Provides case studies and reviews policies and practices relating to work and family responsibilities.

Presents the characteristics of local social dialogue, and how it can contribute to improve labour conditions and businesses in key sectors of the urban economy. Gives insights on how sectoral workers and enterprises can get together with government authorities to discuss issues of common...

Presents findings of a study of construction workers in a low income settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Finds that workers are predominantly employed on a casual or temporary basis without contracts, and with unregulated terms and conditions of employment; workers have no protection...

Case study prepared to analyse trends in regions with the highest concentration of tobacco employment in selected countries. Focuses on trends in tobacco production, consumption, and trade; the numbers of workers in the different sub-sectors, with emphasis on growing, processing and manufacturing;...

Includes a list of relevant ILO Conventions.

Provides an overview through five country snapshots of three key parameters for greater use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by teachers in primary and secondary classrooms and in tertiary institutions: social dialogue mechanisms, initial teacher education and continual...

Case study prepared to analyse trends in regions with the highest concentration of tobacco employment in selected countries. Focuses on trends in tobacco production, consumption, and trade; the numbers of workers in the different sub-sectors, with emphasis on growing, processing and manufacturing;...

This paper was written by Gijsbert van Liemt, an independent consultant on employment and skills policies, and a former ILO official working on Active Labour Market Policies. His paper discusses secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Netherlands, highlighting the...

Assesses the situation in three public emergency services in Bulgaria in relation to the ILO guidelines on social dialogue in the public emergency services in a changing environment adopted in 2003.