Cooperation and partnerships with relevant international and regional organizations will be pursued with the aim of coordinating policies and initiatives for the promotion of employment and decent work for crisis prevention and response. Cooperation will be strengthened and new activities developed with current partners. Ongoing joint initiatives will be expanded and opportunities for collaboration with new partners will be explored.


Advocacy campaigns specifically addressed to international partners will promote the use of Recommendation No. 205 as a common working tool contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development – particularly to the realization of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 on full, productive employment and decent work, SDG 1 on ending poverty, SDG 13 on climate change, and SDG 16 on the promotion of just, peaceful and inclusive societies – and to the promotion of prevention as a crucial aspect for preserving stability and sustaining peace and resilience. In this context, Recommendation No. 205 provides a unique and timely platform for advocating human rights, including fundamental rights, employment and decent work as critical ingredients focusing on root causes to prevent crises and sustain peace.

Global initiatives and partnerships:

• ILO and Interpeace sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen conflict-sensitive and peace-responsive programming
• ILO and IOM join forces to improve labour migration governance in Africa
• Japan to support youth employment to build stability and peace in The Gambia
• Switzerland and ILO sign new agreement on peace and development through employment
• ILO and public works ministry in Jordan sign agreement to expand formal employment programme for refugees and host community members
• ILO, PBSO, UNDP and the World Bank present joint statement to strengthen peacebuilding impact of employment programmes
• Alliance 8.7: For a world without forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour
• UNHCR and ILO sign new agreement to help displaced people find work
• The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
• Fragile-to-Fragile Cooperation and Decent Work: An ILO perspective
• ILO and the Graduate Institute’s ‘Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding’ join forces to research on the nexus between employment, decent work, fragility and peace dividends
• ILO hails adoption of the Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
• The ILO, a key partner in Post Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNAs)
• Laying the Economic Foundations for Peace-building and State-building
• ILO signs agreement with g7+ group of fragile States