Press releases
April 2024
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ILO Director-General launches new EU-backed project to strengthen labour market institutions in the Republic of Moldova, during first joint ILO-European Commission visit to the country
11 April 2024
Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo also held high level meetings with senior officials, including the President of Moldova, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Labour and Social Protection and the ILO’s social partners.
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Bulgaria renews its commitment to the promotion of occupational safety and health
10 April 2024
Bulgaria ratifies the two fundamental Conventions Nos. 155 and 187.
March 2024
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How digitalization, paired with artificial intelligence, helps labour inspectorates address undeclared work in Albania
22 March 2024
Reporting and inspection planning have become more efficient for Albanian labour inspectors with the new data management and risk assessment tool developed by the ILO with EU funding. It also improved the detection of undeclared work. As the first results of the ILO-led pilot show, digitalization of workflows and systematic data collection, paired with artificial intelligence to analyse data, can play a crucial role in improving labour inspectorates’ effectiveness to address undeclared work.
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Step by step: Albanian textile and footwear factories improve productivity and working conditions
08 March 2024
After successfully establishing practices that led to safer and healthier working conditions for about 2,500 workers in fifteen different enterprises, the ILO is now aiming at achieving decent work and more sustainable production in Albanian SMEs.
February 2024
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Georgia joins efforts to protect seafarers’ rights by ratifying the Maritime Labour Convention
15 February 2024
Georgia is the 105th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention.
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Shaping migration narratives: Insights from the ILO/OSCE E-MINDFUL project
02 February 2024
The E-MINDFUL project, which closed in December 2023, developed evidence-based and action-oriented guidance, including innovative instruments, that can orientate future communication efforts on migration and migrants.
January 2024
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How did the war impact the Ukrainian labour market?
24 January 2024
In our interview series with leading economists, researchers and policy-makers, we interviewed Oleksandr Zholud, Chief Expert, Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department at National Bank of Ukraine. He shared his views on how the war impacted employment, the policy priorities that would help Ukraine rebuild better and the type of support workers and enterprises need to weather the crisis.
December 2023
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New safety standard on chemicals expected to improve workers’ health and support conflict recovery
18 December 2023
Ratifying Convention No. 170 will not just improve the safety of workers, but may also boost Ukraine’s trade competitiveness and help with rebuilding damage caused by the Russian aggression.
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Ukraine ratifies the Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No. 170)
07 December 2023
Ukraine is the 24th country to have ratified Convention NO. 170
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ILO supports an improved normative framework and better capacities to combat child labour in Serbia
01 December 2023
The ILO project “Measurement, awareness-raising and policy engagement to accelerate action against child labour and forced labour” (MAP16) funded by USDOL generated critical knowledge to inform policies and supported concrete measures to address child labour in Serbia, also paving the way for further action.