Tag: International Labour Organization (ILO)

Coffee and tea farmers benefit from improved access to labour rights as SOLAR project concludes

Stuart Mitchell

More than ten thousand coffee and tea farmers on the Bolaven Plateau have benefited from the SOLAR project, which aimed to expand social security and labour rights for coffee and tea farmers in southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The SOLAR project, jointly implemented by the International Labour Organization and Oxfam, held its closing ceremony on 28 June 2024. Funded by the European Union, the project contributed to the European Union’s objectives of supporting responsible businesses and decent work in supply chains. Over three years, the SOLAR project facilitated access to…

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Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate

Stuart Mitchell

The global labour market outlook for young people has improved in the last four years, and the upward trend is expected to continue for two more, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. However, the report, titled Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024 (GET for Youth), cautions that the number of 15- to 24-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is concerning, and that the post-COVID 19 pandemic employment recovery has not been universal. Young people in certain regions and many young women are not…

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Newly-launched global campaign tackles the impact of heat stress on workers worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

The United States of America and Brazil, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and through the Partnership for Workers’ Rights (PWR), has launched a global campaign to protect workers from excessive heat stress. Led by Brazil’s Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE), the U.S. Department of Labour (USDOL), and the ILO, the PWR campaign aims to build partnerships, foster social dialogue, conduct research, raise awareness and enhance international cooperation to safeguard workers from the impact of rising temperatures worldwide. “I congratulate the governments of Brazil and the United…

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New project to address child labour in the coffee industry launched by UN agencies and EU

Stuart Mitchell

A new project to help address the root causes of child labour in supply chains has been launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with funding from the European Union (EU). The project, Ending child labour in supply chains: Addressing the root causes of child labour in supply chains through an area-based approach  (also known as the CLEAR Supply Chains Project), was launched at the World of Coffee tradeshow in Copenhagen, Denmark…

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ILO releases 2024 report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Stuart Mitchell

The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR), which is a cornerstone of the ILO‘s supervisory system on international labour standards, has published its annual report . The report provides an independent expert analysis of the extent to which each ILO Member State’s law and practice are in conformity with ratified ILO Conventions. It outlines how Member States are fulfilling the obligations they have freely undertaken under the ILO Constitution in relation to international labour standards. It also provides a brief account of its interactive exchange with…

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