Videos

  1. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder calls for more regular migration channels in the EU

    21 October 2013

    ILO Director-General Guy Ryder addressed a conference of the European Commission on EU labour law in a video message. Recalling the recent Lampedusa tragedy, he advocated joint efforts of the European Union, the ILO, governments, workers' and employers' organizations to create more regular migration channels.

  2. Guy Ryder: "Social dialogue is and must be part of the solution to the crisis"

    16 April 2013

    “Social dialogue is and must be a part of the solution” Guy Ryder recalled at a conference on 'Industrial relations and social dialogue in Europe 2012' organized by the European Commission in Budapest on 15 and 16 April 2013.

  3. Against social dumping at sea

    01 March 2013

    On 21 February 2013, the Employment Committee of the European parliament adopted a decision on the enforcement of a Council Directive on the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006). With this decision, MEPs aim to bring the MLC closer to EU law. The EP’s support to the MLC will further speed up the ratification process by EU countries, said ILO-Brussels Director Rudi Delarue in an interview.

  4. ILO Chief calls for immediate action to tackle unemployment

    15 February 2013

    ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, stressed how "world unemployment is still on the rise, and the feeling of the need to act and change is very much on our mind". While addressing the Eurofound 2013 Forum in Dublin, Ireland, Mr. Ryder went on to say how the social investment package offers an important opportunity to begin to move to a different direction, as people need to be brought back to the labour market. He concluded, it is not acceptable to tolerate levels of youth unemployment which are lived in millions of lives of quiet desperation.

  5. "How should the EU finance its baby-boomers' pensions?" Sophie asks ILO expert John Woodall

    21 January 2013

    In Euronews' programme "Utalk", Sophie from Zurich asked ILO Senior Social Security specialist John Woodall how her generation will pay for the pensions of baby-boomers.

  6. The ILO and the EU improving safety and health at work through a Decent Work Agenda (short version)

    30 November 2012

    The European Union and the ILO SAFEWORK programme have engaged in a joint project to improve safety and health at work in Honduras, Malawi, The Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, and Zambia. This video gives an overview of the successes reached in these countries, leading to safe and healthy, decent workplace for all.

  7. Steven Stone (UNEP) on the ways forward towards a green economy after Rio+20

    10 October 2012

    "All governments need to look at how countries spend their money", says the UNEP's expert Steven Stone in an interview with the UN Regional Information Centre in Brussels. We need to change the look at how we create wealth, Steven Stone concluded.

  8. Peter Poschen (ILO) on the impact of the transition to a green economy on the labour market

    10 October 2012

    "The impact on the labour market of the transition to green economy will depend on the policies that countries implement", says the ILO's green jobs expert Peter Poschen in an interview with the UN Regional Information Centre in Brussels. If accompanied by the right policy mix, a green economy can also create more and better jobs, Poschen concludes.

  9. "Has Europe any plan to help young people?" Omar asks ILO expert Theodoor Sparreboom

    25 September 2012

    In Euronews' programme "Utalk", Theodoor Sparreboom (ILO) responds to a question from Omar, 25 years old, on the youth employment crisis in Europe.

  10. Euronews interview: Guy Ryder calls for urgent action on youth unemployment

    18 September 2012

    "We have to get growth and jobs, which are so badly missing today, back on the international policy agenda" says Guy Ryder in an interview with Euronews on the occasion of the September 2012 employment conference of the European Commission. The ILO Director General Elect calls for universal youth guarantees to tackle the youth employment crisis.