Nam gets ILO support

Namibia’s support towards decent work promotion is coming through the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP), which is the ILO’s framework for support to member states’ socio-economic and developmental goals.The director-general of the ILO, Guy Ryder, held a public lecture in Windhoek on Monday evening prior to signing the DWCP agreement in Windhoek yesterday.According to ILO, decent work involves opportunities for work that are productive and deliver a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organise and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.Ryder, who ended his three-day visit to Namibia yesterday, said the DWCP would promote decent work as a key component of national development strategies. ProductivityRyder said productive employment and decent work were crucial elements to achieving a fair globalisation and poverty reduction. “There has been an increased urgency among international policy-makers, particularly in the wake of the global financial and economic crisis of 2008, to deliver quality jobs along with social protection and respect for rights at work to achieve sustainable, inclusive economic growth, and eliminate poverty.”According to him, each DWCP is organised around a limited number of country programme priorities and outcomes. The senior programme officer at the ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia, Adolphus Chinomwe, said the agreement would cover the period 2018-2023 and followed an earlier one signed in 2010.According to the UNPAF, it serves as the collective response of the United Nations system to support the national development initiatives of the government’s Vision 2030.About RyderRyder first joined the ILO in 1998 as director of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities and, from 1999, as director of the Office of the Director-General. It was during this time that the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda was launched and won support from the international community. In 2002, he was appointed general secretary of the ICFTU, leading the process of global unification of the democratic international trade union movement. He was elected as first general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) when it was created in 2006.In September 2010, Ryder returned to the ILO in Geneva as executive director, responsible for international labour standards, fundamental principles and rights at work. He was elected as ILO DG by the ILO's governing body in May 2012 and took office on 1 October 2012. He was re-elected as ILO DG by the ILO's governing body in 2016 and his next term will end in 2022.During his visit to Namibia, Ryder met with President Hage Geingob, labour minister Erkki Nghimtina employer and employee representatives as well as the heads of UN agencies in the country.

Nam gets ILO support

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