Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the ILO's Job-friendly Macroeconomic Policies Team, discusses the main findings of the flagship ILO report: "World Employment & Social Outlook Trends 2015", including a forecast of global unemployment levels and the factors behind this trend, such as (...)
Christian Viegelahn, Economist in the ILO Research Department, discusses the profound changes taking place in the job market, from the types of skills needed, to work being replaced by machines. These employment trends are explored in the ILO's flagship report: "World Employment & (...)
Steven Tobin, Team Leader in the ILO's Research Department, looks at the impact of long-term unemployment in advanced economies and the job prospects for young people in developing economies, based on the ILO's flagship report: "World Employment & Social Outlook Trends (...)
Twenty-five participants from around the world are attending the two-month Advanced Trade Policy Course from 19 January until 12 March 2015 at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. The course was opened by the Patron, Ambassador Harald Neple of Norway, and Ms Bridget Chilala, Director of the (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 26 January 2015, 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 (...)
At the invitation of Egypt’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo participated in an informal meeting of African ministers on 18 January in Cairo to discuss the WTO’s work in 2015. At the end of the meeting, (...)
اعضاي گرامي و كمپانياي شريك، با شروع سال جديد، علاقمنديم آخرين خبرهاي فعاليتهاي كارگروهاي سياستي سبكا را به اطلاع شما برسانم و بعضي از چالشها و فرصتهاي فرا رو را براي شما بيان كنيم. توسعه اين گروهها و ارتقاي دستاوردهاي آنها به عنوان يكي از كانونهاي اصلي توجه دبيرخانه ادامه خواهد يافت و اعضا و كمپانيهاي شريك را كه قبلاً حضور (...)
س.ب.كا تشكيل داد: كارگروه سياست براي توانمندسازي زنان اعضاي گرامي و كمپانيهاي شريك، شواهد فراواني حاكي از اين است كه استفاده از مهارتها و استعدادهاي مردان و زنان با هم، براي بنگاهها و براي جامعه به طور كلي مفيد است.حضور زنان در بازار نيروي كار براي رشد اقتصادي و توسعه چه در سطح ملي و چه در سطح بنگاهي اهميت فزاينده دارد. در حاليكه (...)