According to new data presented in the World Social Protection Report 2017/19: Universal social protection to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals , only 45 per cent of the global population is effectively covered by at least one social benefit, while the remaining 55 per cent– 4 billion (...)
The ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2017-19 provides recent data on social protection systems around the world, and monitors progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It shows that more efforts are needed to extend coverage in many countries, but achieving universal (...)
The United Kingdom Government is contributing GBP 100,000 (approximately CHF 132,000) to help least-developed countries (LDCs) participate in the eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11), which will take place on 10-13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 4 December 2017, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo thanked the first participants in the WTO Young Professionals Programme on 27 November for their hard work and contributions as they wrapped up their one-year placement at the WTO. The group said their “eye-opening” experience has “equipped us with the capacity to (...)
The government of Norway is contributing NOK 10.8 million (approximately CHF 1.3 million) to WTO trade-related programmes to help developing countries and in particular least-developed countries (LDCs) participate in multilateral trade negotiations and better access global (...)
Twenty-seven government officials from 19 WTO members and observers attended the 3rd WTO Regional Trade Policy Course (RTPC) for Asia-Pacific members and observers in Bangkok, Thailand, from 2 October to 24 November 2017. The course was organized in partnership with the Chulalongkorn University (...)
The Conference on Social Dialogue and the Future of Work is organized in the framework of the ILO’s Director General’s Future of Work Centenary Initiative and the cooperation agreement between AICESIS and ILO. The objective of the Conference is to discuss the important transformations that are (...)
The Conference on Social Dialogue and the Future of Work is organized in the framework of the ILO’s Director General’s Future of Work Centenary Initiative and the cooperation agreement between AICESIS and ILO. The objective of the Conference is to discuss the important transformations that are (...)