Global Employment Agenda
| The conviction that employment is fundamental to the fight against poverty and social exclusion was a conclusion both of the World Summit on Social Development in 1995 and the 24th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2000, which called upon the ILO to develop a coherent and coordinated international strategy for the promotion of freely chosen productive employment. The Global Employment Agenda is Office's response to this request. The Agenda's main aim is to place employment at the heart of economic and social policies. Consistent with the Millennium Development Goals, the Agenda seeks, through the creation of productive employment, to better the lives of people who are either unemployed or whose remuneration from work is inadequate to allow them and their families to escape from poverty. |
Key resources
C122 Employment Policy Convention, 1964
C122 Employment Policy Convention, 1964
Decent Work and the informal economy
Decent Work and the informal economy
The promotion of sustainable enterprises. Report 96 VI
The promotion of sustainable enterprises. Report 96 VI
Implementing the Global Employment Agenda : employment strategies in support of decent work, "Vision" document
Implementing the Global Employment Agenda : employment strategies in support of decent work, "Vision" document
Report IV: Promotion of rural employment for poverty reduction
Report IV: Promotion of rural employment for poverty reduction
Further information
Report of the Committee on Employment and Social Policy
Report of the Committee on Employment and Social Policy
Report of the Committee on Employment and Social Policy
Report of the Committee on Employment and Social Policy