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The 5th Global Forum was held from 26 to 1 June 2021 virtually due to the pandemic. Organized in Cordoba, Argentina, it addressed issues related to local economic development in the context of the COVID19 crisis, as well as its […]

The World Forum of Local Economic Development (WFLED) is an international event held annually to promote international dialogue and share experiences in Local Economic Development (LED), providing the opportunity to transform a global alliance of actors in concrete partnership at […]

The ILO’s Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (CINTERFOR) has launched its first virtual study visit, with the support of the Partnerships and Field Support Department (ILO/PARDEV) under the framework of South-South and Triangular Cooperation. CINTERFOR has facilitated […]

  The ILO SKILLS Branch in Geneva, the regional office for Africa, the Partnerships and Field Support Department (PARDEV) and the International Training Centre (ITC) joined forces to promote South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) on skills development in Africa and […]

Since September, Government Officials from around the Pacific region started a series of virtual policy discussions this week that will examine how climate change and disasters will affect mobility trends in the Pacific Islands. The regional policy dialogue is facilitated […]

This publication presents good practices from BRICS participants, and participants from other nationalities who attended the measuring informal employment and COVID -19 Impact on Informal Economy forums organized by ITC -Turin in collaboration with ILO/PARDEV. The SSTC forum provided a […]

You can find the result of the Financing for Decent Work course with scholarships on South-South and triangular cooperation. Click here to access: Financing for Decent Work – SSTC good practices

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), with the support of the ILO’s department Partnering for Development (ILO/PARDEV), is launching an online course on Financing Decent Work. This training course targets ILO tripartite constituents, staff and other stakeholders in […]

12 September is the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 2020. In the framework of South-South Cooperation, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) are featured as partners of the month in the South-South […]

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) invite researchers to submit proposals for innovative research papers relevant to the theme of the use of digital technologies in support of accelerating […]

In implementing its SSTC Programme, the ILO engages with multiple actors across the development cooperation landscape. The ILO works closely with the UN system, including the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The ILO was also actively engaged in both […]

This How-to-guide aims at helping ILO officials in the field and at HQ to design South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) projects and/or to include SSTC elements in other development cooperation projects. Horizontal arrangements can generate development solutions through policies and […]

The ILO through its partnerships’ department is launching 23 South-South and Triangular Cooperation projects across the five regions and the ITC-Turin office for the 2020-2021 biennium. The SSTC projects cover 75 countries and additional global activities. They will promote peer-learning activities, training and […]

The conference Taking next steps to end child labour, was organized by the Netherlands and the Global March, with the support of the ILO, against the backdrop of need for combating child labour and its worst forms by 2025. Latest […]

Turin, 19 December 2019 – The ILO has launched a publication compiling the South-South cooperation and triangular good practices from scholars and practitioners in the South-South elective of the Rural Development Academy (ITC Turin 16-19 December 2019). The emerging and […]

Beijing (ILO News) – On 21 November, the ILO Director General Guy Ryder and the Chinese Vice-Minister of Human Resources and Social Security You Jun, signed an amendment to the ILO-MOHRSS “Partnership Agreement for Promoting Development Cooperation with a Focus […]

On the 13th November, the ILO’s Department of Partnership and Field Support (PARDEV) participated in the Academy “The Future of Labor and Future Jobs” in Praia, Cape Verde. The event promoted by the Government of Cape Verde as part of […]

The ILO’s Programme and Budget (P&B) Proposal for the Biennium 2018-19 stipulated the integration of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) results as part of ILO’s efforts to promote decent work opportunities for all. With the end of the biennium approaching, […]

Representatives of 25 countries in the Americas got together in Lima, ILO HQ, to discuss joint plans on combatting child labour in the region with the support of the Brazilian and Spanish Cooperation Agencies from the 22-25, October. PARDEV supported […]

In celebration of #SouthSouth Cooperation Day, the ILO is very pleased to remind the recent launch of a key publication done in the framework of BAPA+40: South-South and Triangular Cooperation – Decent Work Good Practices on the Road to BAPA+40 […]

