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1.17 Building partnerships: Working Out of Poverty
Written by: International Labour OrganizationArticle Overview: I have often talked about the need for team play in the multilateral system to face the challenges of today’s world. Most would agree that the multilateral system is underperforming in this respect. We can and must renew our efforts to work together in a true global partnership of mutual responsibility and accountability.
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1.17 Building partnerships: Working Out of Poverty
I have often talked about the need for team play in the multilateral system
to face the challenges of today’s world. Most would agree that the multilateral
system is underperforming in this respect. We can and must renew
our efforts to work together in a true global partnership of mutual responsibility
and accountability.
Recently, this consensus has been recognized implicitly in the Fourth
Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Doha and explicitly
at the International Conference on Financing for Development in
Monterrey and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
The ILO is ready, willing and able to continue its role as an active
team player in the struggle against poverty and for sustainable development.
The challenge of reducing and eradicating extreme poverty calls for
policies that focus on different dimensions of the life of people living in
poverty.
All too often, well-intentioned measures fail because they only address
one aspect of poverty reduction. If poverty-fighting efforts do not result in
empowerment, income and work, they fall short.
This requires greater policy integration at the level of different institutions
and the development community – by building on our respective experiences
and mandates to produce a coherent policy approach to poverty
eradication. For example, the ILO is working with the Bretton Woods institutions
to build the goals of employment and decent work into country-level
poverty reduction strategies. The ILO is leading the Youth Employment
Network – a partnership between the United Nations, the World Bank and
the ILO to combat youth unemployment. The Organization is working with
the UNDP on making employment part of our common strategy for developing
countries; with UNESCO on skills development; with UNICEF on
child labour; with all regional development banks and the United Nations
Regional Commissions; with UNAIDS on HIV/AIDS; with WHO on health
and safety at the workplace; with FAO on rural employment; and many
others.
The challenge of integration is an internal one as well. The Office is
continuing to build upon an integrated approach in which standards, protection,
employment creation and social dialogue all contribute in a strategic
and unified way. It is a key objective of the next programme and budget.
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About the Author: International Labour Organization RSS for International's articles - Visit International's website As the world's only tripartite multilateral agency, the ILO is dedicated to bringing decent work and livelihoods, job-related security and better living standards to the people of both poor and rich countries. It helps to attain those goals by promoting rights at work, encouraging opportunities for decent employment, enhancing social protection and strengthening dialogue on work-related issues. The ILO is the international meeting place for the world of work. We are the experts on work and employment and particularly on the critical role that these issues play in bringing about economic development and progress. At the heart of our mission is helping countries build the institutions that are the bulwarks of democracy and to help them become accountable to the people. 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 organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment and other standards addressing conditions across the entire spectrum of work-related issues. Click here to visit International's website 28 The foundations of a decent work strategy for poverty reduction Working Out of Poverty 119 Building trust Working Out of Poverty 411 Constraints faced by women in the MSE sector Support for Growthoriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania 2005 43 The impact of economic liberalisation 39 Overcoming discrimination Working Out of Poverty |
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