Jeannette Sanchez, Communication Officer, Employment Policy Department
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an abrupt transition to distance education, training and e-learning. The crisis has resulted in massive shifts to online platforms and tools for the continued delivery of learning and skills development, which have shown both promising trends and troubling signs. Continue reading
Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, Technical Specialist, ILO Employment Policy Department
The construction sector may hold the key to kick-starting economies ravaged by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Maria-Helena André, Director, ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)
It is the nature of crises to expose new faults in a system or widen existing ones. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception to this, and as it has taken hold some countries have been driven to look inwards for solutions. This is not just a result of some groups exploiting domestic political opportunities. We must accept that general discontent with the multilateral system may have played a role in the idea that policy goals are best advanced through unilateral action, rather than collective efforts.
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