As part of the celebrations for the International Day for South-South Cooperation, today we share an example of South-South collaboration that is supporting Asian countries to meet their development goals through concerted efforts SSTC Knowledge Exchange Study Tour and Workshop […]

From 14-18 October, the International Training Centre (ITC/ILO) will host in Madrid the “ILO Academy of Social and Solidarity Economy: Social Economy in the Future of Work” The ILO Academy of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is an interactive and […]

From August 12-23, 2019, the ILO is hosting a Summer School on the Future of Work at its International Training Center in Turin. Within its framework, the Summer School will discuss the issue of South-South Cooperation and the potential of South-South Partnerships […]

From 5-23 August 2019 the International Training Centre (ITC/ILO) is holding the Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA) Summer Programme (GYLA-Summer Programme). The aim of GYLA is to engage young people in learning about the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and to empower […]

The ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, 2019 was adopted at the 108th International Labour Conference, which marked the 100th anniversary of the ILO. The Centenary Declaration is a reaffirmation of the relevance and importance of the ILO’s mandate in the changing world […]

18-19 July 2019 ILO Headquarters, Geneva As part of the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No 169), the “Global Dialogue on Convention 169” brought together ILO constituents and UN mechanisms on the […]

The ILO Enterprises/COOP together with the UN Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy  (UNTFSSE) hosted the International Conference “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?” on 25 – 26 June, 2019. The event, held at the […]

From 8 to 12 July, the International Training Center (ITCILO) will run the course “International Labor Standards for Magistrates, Jurists and Law Scholars” in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The course, which will examine international labor standards as a resource to strengthen […]

Image by South Centre On 17 June in Geneva, Labour Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) attended a meeting during the 108th International Labour Conference (ILC). On the occasion Moussa Oumarou, ILO’s Deputy Director-General for Field Operations & Partnerships, stressed […]

The ILO and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) signed a cooperation agreement to assist trade union development in the Asia and the Pacific region. By embracing the South-South Cooperation (SSC) principles, the project, which will run from 2019 […]

From 10th -14th June, the ILO and ITC Turin hosted a training workshop on ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Local Development through South-South and triangular cooperation’ in Spanish and Portuguese. Disaster Risk Reduction is a precondition for sustainable development and […]

Equal pay for work of equal value is a principle enshrined in the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), which has been ratified by 173 States. This principle is also reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which recognizes […]

The South Centre, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the ILO organised a meeting for all Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office and to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other International Organizations in Geneva. […]

Regional Initiative – LAC free of child labor The initiative from the Latin America and Caribbean region to make it child labour free uses a comprehensive and innovative regional approach based on social dialogue and consensus to combat and prevent […]

Constituents from Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey came together in Jordan to discuss the promotion of decent work for Syrian refugees and host communities in the region, as part of a South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) initiative between the four […]

The Second High-level United Conference on South-South cooperation (BAPA+40) has been a great success to mark the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA)- the first SSTC framework, 41 years ago by 138 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of […]

On 15 April, the outcome document of the BAPA+40 in Buenos Aires has been adopted in the General Assembly by the representatives of 160 countries. This outcome document calls for enhanced collaboration against the backdrop of resource constraints and a shifting […]

The ILO and South Centre have successfully co-hosted a Side Event during the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40) on 21 March 2019 entitled: “The Future of Work, Youth Employment and South-South Cooperation” Mr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director […]

The ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean hosted a side event during the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40) on 21 March 2019. This event presented the Regional Initiative as a successful South-South Cooperation […]

The workshop brought together tripartite constituents from six Arab States to exchange country experiences to integrate sustainable development goals, decent work and employment into the national policy planning processes. BEIRUT (ILO News) –  With decent work at the core of […]

Geneva, February 12, 2019 – The high-level conference on South-South cooperation (BAPA+40) will take place on 20-22 March 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this context, the ILO and the South Centre will co-host a side event entitled “The Future […]

    1. ¿Cómo se relacionan los desafíos del futuro del empleo juvenil con otros importantes ODS referentes a la sustentabilidad ambiental y el cambio climático? El nuevo paradigma de desarrollo sostenible que promueve la Agenda 2030 refleja la interdependencia […]

