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ILO Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work - Building a better future of work
From the 1st to the 9th of July, the ILO hosted the largest ever online summit of workers, employers and government representatives to address the impact of COVID-19 on the world of work, and how to build a better future of work after the pandemic. You can replay the discussions online.
Programme of the Global Summit
Replay of all the summit's sessions and addresses hereRegional events, 1–2 July
► 1 July | 7h00-10h30 GMT | Arab States |
12h00-15h30 GMT | Europe | |
► 2 July | 4h00-7h00 GMT | Asia and the Pacific |
9h00-12h30 GMT | Africa | |
15h00-18h30 GMT | Americas |
Global events, 7–9 July
► 7 July Regional DayHighlights from all five regional events, in a mix of live and recorded segments along with interviews with each ILO regional director and videos of ILO responses to COVID-19.
► 8 July Global Leaders’ Day
Addresses from Heads of State and Government, and prominent global employer and trade union leaders on the challenges and opportunities of the pandemic in the world of work.
► 9 July ILO Constituents’ Day
Ministers, and workers’ and employers’ leaders from member States reflected on the previous days’ events and discussed the implementation of the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work in the context of the pandemic. The focus was on the urgent and immediate challenges of the early phase of the pandemic in the world of work and on the responses that were proving effective, as well as the process for building back better.
The discussion was guided by the following questions:
- COVID-19 responses to support full and productive employment and decent work for all
How will COVID-19 responses promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all? How can they be designed to lift the global economy quickly out of recession and put it on a course to navigate the challenges of just digital, demographic and environmental transition?
Do we want to accelerate the use of technologies to enable new ways of working in the light of the experience of pandemic? If so how should such work be regulated? - COVID-19 – the first shock: Tackling informality and gaps in social protection
What needs to be done to address the massive vulnerabilities in the world of work made evident by the pandemic? How do we scale up the task of formalizing the informal economy and to move decisively towards universal social protection coverage? - COVID-19: Spotlight on most impacted sectors of economic activity and vulnerable populations
What are the sectors of economic activity and categories of worker who require particular support and attention? Can the recovery process embody a transformative agenda for gender equality and a platform for the advancement of young people in the world of work? - COVID-19: Working together to build back better
How can the reduction and elimination of poverty and imperatives of rights and social justice be placed as central objectives of the recovery process.
At a time when multilateral cooperation is more than ever indispensable, but facing unprecedented challenges, how can the international community come together with real common purpose and rededicate itself to the delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda?
Contributions from heads of international organizations were also featured in the course of the Global Summit.
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