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03-05-2022

ITUC report: Fair financing of social protection through progressive taxation maximises returns

A new report for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) examining the effects of financing social protection has found that progressive taxation produces the highest returns.

20-04-2021

Trade unions in Costa Rica strengthen engagement with the United Nations system

In December 2020, Costa Rican trade union centres met with United Nation actors to discuss the state of decent work, social dialogue and human rights in the country.

12-03-2019

Just Transition key to Costa Rica’s plan for zero emissions by 2050

The ITUC congratulates the government of Costa Rica on its ambitious leadership towards achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030. The target is part of its plan to reach zero emissions by 2050. Unions are calling on the government to make Just Transition central to achieving this ambition.

26-10-2018

Social Dialogue to achieve the SDGs – Formalising the informal economy

The Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN) has produced a series of four country briefs on the role that social dialogue plays in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. More specifically, the research explores how social dialogue has contributed to the formalisation of the informal economy in Argentina, Costa Rica, Kenya and the Philippines.

21-03-2018

Trade Union – Development Assistance Committee (OECD) Forum 2018

The fourth edition of this annual forum brought together representatives of the Member States of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) with those of leading labour organisations, both from donor and partner countries. Together, they reviewed the latest evolutions in the work of the DAC and explored opportunities for maximising its contribution to the 2030 Agenda and the Decent Work Agenda. The Forum took place on the 20 of March 2018 in the OECD Headquarters in Paris and took place back-to-back with the Thematic Seminar on Social Dialogue in the SDGs Era.

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