1. Achieving Decent Work
Strategic directions of the ILO at global, regional and country level
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

2. What are the development challenges ?
Trade & Investment
Conflict
Financing
Climate Change
Unemployment
Peace-building
Decent Work
Migration and Refugees
Good Governance
Innovators
Poverty
Regional Integration

3. It is all connected !
Global
Continent
Region
Country

4. Global
SDGs as well as other, related frameworks
and instruments

5. Continent
Africa Union’s Agenda 2063

6. Continent

7. Region

8. Country National Development Plans Voluntary National Reviews on SDGs
Paris agreement commitments
Etc.

9. Back to Global: the SDGs and Decent Work
Universal, Rights-based, Transfomative, Leave on one behind

10. Decent Work and the SDGs – Agenda 8
SDG 8 : Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all 8.3 promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises including through access to financial services 8.5 by 2030 achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value 8.6 by 2020 substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training 8.7 take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, eradicate forced labour, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms including recruitment and use of child soldiers 8.8 protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments of all workers, including migrant workers, particularly women migrants, and those in precarious employment

11. Decent Work and the SDGs – Agenda 8 Plus
SDG1 1.3 implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors
SDG2 2.3 … opportunities for non-farm employment
SDG3 3.8 achieve universal health coverage (UHC),
3.c recruitment, development and training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries
SDG4 4.3 by 2030 ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable technical, vocational and tertiary education
4.4 by 2030, increase by x% the number who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills,
4.5 equal access to vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous
peoples, and children in vulnerable situations
SDG5 5.4 recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work
SDG9 9.2 … raise significantly industry’s share of employment
9.3 SMEs’ integration into value chains and markets
SDG equal opportunity… reduce inequalities … promote appropriate legislation..
10.4 fiscal, wage, and social protection policies to progressively achieve greater equality
10.7 facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people
SDG Implement a Framework of Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns….
12.b .. Sustainable tourism that creates jobs. …
SDG protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
SDG availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data in developing countries

12. SDG Indicators
Indicators for which the ILO is custodian (alone or jointly with other agencies) or heavily involved under 6 different SDGs:
Goal 1 - End poverty
Goal 5 - Achieve gender equality
Goal 4 - Ensure quality education
Goal 8 - Promote growth, employment and decent work
Goal 10 - Reduce inequality
Goal 14 - Conserve marine resources
Goal 16 - Promote justice and Institutions

13. Partnerships and Opportunities
Global Partnership on Youth Employment
Social Protection Floors
Refugees (Labour Market Access, Grand Bargain) & Migration (including socio-economic re-integration)
Global Deal (Social Dialogue)
Alliance 8.7

15. What can this mean for work in Africa, in the region and at country level ?
Global
Continent
Region
Country