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by Carlos Dufour
Article
Argentina and the ILO teamed up to launch the Building a Future with Decent Work project, incorporating the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the concept of Decent Work into the middle-school curriculum.
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Joint ILO-ECOSOC-UNDESA Event
ILO warns youth job crisis threatens social cohesion, calls to strengthen the partnership between governments and the private sector in advancing youth employment and decent work.
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© European Union 2011 PE-EP/Pietro Naj-Oleari
Publication
The ILO study analyses how working conditions have been deteriorating across the Europe since 2008.
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Julien Lagarde
World Day of Social Justice
In 2012, young voices calling for social justice and the opportunity for a decent job continue to grow in number. Share your message for World Day of Social Justice.
  1. "A new era for social justice": Statement by ILO Director-General
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Focus on

  1. Jobs crisis

    Global youth employment crisis worsens

    Young people are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults; worldwide over 75 million youth are looking for work.

  2. Social Protection

    Social Protection Floor initiative

    Social protection programmes can act as stabilizers mitigating the impact of economic crises on labour markets while contributing to maintaining social cohesion and stimulating aggregate demand.

  3. Global Employment Trends 2012

    World faces a 600 million jobs challenge

    The world faces the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade, warns ILO in its annual Global Employment Trends report.

Policy frameworks

  1. The ILO Global Jobs Pact: A policy framework to accelerate a job rich recovery

    Adopted by ILO constituents in June 2009, the Global Jobs Pact provides a set of policy measures centred on investments, employment and social protection.

  2. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization

    Adopted in 2008 by the representatives of governments, employers and workers from all ILO member States, the Declaration expresses the contemporary vision of the ILO’s mandate in the era of globalization.

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Global Employment Trends 2012

  1.  More information on Global Employment Trends 2012
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