A call for papers is being issued for a new publication examining linkages between trade and peace. The initiative is part of the research agenda undertaken by the WTO’s Trade for Peace Programme. Papers must be submitted by 15 October (...)
Twenty-three government officials from ten WTO members are attending the WTO’s first online Regional Trade Policy Course for Latin American countries taking place from 9 August to 12 November. Co-organized with El Colegio de México, the course seeks to extend participants’ knowledge and (...)
Job markets, education and even sports became challenging for youth during the Covid19 crisis. On International Youth Day, US top gymnast and NCAA Inspiration Award Winner Maggie Nichols joins the ILO to call for better protection of youth rights and voices in the recovery (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected young people. Hence, there has never been a more urgent need to invest in youth. On International Youth Day 2021 ILO Deputy Director-General, Martha Newton, joins others in the international community in recognising and celebrating the leadership, (...)
Taking every business training opportunity she could find, 25-year-old Mariam Kobalia has developed a thriving business in Georgia running a flower shop and growing roses in her own greenhouses.
On International Youth Day, French football legend and winner of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Christian Karembeu, stands with the ILO to call for more and better Decent Jobs For Youth, particularly in times of COVID19. “We need to save their dreams and help them achieve their goals”, Karembeu (...)
In the latest in the ILO in Action series of video stories, ILO national project coordinator, Holiarivony Ramiarintsoa, explains how a joint ILO, UNICEF and WFP programme in southern Madagascar aims to increase school enrolment, improve the quality of education and strengthen institutions by (...)
In an opening address to a joint webinar marking the launch of a research and outreach project on “Gender and Trade in the Americas” on 3 August, Deputy Director-General Anabel González emphasized the central role of women in economic and social lives and the WTO´s work in supporting gender (...)
A high-level session marking Afghanistan’s 5th anniversary of WTO Membership took place on 29 July, co-organized by the WTO Secretariat, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Government of Afghanistan. The session reviewed the results achieved in the first five years since Afghanistan’s (...)
Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang welcomed on 2 August the selection of new projects for the WTO Chairs Programme. Eleven research and outreach projects were selected for funding following the extension of capacity building agreements with the Netherlands and (...)