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International
Labor Organization - ILO |
 The International Labour Organization is the
specialised agency of the United Nations which seeks the promotion of social
justice and internationally recognised human and labour rights. It was
founded in 1919 and is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of
Versailles which brought the League of Nations into being and it became the
first specialised agency of the UN in 1946.
The ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions
and Recommendations, setting minimum standards of basic labour rights;
freedom of association, the right to organise and collective bargaining,
abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other
standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related
issues. It provides technical assistance primarily in the fields of vocational
training and vocational rehabilitation; employment policy; labour
administration; labour law and industrial relations; working conditions;
management development; co-operatives; social security; labour statistics and
occupational safety and health. It promotes the development of independent
employers' and workers' organisations and provides training and advisory
services to those organisations. Within the UN system, the ILO has a unique
tripartite structure with workers and employers participating as equal partners
with governments in the work of its governing organs.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
The four strategic objectives of the ILO are:
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Promote and realize fundamental principles and
rights at work
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Create greater opportunities for women and men
to secure decent employment and income
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Enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social
protection for all
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Strengthen Tripartism and Social Dialogue
These are supported by 16 operational objectives cutting across the mandate of
the Organization which are implemented through In-focus programmes.
MAJOR FUNCTIONS:
• formulate international policies and programmes aimed at promoting fundamental
human rights, improving living and working conditions and developing employment
opportunities
• Establish international labour standards aimed at directing national action
towards the implementation of fundamental principles and rights at work
• Develop a wide technical cooperation programme at the international level
• Implement training, education, research and publication programmes in support
of other means of action.
PROJECTS/PROGRAMME AREAS
• Labour and employment intensive programmes for infrastructural development
• Elimination of child labour
• Promotion of Social Security and Mutual Health Insurance Schemes
• Poverty eradication through employment programmes
• Small and Microentreprise development
• Skills development and strengthening of vocational training institutions
• Labour laws and Legislation
• Tripartism and Social dialogue
• International Labour Standards and promotion of fundamental principles and
rights at work
• Capacity building for labour relations institutions
International
Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
The ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) was
launched in 1992 with the aim of strengthening national capacities to work
progressively and systematically towards the eventual elimination of child
labour. Tanzania has been participating in the programme since 1994. The
programme supports national efforts to combat child labour by building permanent
capacity in individual countries to tackle the problems. It inspires, guides and
supports national initiatives on child labour, with priority given to the urgent
elimination of the worst forms of child labour.
Source:
http://www.unic.undp.org/ILO.htm
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