International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030554002
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

13.11 Decent Work

The notion of Decent Work was developed by the Chilean Director-General of the ILO, Juan Somavia, in his first report upon taking office in 1999. The aim was not to change the aims of the ILO but to repackage them. The ILO budget had expanded to 39 major programmes, and Somavia concluded that an organization with so many priorities had no priorities at all. He cut the number to four: employment, social protection, standards, and social dialogue. “Decent Work” was a convenient way to express these aims—but especially after Amartya Sen’s recognition of it as a development paradigm at the 1999 International Labour Conference, it became the framework for managing and carrying out ILO activities.

Decent Work remains a shorthand way of expressing the ILO’s purpose. It also underlines the interdependence between actions in these fields. To succeed in the sustainable promotion of Decent Work, it was necessary to engage all four areas of action. Gradually the notion of Decent Work became accepted by the multilateral system, including the United Nations.

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