In 2018, UNOSSC published the “Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development Vol 2”, featuring Southern good practices that are relevant to the implementation of all 17 SDGs. In this context, the ILO contributed with three good […]

2018 has been a successful year of South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) at the International Labour Organisation. There’s only one more month left until 2018 is over, and it’s time to start looking back the major milestones of ILO’s SSTC […]

The ILO participated in the High-level Forum of Directors General for Development Cooperation on 30 November 2018 to convey the key messages emerged from the 1st November-Informal meeting in preparation of the BAPA+40 on behalf of around twenty Geneva and […]

New York, 28 November 2018 – The ILO’s solution forum successfully showcased the good practices for Decent Work and provided recommendations towards BAPA+40. This year, the ILO was honoured to have a distinguished panel comprised of: Mr. Lyndon Chu Ling, […]

You take your life in your hands when you cross the Makona River. Winding through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the river is deep, wide and long. I’ve made it across, in the dugout canoes that ferry passengers back and forth […]

The ILO and Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) join forces to promote full employment and decent work in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. On 6 November, in Beijing, the ILO Deputy Director-General Ms. Deborah Greenfield and […]

Hosted by the ILO on the 1 November, the meeting is co-convened by ILO, UNCTAD, and the South Centre, with the participation of UNOSSC, Geneva-based agencies (i.e. Unitaid, WIPO, UNECE, UNEP, UNITAR, IOM, WHO, ITC, ITU, UPU, SUN, UNDP) and […]

Taking place in New York from 28-30 November 2018, the upcoming annual Global South-South Development Expo will play an important role in the preparation for the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40 Conference) in March 2019. In […]

The importance of South-South and triangular cooperation in accelerating sustainable development has gained continued momentum over the last decades. There is growing consensus around sharing ideas, knowledge and skills to address common challenges and build shared strengths. Developing countries are […]

Hosted by the ILO in Geneva, the workshop on the Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples successfully took place on the 18th September 2018. The workshop gathered high-level government officials and workers’ and employers’ representatives from Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, […]

Expert meeting on the Future of Work in Asia: Skills development strategies to promote employment-rich and equitable growth in the care economy   Hosted by the International Training Centre (ITC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the upcoming Expert Meeting […]

On Monday, 16th July 2018, ILO Country Office in Islamabad organised a one-day Consultation gathering National Social Security Institutions, relevant Departments and Organisations, and four provincial ESSI representatives to discuss the challenges and develop the province-specific strategy to reform Pakistan […]

The Forum aims to support the Philippines to achieve decent work through enterprise formalization by further empowering policymakers and informal economy leaders to design and implement an appropriate policy mix. The three-day Forum brought together around 30 high level policy […]

Hosted by the ILO Country Office (CO) Budapest with funding from Austrian Development Agency, the final event of the ILO sub-regional project-Promoting inclusive labour market solutions in the Western Balkans- took place on the 25th and 26th June 2018 in […]

South-South cooperation complements traditional North-South by incorporating the idea that, “through a spirit of solidarity, developing countries can provide sustainable solutions to their own problems and at lower cost.” Thus, “the efforts of South-South cooperation, including identifying successful experiences in […]

The ILO Academy on Decent Work for lusophone countries gathered more than 100 participants and experts from all Member States of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), from the 28th May to the 1st June 2018 in Turin, Italy. This […]

14 March 2018 – The ILO Governing Body has adopted today the paper on South-South and triangular cooperation and decent work, with the wide support of social partners and welcoming statements from employers, workers, and countries.      

Antalya, Turkey, 28 November 2017, 10.45am – 12.15pm The ILO Thematic Solution Forum aims to present development solutions relevant to youth and women employment in the framework of South-South and triangular cooperation. Particularly, the Forum will aim to provide results-based […]

An ILO/China South-South project has led to an improvement in the sharing of labour market data and closer cooperation between the Cambodian government, workers’ and employers’ organizations. The Project was designed to improve labour market efficiency and participation, reduce unemployment, […]

As a prelude to the 4th World Forum of Local Economic Development (which will be held in Praia, Cape Verde, in October 2017), the ILO co-organized the international seminar on South-South Cooperation, Social Economy and SDGs Implementation. The participants appreciated […]