News on informal economy
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Media Advisory
ILO to publish World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016 report
12 January 2016
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13th African Regional Meeting
Ethiopia to host 13th ILO African Regional Meeting
16 November 2015
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News
Fighting world of work insecurity: High-level conference discusses ways to formalize the informal economy
17 September 2015
High-level representatives from Europe and Central Asia have gathered under the banner of the ILO to exchange experiences and formulate coherent policies and programmes to boost the fight against informality.
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News
Azerbaijan hosts third round of peer review of youth employment policies
09 September 2015
As part of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” implemented by ILO and financed by Public Joint Stock Company LUKOIL, a Peer Review network focusing on youth employment policies was launched in 2014, with nine countries participating.
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Transition to formal economy
Building back better in the Philippines
17 August 2015
ILO activities in the Philippines are a good example of what can be done to facilitate the transition from the informal to the formal economy, as they not only brought immediate income to typhoon victims, but also a guaranteed minimum wage, social protection and safety and health.
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International Youth Day: 12 August 2015
Formal employment: A critical way to engage young people
11 August 2015
The theme for International Youth Day in 2015 is youth civic engagement, which includes economic and social engagement. Young workers who are part of the formal economy have a greater chance of having access to decent work as adults.
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Syrian refugee crisis
High-level policy meeting calls for reversal of negative labour market impacts of Syrian refugee crisis on host nations
30 July 2015
High-level representatives from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt have gathered under the banner of the ILO to exchange experiences and formulate sustainable policies and programmes that respond to the labour market impacts of the Syrian refugee crisis.
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International Labour Conference
International Labour Conference 2015: What were the results for the workers?
26 June 2015
The 104th session of the International Labour Conference was characterized by the Committee on the Application of Standards resuming its work, examining 24 individual cases of violations of international labour standards. In this interview, President of the Workers’ Group, Luc Cortebeeck, shares the workers’ perspective on the work of that Committee. Mr Cortebeeck also talks about the other issues discussed at this session, such as the transition from the informal to the formal economy, social protection, the discussions about small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the creation of decent and productive jobs, as well as the Director-General’s report on the Future of Work.
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Informal economy
Ways out of informality: How a new ILO standard tackles the informal economy trap
23 June 2015
Following the adoption of the new ILO Recommendation on the transition from the informal to the formal economy, ILO News takes a look at some of the best practices around the world that helped shape this historic international labour standard.
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104th International Labour Conference
ILO adopts historic labour standard to tackle the informal economy
12 June 2015
“It is not just the adoption of this Recommendation, it’s actually putting it into practice that will matter,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.