News, articles and statements
March 2019
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News
Regional cooperation in the Western Balkans for ensuring the right of every worker to safe and fair working conditions developed
29 March 2019
In the frame of the ILO project “Employment and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP)”, funded by the EU, the Labour Inspection of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have signed yesterday, 27 of March, in Tirana, Albania, a memorandum of understanding to develop regional cooperation with the aim of ensuring the right of every worker to safe and fair working conditions, as an essential element of social policy.
February 2019
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News
Strategic Compliance Planning Workshop in Laos PDR
20 February 2019
The ILO held a workshop on strategic compliance planning on occupational safety and health (OSH) on 6-8 February 2019 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, supported by a Vision Zero Fund project: Safety and Health in Lao PDR Supply Chains.
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News
Tripartite Strategic Compliance Planning Workshop in Malaysia
14 February 2019
The Malaysia Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR) and the ILO organized a tripartite strategic compliance planning workshop for labour regulators in Peninsular Malaysia, funded by USDOL-Labour Law Reform project.
December 2018
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News
Cambodia Labour Inspection Strategic Compliance Planning
12 December 2018
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) of Cambodia, in collaboration with Better Factories Cambodia and the International Labour Organization organized one and half day workshop on the 6-7 December 2018, aimed to develop and specify the Cambodian inspectorate's interventions in 2019 as part of the MoLVT's 2019-2023 compliance planning exercise.
April 2017
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
How data can protect workers’ health and lives
28 April 2017
This year’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the critical need for countries to improve their capacity to collect and utilize reliable occupational safety and health data. Dr Francisco Santos-O'Connor (ILO Senior Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health – OSH for Asia) explains the importance of optimizing the collection and use of these data.
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Article
World Safe Day 2017: new and innovative partnership launched in Brazil
25 April 2017
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Article
Participants of All-Russia OSH Week Discuss International Labour Inspection and OSH Challenges and Solutions
10 April 2017
Day one of the All-Russia OSH Week-2017 featured a conference of the Regional Alliance of Labour Inspections (RALI) of CIS and Mongolia. The participants discussed their countries' best practices of state supervision and control, including those in the OSH sphere.
March 2017
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Article
New project website - Supporting transition from the informal to formal economy and reducing undeclared work in Greece
23 March 2017
In Greece, undeclared work remains a significant feature of the economy, despite measures taken in recent years to address the issue.
October 2016
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Ukraine
Reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination at workplace through training for labour inspectors
14 October 2016
An ILO training equipped Ukrainian labour inspectors with skills and knowledge to implement awareness-raising and training activities and to provide advisory services to employers and workers.
July 2015
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Partnerships
ILO and the Netherlands sign agreement to strengthen labour inspection systems in Pakistan
02 July 2015
The partnership will strengthen institutional mechanisms for effective labour inspection; enhance human resource capacities in the country to enforce the law on labour inspections and partner with the private sector to promote international labour standards and ensure their compliance by enterprises.
April 2015
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Rana Plaza, two years on
Factory inspector, a challenging but honourable job
22 April 2015
Since the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse there has been a sustained effort to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the Labour Inspectorate. ILO is supporting this process through its Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garment Sector Programme funded by Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Amongst the newly recruited inspectors trained by ILO is 27-year-old Farzana Islam.
January 2015
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Albania
Better employment services and improved vocational education
22 January 2015
The Delegation of the European Union to Albania and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, presented results a three-year Human Resources Development project on 15 January 2015 in Tirana.
October 2014
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Statement
Sandra Polaski: "important improvements still required in many areas"
20 October 2014
At an ILO-EU stocktaking meeting on the Sustainability Compact for Bangladesh, ILO Deputy Director-General Sandra Polaski said that despite important progress made in terms of labour conditions, a lot of work still remains to be done.
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Occupational safety and health
Government, workers' and employers' representatives agreed on the main elements of a roadmap on OSH in mines
17 October 2014
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MoLSS), International Labour Organization (ILO), social partners and other relevant stakeholders discussed how risk assessments, compliance with national legislation, labour inspection and the social partners can contribute to increased safety and health in mines in a national tripartite meeting held in Ankara.
June 2014
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
125 Labour Inspectors Received Training by the ITC-ILO
26 June 2014
Labour Inspectors from the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments attended a three week long training programme by the ILO aimed at strengthening capacity of the labour inspection system of Bangladesh
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
Future Directions Set for Modernization of the Labour Inspection System in Bangladesh
26 June 2014
Participants of a two day workshop on Labour Inspection Management in Bangladesh made a number of recommendations aimed at setting the direction for the modernization of the Labour Inspection System in Bangladesh. The workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Improving Working Conditions in the RMG Programme (RMGP) of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
May 2014
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Press release
CAD $19.5 million ILO project launched to enhance capacity of workforce in key industries in Bangladesh
15 May 2014
‘Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity (B-SEP) Project’ is a five year long initiative of the Government of Bangladesh funded by the Government of Canada and implemented by the ILO.
February 2014
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Press release
ILO welcomes the upgrading of the Bangladesh Labour Inspectorate
09 February 2014
The ILO welcomes the decision of the Government of Bangladesh to upgrade the Chief Inspector of Factories and Establishments office to a ‘Department’. With this upgrade, the number of labour and factory inspectors will increase to a total of 575 from the current 183 positions.
January 2014
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Press release
New labour inspectors on board to ensure compliance
22 January 2014
To achieve sustainable reform in labour inspection system in Bangladesh, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the program “Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry” (PSES), implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), joined hands to develop capacity of the newly recruited labour inspectors of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE).
November 2013
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Press release
RMG building safety inspections to start tomorrow after major breakthrough
21 November 2013
Inspections of all export-oriented Ready Made Garment (RMG) and knitwear factory buildings in Bangladesh will start tomorrow, 22 November 2013.