ILO cooperation agreements with other international organizations
The ILO has entered into cooperation agreements with other international organizations on the basis of article 12 of the ILO Constitution, which empowers the ILO to cooperate with international organizations. In addition, article 12 of the ILO Constitution stipulates that representatives of public international organizations may be invited to participate without vote in meetings the Organization convenes, and that suitable arrangements may be made for consultations with recognized non-governmental international organizations, including international employers' and workers' organizations. More
United Nations
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (2001)
- United Nations (1946)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (1997)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2014)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (1993)
- United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator (UNDRO) (functions of UNDRO now carried out by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - OCHA) (1977)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) (2009)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) (2015)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (2016)
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) (2011)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (1977)
- United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) (2004)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2016)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) (1983)
- United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) (1994)
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (2015)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) (1953)
- United Nations Special Fund (UNSF) (1959)
UN Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (1947)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (2004) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (1959)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (2022) (superseding the 1953 Memorandum of Understanding between the ILO and ICAO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (1978)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) (1959)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2020) (superseding the 1952 Exchange of correspondence on collaboration between the ILO and the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (1947),
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2014) - United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) (1987)
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) (1991) - World Bank (2016)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (1948)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (1967)
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (2008)
Other and Multi-regional Organizations
- Association Interrnational des Conseils Economiques et Sociaux et Institutions Similaires (AICESIS) (2012)
- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) (2009)
- G7+ (2014)
- International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) (2016)
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) (1998)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (1999)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (2013)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (2013) (terminated 2018)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (replacing in 1960 the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) (1955, 1961)
Exchange of letters (2009);
Co-operation on the Measurement of Societal Progress (2009)
Memorandum of Understanding (2011) - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) (2002)
- South Asia Initiative to end violence against Children (2012)
- Union for the Mediterranean (UFM) (2014)
Regional Organizations
Africa
- African Union (AU) (2022)
- African Development Bank (ADB) (1977)
- African Development Bank and the African Development Fund (2004)
- Communauté Economique et monetaire de l'Afrique centrale (CEMAC) (2005)
- Conference Interafricaine de la prévoyance sociale (CIPRES) (2006)
- Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara (ceased to exist - functions gradually absorbed by OAU) (1959)
- East African Community (2001)
- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) (2021) (in French)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (2005)
- Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (2022)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) (2012)
- Pan-African Parliament (PAP) (2023)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) (1998)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) (2007)
America
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (1982)
Amendment (2000) - Communauté andine (CCLA) (2000)
- Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (1998)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (2013)
- International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) (2004)
- Latin American Free Trade Association (replaced in 1980 by the Latin American Integration Association - ALADI) (LAFTA) (1965)
- Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) (2003)
- Organization of American States (OAS) (1950)
- Organization of Central American States (CAS) (1965)
- Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) (2008)
- Pan American Health Organization (1999)
Arab states
- Arab Labour Organization (ALO) (1976)
Memorandum of Understanding (2007) - Islamic Development Bank (2022)
- League of Arab States (LAS) (1958)
Asia
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2002)
- Asian Organization of Productivity (AOP) (1965)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2007)
- Pacific Community (SPC) (2017)
Europe
- Council of Europe (1952)
- Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries (CPLP) (2004)
- Commission of European Economic Community (1958)
- Commission of the European Community (1989)
- Commission of the European Community (2001)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (1992)
- European Coal and Steel Community (1953)
- European Investment Bank (EIB) (2015)
- European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) (1961)
- Western European Union (WEU) (1958)