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HLPF 2022 - Input of the International Labour Organization
for the theme
“Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVI-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
In response to the letter of the ECOSOC President, dated 14 December 2021, the present document sets out the deliberations and policy recommendations of the ILO on the theme of the 2022 High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development as well as the SDGs under review.
In support of SDG 17 of the 2030 Agenda, the ILO held a multilateral Global Forum for a Human-centred Recovery (henceforth: the Global Forum).
The Global Forum was held on 22 – 24 February 2022 pursuant to a request included in the ILO Global Call to Action for a Human-Centred Recovery, adopted by the International Labour Conference in June 2021. Subsequently, the ILO Governing Body at its 343th session directed the Office to convene such a Global Forum in cooperation with other multilateral organizations in early 2022.
Its outcome and partnership commitments were considered by the ILO Governing Body in its 344th Session on 23 March 2022 and met with broad support of the ILO tripartite constituents (see attached document GB.344/INS/7).
The present policy recommendations are based on and make reference to the ILO Centenary Declaration on the Future of Work (also endorsed by the UN General Assembly in its resolution A/73/L.117). Further valuable policy recommendations and experiences with regard to COVID-19 response are contained in the deliberations of the tripartite ILO Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work – Building a better future of work (1 – 9 July 2020) and the ILO Global Call to Action for a Human-centred Recovery that is Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient. The Global Forum considered the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transition launched by the UN Secretary-General at the General Assembly in September 2021. The Forum thus examined how to generate the investments and resources required to meet the ambition of creating at least 400 million new jobs, including in the green and care economies; extending social protection floors to the 50 per cent of people who are deprived of them; and scaling up climate action for jobs so as to accelerate progress towards a carbon-neutral global economy. The outcome of the Global Forum is therefore relevant for SDGs 4, 5, 14, 15 and 17 under review at the 2022 HLPF. The Forum in and of itself was a contribution to the networked multilateralism envisioned by the Secretary-General and hence a contribution to SDG 17. Furthermore, the 109th International Labour Conference, held in 2021, had discussed and adopted resolutions on skills and lifelong learning, and on inequalities and the world of work, respectively. The two ILC discussions are relevant situation assessments and HLPF policy guidance for SDGs 4 and 5, respectively and are reflected in the sections below. These resolutions are annexed.
