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.

ILO pub. Article commenting on the role of ILO labour standards and national level legislation in the regulation of child labour - considers minimum age, working conditions, enforcement and degree of compliance with ILO Conventions.

ILO pub. Article examining the employment policy programmes and activities of the fund for the quality of working lifeing conditions (fhct) and the institute for the improvement of working conditions (iact) in Belgium - analyses the role of fhct in providing financing incentives and the role of...

ILO pub. Article on the role of ILO international labour standards in influencing labour law reform in Spain - distinguishes between indirect influence of public opinion and trade union attitudes, semi-direct influence of ILO Constitution, and direct influence of ratified ILO Conventions, and...

ILO pub. Article on training as an instrument for the improvement of working conditions and work environment - covers training personnel training, attitude formation during vocational education and apprenticeship, and nonformal education opportunities.

Addresses the issues concerning children and orphans, the proportion of those going to school and drop-outs, community support, HIV/IDS awareness, etc. Appends the questionnaires for children and for parents or guardians.

Reports on child labour, working conditions and occupational safety and health in informal gold mining.

ILO pub. Article describing a work organization Experiment aimed at improving working conditions and work environment as well as increasing workers participation in small scale industry in Peru - outlines experiences with workers self management, industrial committees and production...

Covers the period from 1980s to end of 1990s.