Employment and Decent Work in the Humanitarian-Development- Peace Nexus

Geneva (Switzerland): International Labour Organization (ILO), 2021.

English

248 p.

978-92-20354-79-7

In times of multiple crisis and conflicts, there is a pressing need for increased coordination and collaboration between humanitarian support, development cooperation and peacebuilding. The decent work agenda is an essential element of this Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus were employment, decent working conditions, social dialogue, social protection and rights at work can contribute to inclusive development and lasting peace through increased resilience and by addressing the underlying factors of fragility that made the society and economy particularly vulnerable to external shocks in the first place. A two-fold approach to a crisis – implemented in collaboration with governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and international and national partners, and with the direct involvement of local populations and stakeholders – can stimulate and assist long-term socio-economic development in an inclusive and rights-based manner, as well as providing an immediate conflict-sensitive response centred on employment and livelihoods, including in rural areas and for forcibly displaced populations, and contributing to peace.

Electronic ed.

ELR 1680

English

MON-128613