The Future of Work Podcast

The Occupational Safety and Health Convention, or Convention 187, was adopted two decades ago. It is still highly relevant today, as the world of work faces new and re-emerging psychosocial and health risks linked to climate change, technological changes, pandemics and other challenges.

Podcast guests:
Anousheh Karvar, French Government Representative to the ILO and to the G7-G20 Labour & Employment and Chair of the ILO Governing Body
Kristiaan de Meester, Belgian employers' group representative
Joaquim Nunes Pintado, ILO Branch Chief Occupational Safety and Health
Catelene Passchier, Chairperson of the Workers' group, ILO

In 1976, Convention No. 144 established a simple but powerful principle: governments, employers and workers should shape labour policy together. To mark the Convention's 50th anniversary, representatives of governments, employers and workers, alongside the European Union, reflect on what social dialogue has achieved and whether it can continue to help shape the future of work.

Podcast guests:
Michele Cervone D'Urso, EU Ambassador & Deputy Head of Delegation to the UN in Geneva
Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary of the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)
Emma Hippolyte, Minister of Equity, Labour, Gender and Elderly Affairs of Saint Lucia
Ulan Tazhibayev, Advisor to The Chairman of the Presidium of the National Confederation of Employers of Kazakhstan “PARYZ"

In a world shaped by AI, the green transition, and demographic change, lifelong learning is key to supporting good jobs and more inclusive societies. But new ILO research shows access to quality learning is still deeply unequal.

Podcast guests:
Pedro Moreno da Fonseca, Lifelong learning specialist at the ILO.
Hannah Liepmann, Economist at the ILO.
Chaudhry Saad Muhammad, General Secretary of the Pakistan United Workers Federation.
Josephine Andriamamonjiarison, Honorary President of the Employers’ Association of Madagascar and member of the ILO Governing Body

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping work – from jobs to skills to everyday working life. But will it strengthen decent work, dignity and shared prosperity – or deepen inequality and exclusion?

Guests:
Kostas Papadakis, Senior adviser, Labour Governance and Sectoral Policies Department, ILO
Janine Berg, Senior economist in the Research Department, ILO
Hannah Liepmann, Economist in the Research Department, ILO.
Valerio De Stefano, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto

ILO workers' activities specialist Rafael Peels joins the Future of Work podcast to explore strategic foresight - a methodology for navigating disruption. Learn how workers' and employers' organizations can prepare for an uncertain future.