Work for a Brighter Future: Report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work
- March 19, 2019
- Laura Monti
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The ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work has called on governments to commit to a set of measures in order to address the challenges caused by unprecedented transformational change in the world of work.
Launch of Global Commission Report on the Future of Work – ILO
- March 19, 2019
- Laura Monti
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The 22 January, 2019 will see the official start of the ILO100 celebrations, with the launch of the report by the Global Commission on the Future of Work in Geneva.
António Guterres’ Remarks at “Web Summit” 2018
- November 6, 2018
- Laura Monti
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Remarks by head of the United Nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres at Web Summit 2018:
Tech for Transformative Change? Looking Beyond Disruption – UNRISD
- October 19, 2018
- Laura Monti
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SUMMARY: We are living in a time of rapid change, driven by increasing digitization and disruption of many of the institutions and relationships around which we structure our societies
Newly Released – World Economic and Social Survey 2018: Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development
- October 10, 2018
- Laura Monti
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The World Economic and Social Survey 2018 reviews the advances in frontier technologies – automation, robotics, electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies
Curse or Cure? Leaving No One Behind in an Age of Technological Revolution – UNDP
- September 17, 2018
- Laura Monti
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Digital technologies play an ever-increasing role in almost all sectors of society and across industries through increased use of better and faster internet, remote sensoring devices
On-Demand… and Organized! – ILO
- August 24, 2018
- Laura Monti
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Pick up a magazine, access a blog or scroll through your Facebook feed, and you’re likely to see some reference to the gig economy.
The Digital Giants in 2018 – IMD
- August 8, 2018
- Laura Monti
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In mid-2017, we released a summary of the activities of 8 of the world’s largest digital giants, namely Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Snap, Alibaba, and Tencent.
Watch Live: Good Work in the New Machine Age – RSA
- July 4, 2018
- Laura Monti
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From robotics that can pick and pack goods in warehouses with acute precision, to algorithms in healthcare that can diagnose cancers as accurately as trained pathologists
Decent Work in the Gig Economy?
- June 24, 2018
- Laura Monti
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The future of work is approaching more quickly than most people might have guessed. The so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, is upon us, altering the way we live and work.