International Labour Organization ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.

In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, the organization continues to pursue its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent jobs and the kinds of economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.

Strengthen tripartism and social dialogue

The Social Dialogue Sector's operational objectives are to a) promote social dialogue; b) strengthen institutions, machinery and processes of social dialogue; and c) strengthen representation, capacity and services of the parties to social dialogue. Social dialogue is understood to include(s) all types of negotiation, consultation or simply exchange of information between representatives of governments, employers and workers, on issues of common interest to economic and social policy.