News

October 2011

  1. News

    G20 Summit at Cannes: priorities, challenges and actions

    05 October 2011

    Ambassador Jean-David Levitte outlines France’s priorities for the G20 Summit in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011.

  2. Media Advisory

    Media advisory: 12th African Regional Meeting

    05 October 2011

    The 12th ILO African Regional Meeting will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11-14 October and will gather leaders, policy makers and experts from all 54 African countries to review progress made in achieving the targets set in the Decent Work Agenda for Africa 2007/2015.

  3. Press release

    ILO supports Tunisia in its efforts to make quality employment the goal of economic growth

    04 October 2011

    A new report by the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies provides an in-depth analysis of Tunisia’s economy and labour market and calls for a series of measures to bolster the economy, create quality jobs, improve wages and promote equality and social protection.

  4. News

    USDOL grants ILO USD 17.5 million to combat child and forced labour

    03 October 2011

    The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) has signed two cooperative agreements granting the International Labour Organization USD 17.5 million to support activities to combat child and forced labour around the world.

September 2011

  1. Press release

    ILO Director-General announces early departure

    30 September 2011

    The Director-General of the ILO, Juan Somavía, announced that he will bring forward the date of his departure from his post to the second half of 2012 due to strong personal reasons that require him to be closer to his family.

  2. News

    Brazil launches unprecedented social dialogue process to promote employment and decent work

    27 September 2011

    Brazil has launched a series of conferences on job creation and decent work in an effort to promote social dialogue on a scale that is unprecedented anywhere in the world, said the ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Elizabeth Tinoco.

  3. News

    High-level ILO mission to Greece on international labour standards

    27 September 2011

    An ILO High Level Mission to Greece has finished a full week of extensive meetings with all relevant actors of the country’s labour market. The mandate of the mission arose from complaints concerning the application of international conventions ratified by Greece in the areas of freedom of association, collective bargaining, wages, social security, employment policy, labour inspection and non-discrimination.

  4. Press release

    ILO warns of major G20 labour market decline in 2012 and serious jobs shortfall by 2015

    26 September 2011

    The slow-down in the global economy could result in a massive jobs shortfall among G20 members by next year, warns the International Labour Organization (ILO), in a joint study prepared with the OECD at the request of the G20 for its labour ministerial meeting in Paris on 26-27 September.

  5. News

    ILO Director-General calls for “decisive global cooperation” to tackle massive jobs deficit

    22 September 2011

    In a statement issued to the International Monetary Financial Committee and Development Committee, Mr Somavia warned that the world economy is again facing risks of a financial crisis and an economic recession which could further strain an already critical employment situation. He called for “decisive global cooperation” to tackle the massive jobs deficit and to avoid sliding into a possible recession.

  6. Press release

    To cope with labour shortages, retailers will have to hire greater numbers of older workers, says ILO report

    20 September 2011

    The ILO Global Dialogue Forum on the Needs of Older Workers in relation to Changing Work Processes and the Working Environment in Retail Commerce will meet on 21-22 September to examine ways in which work processes and the working environment in the labour-intensive retail commerce sector can be adapted to facilitate labour market participation of older workers in the sector.