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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.

21-03-2018

Social Dialogue in the SDGs Era – thematic discussion on formalising informal work at the OECD

Trade unions and the ILO jointly organised a thematic discussion on the role of social dialogue in formalising the informal economy. The event took place at the OECD headquarters in Paris on 19 March 2018. It brought together trade unionists from across the world, as well as the ILO, the OECD and representatives from national governments.

06-05-2008

Costa Rica: migrant leader arrested

Rónald Fuentes, a migrant union leader in the construction trade and a Nicaraguan national, was arrested on 30 April and taken to the prison for migrants in Hatillo de San José, Costa Rica. The ITUC lodged a protest against this unfair incarceration and asked the Costa Rican authorities to release him immediately. During his three years in Costa Rica, Fuentes has always conducted himself well and proven his dedication to work and family.

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