Departments and Offices

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  1. Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Sector (STANDARDS)

    1. InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration (DECLARATION)
    2. International Labour Standards (NORMES)
      1. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
      2. Project to Promote ILO Convention No. 169
      3. Maritime Labour Convention
    3. International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
    4. Relations, Meetings and Document Services Department (RELCONF)

  2. Employment Sector (EMPLOYMENT)

    1. Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department (EMP/ELM)
      1. Employment Trends (EMP/TRENDS)
      2. Policy Analysis and Research (EMP/ANALYSIS)
    2. Employment Policy Department (EMP/POLICY)
      1. Country Employment Policy (EMP/CEPOL)
      2. Employment Intensive Investment (EMP/INVEST)
      3. Social Finance
    3. Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department (EMP/ENTERPRISE)
      1. Boosting Employment through Small Enterprise Development (SEED)
      2. Cooperatives (COOP)
      3. Crisis Response and Reconstruction (CRISIS)
      4. Local Economic Development (LED)
      5. Management & Corporate Citizenship Programme (MCC)
      6. Multinational Enterprises (MULTI)
    4. Skills and Employability Department (EMP/SKILLS)

  3. Social Protection Sector (PROTECTION)

    1. Labour  Protection Department (PROTRAV)
      1. Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SAFEWORK)
      2. Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL)
    2. HIV/AIDS (ILO/AIDS)
    3. International Migration (MIGRANT)
    4. Social Security Department (SECSOC)
      1. Strategies and Tools Against Social Exclusion and Poverty (STEP)

  4. Social Dialogue Sector (DIALOGUE)

    1. Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP)
    2. Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department (DIALOGUE)
    3. Sectoral Activities (SECTOR)
    4. Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

  5. Management and Administration (EDMAS)

    1. Bureau of Programming and Management (PROGRAM)
    2. Bureau of Internal Administration (INTER)
    3. Evaluation Unit (EVAL)
    4. Financial Services (FINANCE)
    5. Human Resources Development (HRD)
    6. Information Technology and Communications (ITCOM)

  6. Reporting to the Director-General (DGREPORTS)

    1. ILO Office in Japan (ILO-TOKYO)
    2. Department of Communication and Public Information (DCOMM)
    3. Director-General's Office (CABINET)
    4. Ethics Office (ETHICS)
    5. Partnerships and Development Cooperation Department (PARDEV)
    6. Bureau for Gender Equality (GENDER)
    7. International Institute for Labour Studies (INST)
    8. International Training Centre (TURIN)
    9. Legal Services (JUR)
    10. New York Liaison Office (NYLO)
    11. Office of Internal Audit and Oversight (IAO)
    12. Policy Integration and Statistics Department (INTEGRATION)
    13. Bureau of Statistics (STAT)
    14. ILO Office in Washington D.C. (ILO-Washington)

  7. Administrative Tribunal (TRIB)

  8. Associations

    1. International Social Security Association (ISSA)
    2. Sports & Leisure Association of the ILO (S&L)
    3. Staff Union (SYNDICAT)

  9. Regions and Technical Cooperation (REGIONS)

    1. Development Cooperation (CODEV)
      1. Universitas: Innovation, education and training for Decent Work and Human Development


    3. Field Programmes in Africa (AFRICA)
      1. Regional Office for Africa: Addis Ababa
      2. Subregional Office for Central Africa: SRO-Yaoundé
      3. Subregional Office for East Africa: SRO-Addis Ababa
      4. Subregional Office for West Africa: SRO-Abidjan (temporary location: Dakar)
      5. Subregional Office for North Africa: SRO-Cairo
      6. Subregional Office for Southern Africa: SRO-Harare
      7. Subregional Office for the Sahel Region: SRO-Dakar
      8. ILO Office in Algiers: ILO-Algiers
      9. ILO Office in Antananarivo: ILO-Antananarivo
      10. ILO Office in Dar es Salaam: ILO-Dar es salaam
      11. ILO Office in Kinshasa: ILO-Kinshasa
      12. ILO Office in Lagos: ILO-Lagos
      13. ILO Office in Lusaka: ILO-Lusaka
      14. ILO Office in Pretoria: ILO-Pretoria

    5. Field Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean (AMERICAS)
      1. ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (Web site in Spanish)
      2. Subregional Office for the Andean Countries: SRO-Lima (Web site in Spanish)
      3. Subregional Office for the Caribbean: SRO-Port of Spain
      4. Subregional Office for the South Cone of Latin America: SRO-Santiago (Web site in Spanish)
      5. Subregional Office for Central America: ILO-San José
      6. ILO Office for Mexico and Cuba: ILO-Mexico (Web site in Spanish)
      7. ILO Office in Argentina: ILO-Buenos Aires (Web site in Spanish)
      8. ILO Office in Brazil: ILO-Brasilia (Web site in Portuguese)
      9. The Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (CINTERFOR)

    7. Field Programmes in Arab States (ARABSTATES)
      1. Regional Office for the Arab States: RO-Beirut
        1. ILO representative: Jerusalem
        2. ILO representative: Kuwait

    9. Field Programmes in Asia and the Pacific (ASIA)
      1. Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific: RO-Bangkok
        1. Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting Web site
        2. Regional Skills and Employability Programme (SKILLS-AP)
        3. Disability Programme in Asia and the Pacific Region (AbilityAsia)
        4. APEC Awareness Raising Campaign: Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour and Providing Educational Opportunities
        5. Advisory Support, Information Services and Training (ASIST-AP)
        6. Mekong sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women
        7. ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme
        8. Asian-Pacific Regional Network on Occupational Safety and Health Information (ASIA-OSH)
      2. Subregional Office for East Asia: SRO-Bangkok
      3. Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific: SRO-Manila
        1. IPEC-Philippines
      4. Subregional Office for South Asia: SRO-New Delhi
        1. South Asia and Vietnam Project on Tripartism and Social Dialogue in Action (SAVPOT)
      5. ILO Office for China and Mongolia: ILO-Beijing
      6. ILO Office for Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and other South Pacific islands: ILO-Suva
      7. ILO Office in Indonesia: ILO-Jakarta
      8. ILO Office in Japan: ILO-Tokyo
      9. ILO Office in Sri Lanka: ILO-Colombo
      10. ILO Office in Nepal: ILO-Kathmandu
      11. ILO Office in Bangladesh: ILO-Dhaka
      12. ILO Office in Pakistan: ILO-Islamabad
      13. Office of the Senior ILO Adviser: Hanoi

    11. Field Programmes in Europe and Central Asia (EUROPE)
      1. Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia: Geneva
      2. Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe: SRO-Budapest
      3. Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: SRO-Moscow
      4. ILO Office for Italy and San Marino: ILO-Rome
      5. ILO Office for the European Union and the Benelux countries: ILO-Brussels
      6. ILO Office for the United Kingdom and Ireland: ILO-London
      7. ILO Office in France: ILO-Paris
      8. ILO Office in Germany: ILO-Berlin
      9. ILO Office in Spain: ILO-Madrid
      10. ILO Office in Turkey: ILO-Ankara
      11. ILO Office in Portugal: ILO-Portugal
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