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SCORE training
Step by step: Albanian textile and footwear factories improve productivity and working conditions
After successfully establishing practices that led to safer and healthier working conditions for about 2,500 workers in fifteen different enterprises, the ILO is now aiming at achieving decent work and more sustainable production in Albanian SMEs.
Informal EPSCO
Promotion of social justice essential for sustainable and equitable recovery, ILO tells EU ministers
Speaking to EU ministers of employment and social affairs, the ILO Director-General underlined the need to put social justice back at the centre of policy-making, using concerted and decisive action.
Employment Promotion – Experience sharing between Sweden and Uzbekistan
18-21 April 2023 – Stockholm. Uzbekistan delegation of ILO tripartite constituents and Senate visited Stockholm to exchange knowledge and experience on the best practices and their application by Arbetsförmedlingen (National public employment service, PES) in the area of active labour market programmes, vocational training, service digitalization, private-public partnerships, gender equality promotion and other issues.
Employment creation
“Jobs for all” - European Union and Sweden pledge five million euros in support of employment of young women and the hard-to-employ in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The new project “EU4Employment”, introduced to the public on 27 February 2023 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, will be implemented by the ILO with a budget of four million euros from the European Union and one million euros from Sweden.
ILO Director-General discusses bilateral cooperation with the European Commission
During his first official visit to Brussels, the ILO Director-General met the Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, the Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, and the EU Commissioners for Jobs and Social Rights and for International Partnerships. They discussed ongoing work and the priorities ahead.
ILO-EU Relations
ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 16th High Level meeting
Sweden and the ILO renew their partnership
ILO welcomes renewed EU focus on decent work worldwide for a just transition and a sustainable recovery
The European Commission has adopted a Communication on decent work worldwide, which sets out how the EU will act upon the challenges linked to a just green and digital transition and a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.
Sweden’s State Secretary for International Development Cooperation visits projects on women’s economic empowerment in Jordan
Social Summit in Porto
ILO Director-General addresses EU Social Summit in Porto
Europe must seize its opportunity to increase investment in training, social protection, social dialogue and the jobs of the future, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told EU leaders at their Social Summit in Porto, Portugal.
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Liz Green, Executive Vice President, ICMIF
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Liz Green, Executive Vice President at ICMIF.
EU and ILO mark anniversary of the Council Recommendation on a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships
At a high-level conference on quality and effective apprenticeships, organized by the ILO and the European Alliance for Apprenticeships, the ILO Director-General said that the pandemic has severely affected skills and lifelong learning. The effects of the pandemic on apprenticeships and internships stand to last long after the lockdown measures are lifted.
ILO joins informal EPSCO meeting on Priorities for a stronger social Europe
Speaking to the EU Ministers for Employment and Social Policy, the ILO Director-General underlined the need to invest in people, in the institutions of work, and in the jobs of the future. He welcomed the process towards an Action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights, which is of strategic importance for the recovery.
EU and ILO reinforce cooperation for just recovery from crisis and promote decent work
The International Labour Organization and the European Union have reinforced their cooperation to shape the future of work and promote decent work. This will help the EU and the ILO in their responses to the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on the world of work.
Global Compact on Migration
UNECE region reviews Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
Africa-EU Partnership
Pandemic reveals gaps in social protection systems
ILO-EU Relations
ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 15th High Level meeting
The impact of minimum wage and collective bargaining on inequality
The ILO participated in a conference on strengthening fairness and solidarity in the EU social market economy, organized by the European Commission.
ILO COOP 100 Interview
Hans Lind, Interim Country Representative for Colombia and Senior Advisor on Cooperative Development at We Effect
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.
Social dialogue and the Future of Work
Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles in a changing world of work
A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at how the social partners in European countries are adapting to sweeping changes in the world of work.