enterprise development trainers course with Yemeni facilitators from across the country

    21 November 2016

    The ILO and its partners have launched the ‘My First Business’ training-of-trainers workshop to encourage entrepreneurship and enterprise development across four governorates in Yemen.

  3. ILO Study: Lebanon requires a new paradigm for trade unions to prosper

    17 November 2016

    A study released by the ILO and the the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation has stated that past and current structures in the Lebanese economy and workers’ organizations have resulted in a need for unions to rethink their role and internal structures to meet the expectations of their members as well as the wider labour force.

  4. © Ingrid Taylar 2024
    ILO Work in Fishing Convention No.188 (2007) to enter into force

    16 November 2016

    Landmark Convention will boost global efforts to ensure decent work for the world’s 38 million workers in the fishing sector.

  5. Jordan bazar promotes self-employed Jordanian and Syrian women

    08 November 2016

    Three-day event brings together Jordanian and Syrian women to showcase homemade products and explore ways to develop their businesses.

  6. ILO and partners launch first community centres in Lebanon to combat child labour

    07 November 2016

    ILO Regional Office for Arab States, Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour and Beyond Association have launched the first phase of an initiative to establish community centres to combat child labour in Lebanon as part of the implementation of the National Action Plan to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2019.