Access to the ILO building – August 1st 2022

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Programme guidance letter from the Director-General-elect – 8 July 2022

The newly elected Director General addressed to the staff on July 8, 2022 a letter of orientation for the Program and Budget for 2024-25. Download the PDF file : Programme guidance letter from the Director-General-elect Geneva – 8 July 2022

Return to office at ILO HQ for staff

Download the note in PDF format: Retour-BIT-13-06-22-en

List 2022 of former officials who died

View the list by following this link: /en/2021/03/31/list-2022-of-former-officials-who-died/

Letter from the Bureau of ILO Former Officials to the DG-elect

PDF to download: Letter from the Bureau of ILO Former Officials to the DG-elect

2022 SHIF Centenary

Read about this the editorial of issue 01/2022 of the SHIF Newsletter: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/shif/website.file_open?p_reference_id=375

First public statement of ILO Director-General elect Gilbert F. Houngbo

Gilbert F. Houngbo is elected as the new ILO Director-General

Gilbert F. Houngbo has been elected as the eleventh ILO Director-General by the ILO Governing Body on 25 March 2022. The five-year term of the Director-General elect will run from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2027. Gilbert F. Houngbo, from Togo, is currently President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Gilbert F. Houngbo​ was

Publication of Message No 68

Dear Anciens, We are pleased to inform you that your documents (Message No68 – request 116686) are ready. Due to COVID-19 measures internal mail delivery services are suspended until further notice. E-mail of 12 January 2022 of PRODOC ***** Read the online version

Wishes of Guy Ryder, DG, ILO

Director-General: I am confident we will deliver as One ILO ​​In his new year message, Director-General Guy Ryder thanks staff and recognizes the professionalism, creativity and resilience that ensures that the ILO can continue to deliver during an important year ahead.​ Dear colleagues, I wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope that you had chance to relax

Return to generalized teleworking at HQ (December 2021)

Following the decisions of the Swiss Federal Council to strengthen COVID-19 related measures announced on 3 December 2021, the Director-General has decided that staff at ILO headquarters should return to generalized teleworking, with the exceptions set out below. This decision applies from Monday 6 December 2021 until at least 24 January 2022, when the Swiss

Presentation of the ILO Former Officials Section at the Retirement Preparation Seminar – November 2021

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Communication of the Staff Union Committee – October 2021

Download the Staff Union note – 29-09-2021

Activities Report 2021

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ILO Arts Circle Virtual Exhibition 2021

Introduction to the exhibition The ILO Arts and Decoration Circle has been backed by the ILO Former Officials Section for many years. As well as generating artefacts and items of value, artistic activity also helps foster personal development. Owing to the pandemic, the organization of exhibitions has been curtailed across the world. With the support

Update on Pension Administration and Achievemens: Meeting with FAFICS – 16 July 2021

Two presentations in English: FAFICS.CEPA.July 2021 FAFICS-50th.OIM Presentation.16 July 2021

Update of the return to the office (Geneva ILO headquarters) – 6 July 2021

This communication provides an update on the plans for a progressive and safe return to the office of staff at ILO headquarters, which, as previously announced, will start on 2 August 2021. The positive evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, with reduced levels of contamination and broad access to vaccinations, has allowed further

Reply of the ILO HRD Director (16 June 2021) to the letter of the Bureau of the Former Officials Section

Dear Mr Kientzler, I refer to your letter of 9 June 2021 and would like to start by thanking you for the role that you and the Bureau of the Former Officials Section have played and continue to play in the context of the current pandemic. Your efforts and initiatives to facilitate contacts between the

Broadcast ILO 1 June 2021

This communication provides an update on plans for the return to office of staff at headquarters. As previously announced, the Office continues to prepare for the return of all Geneva-based staff to office as soon as conditions allow. COVID-19 policy measures, including the widespread access to vaccination, have brought significant improvements to the situation, but

Tribute to International Civil Servants by the FAFICS

In 2019, the Federation of Associations of Former International Civil Servants (FAFICS), on a proposal from the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members (AFUS), enthusiastically accepted at the 48th Session of its Council that a Tribute to past and present generations of international civil servants be prepared at the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and

Covid-19 : Information

Statement of the ILO Workers’ Group on vaccine equity Download the statement Extension of teleworking for staff at HQ until at least 4 May 2021 The Director-General has decided to extend the current mandatory teleworking arrangements for staff at headquarters until at least 4 May 2021. Following the decisions of the Swiss authorities to maintain

Interview with former Staff union presidents

For the centenary of the ILO, the Staff Union as part of its blog has undertaken to conduct interviews with former Presidents of the Union. President from 2007 to 2012 : Christopher Land-Kazlauskas President from 2006 to 2007 : Maria-Luz Vega President from 2005 to 2006 : Pierre Sayour President from 2002 to 2005 :

Coronavirus crisis : Message from the Executive Secretary

Dear retired colleagues. Above all, I wish you good health in this difficult time that we are all going through. As you may know, ILO staff in Geneva are now teleworking from home. Although access to the ILO building in Geneva is no longer possible for us retirees, members of the Bureau of the Section

ILO Centenary Cup

On the initiative of the Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development (Greycells) and in cooperation with the Help Us to Help foundation and their respective presidents Alejandro Bonilla and Fabio Ramirez, a golf competition was organized on 15 September 2019 at the Evian Resort Golf Club to celebrate the ILO Centenary for the

General Assembly of the ILO Staff Union Second session, 17 October 2019

The GA agenda included the 2019 Annual Report of the Union Committee. This note does not report on this meeting but highlights some points of particular interest to our retired colleagues. Catherine Comte, President of the Union mentioned at the beginning of the meeting three current issues. United Nations reform: The ILO Governing Body reaffirmed

Access to ILO building: retired former officials and their families

RETIRED FORMER OFFICIALS Retirees may access the ILO building on presentation of their Staff Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) insurance card together with a photo identity document such as a carte de legitimation, driving licence, passport etc. Retirees who wish to access the ILO building regularly but do not have an ILO badge may apply for

After-service health insurance: Update

329th session of the Ilo governing body, March 2017 To read the document, download the PDF