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March 2010
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Article
Social Mobilization for the Reduction of HIV Employment-Related Discrimination in Burkina Faso
01 March 2010
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Video
Cumplir para construir
01 March 2010
The ILO Project “Verification of the implementation of the White Paper recommendations in Central America and Dominican Republic” aims at strengthening the capacities of national and local labor administration institutions, through the provision of technical assistance to planning, improvement of information systems and training of labor inspectors and other key law enforcement personnel.
February 2010
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Remarks by ILO Director-General
ILO Director-General addresses Brookings Institution on achieving and sustaining an employment-based recovery
26 February 2010
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addressed a panel discussion on Achieving and Sustaining an Employment-Based Recovery: U.S. and Global Strategies for Governments, Businesses, Workers and Families, at Brookings institution in Washington DC.
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Interview
Employers’ organizations responding to the impact of the crisis
17 February 2010
With the adoption of the Global Jobs Pact by the 183 member States of the ILO at the International Labour Conference in June 2009, the world’s governments, employers and workers have at their disposal an integrated portfolio of policies to address the global economic and social crisis. ILO Online spoke with Jean-François Retournard, Director of the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities, about a new report which shows that employers’ organizations played a major role in worldwide efforts to stem the crisis.
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Video
The ILO's Director-General Juan Somavia on the Economic Crisis and Jobs
16 February 2010
The ILO's Director-General, Juan Somavia was interviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector Research Centre, as part of its Government & Global CEO report, launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2010.
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Video
WIND of Change
05 February 2010
More than one billion people worldwide earn their income from agriculture, working steadily to increase productivity and their standard of living. But farming brings risks that can undermine or even eliminate the gains hard won in the fields. From manual labour to machines, dangerous chemicals and unsanitary workplaces: farming families struggle with dangers at work and at home every day, but there's a WIND of change coming, as ILO TV reports.
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Private partnership
Z Zurich Foundation supports the ILO to improve microinsurance's efficiency and scale
02 February 2010
The Zurich Foundation has donated 3 million Swiss Francs (USD 2.8 million) to the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility to increase insurance coverage among low-income families. The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility - created in 2008 with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - will use the funds to launch a new round of innovation grants to promote projects that combine scale and efficiency through the use of technology.
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Article
Flyer:The fundamentals of labour administration
02 February 2010
January 2010
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News from Davos
ILO Director-General welcomes Business Leaders’ Declaration on International Trade and Economic Recovery at Davos
29 January 2010
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia welcomed a statement adopted by the International Business Council (IBC) of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Business Leaders’ Declaration on International Trade and Economic Recovery urges heads of government to follow through on commitments made at recent high-level meetings, including the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh and support the need for 'a concerted effort to put decent jobs at the heart of the recovery'.
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Article
Preface: The fundamentals of labour administration
28 January 2010