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Call for comments on the 2022 CEACR General Survey: Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy

Health professional illustration - General survey on nursing personnel, domestic workers and the care economy

Invitation to comment on the General Survey to prepare the Employers' position for the discussion at the 2022 Committee on Application of…

IOE and Microsoft partner to scale up digital skills in 4 LDC countries

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The global employer community joins with Microsoft to train 20,000 people, in four African least developed countries, in digital and…

IOE highlights the importance of partnership dialogue in the new EU-OACPS agreement (post-Cotonou agreement)

Visual for Post-Cotonou negotiations on new EU/Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Partnership Agreement

IOE participates in the hearing of the European Economic and Social Council working group to review the role of organised civil society in the…

Participate in IOE/Ardea International Survey on Eliminating Child Labour in Supply Chains

IOE, in collaboration with Ardea International, is calling on its members to disseminate its global survey asking companies about their efforts…

The global employer community congratulates the newly elected ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo

Gilbert F. Houngbo (Togo). Geneva, 20 January 2022. Photo Marcel Crozet/ILO.

IOE welcomes the election of the first African Director-General of the International Labour Organization Mr Gilbert Houngbo.

Support Polish employer's campaign to assist Ukrainian refugees

How can your business help support the people of Ukraine? IOE guidance on employers donations for Ukraine relief fund

Donate to the Polish business community’s fund to assist refugees from the Ukraine conflict.

IOE, FEDEPRICAP and CEIB condemn the arbitrary and illegal conviction of the former President of COSEP, José Adán Aguerri

The former President of the Nicaraguan employer organisation COSEP has been detained since 8 June 2021.

Call for employers to participate in the ILO Fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour and to join IOE preparatory meeting

Register now for ILO Fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, on 15-20 May 2022, and for IOE preparatory meeting, on 28 March…

New dates for upcoming Migration Governance workshops and key takeaways from the East Africa workshop

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Save the new dates for the next preparatory sub-regional meetings for employers and governments for West Africa region (29-30 March 2022) and…

Second IOE's Policy Working Group on Gender Equality and Diversity event on "Women Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Barriers and Challenges"

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On 7 March 2022, IOE's Policy Working Group on Gender Equality and Diversity held an event on "Women Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Barriers and…

Five steps to succeed as a woman entrepreneur

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On International Women's Day, IOE and its network team up to advance gender equality and diversity.

The world’s largest employer and trade union groups unite to call for support of UN Ukraine appeal

IOE and ITUC issue joint call to support UNHCR's urgent humanitarian work in Ukraine.

IOE Statement on Ukraine crisis

IOE Statement on the aggression against Ukraine

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