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G20 Meetings
of Labour and Employment Ministers

2025: July 25-26, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Employment ministers meeting
2025: July 23, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa: Ministers responsible for inclusive economic growth, industrialisation, employment and reducing inequality
2024: July 25-26, Fortaleza, Brazil: Declaration, July 26, 2024; Annex 1: G20 Policy Priorities to Reduce Inequalities in the World of Work, July 26, 2024; Annex 2: G20 Approaches to Safety and Health at Work, G20 OSH Network, July 22, 2024; Chair's statement, July 26, 2024
2023: July 20-21, Indore, India: Outcome Document and Chair's Summary, July 21, 2023; G20 Policy Options for Sustainable Financing of Social Protection, July 21, 2023; G20 Policy Priorities on Strategies to Address Skill Gaps Globally, July 21, 2023; G20 Policy Priorities on Adequate and Sustainable Social Protection and Decent Work for Gig and Platform Workers, July 21, 2023
2022: September 13-14, Bali, Indonesia: Chair's summary; Action Plan on Accelerating and Monitoring the G20 Principles for the Labour Market Integration of Persons with Disabilities [PDF]; The G20 Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Growth and Productivity in Human Capacity Development through Strengthening Community-Based Vocational Training (CBVT) [PDF]; Policy Recommendation on Promoting Entrepreneurship and Supporting MSMEs as a Job Creation Instrument [PDF]; G20 Policy Principles on Adapting Labour Protection for More Effective Protection and Increased Resilience for All Workers [PDF]; Update of the G20 Skills Strategy [PDF]
2021: June 22-23, Catania, Italy: Education and labour and employment ministers: Declaration, June 22; G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration, with five appendices, June 23; Press briefing with Andrea Orlando, Italy's minister of labour, June 23; Press briefing with Patrizio Bianchi, Italy's minister of education, June 22
2020: September 10, virtual, hosted by Saudi Arabia: Ministerial declaration
2020: April 23, virtual meeting, hosted by Saudi Arabia: G20 Labor and Employment Ministers' Statement on COVID-19, April 23, 2020; Press release, April 17, 2020
2019: September 1-2, Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan: Labour and employment ministers: Ministerial Declaration, September 2
2018: September 6-7, Mendoza, Argentina: Ministers responsible for education and employment: Joint Declaration 2018, September 6; Ministers of employment and labour: Declaration 2018, September 7
2017: May 18-19, Bad Neuenahr, Germany: Labour Ministers; Towards an Inclusive Future: Shaping the World of Work, with five appendices; A: G20 Priorities on the Future of Work; B: G20 Policy Recommendations to Reduce Gender Gaps in Labour Force Participation and Pay by Improving Women's Job Quality; C: G20 Policy Practices for the Fair and Effective Labour Market Integration of Regular Migrants and Recognised Refugees; D: G20 Statement on the Global Prevention Initiative 'Vision Zero Fund'; E: List of Reports Prepared by International Organisations
2016: July 11-13, Beijing, China: Labour and Employment Ministers; Declaration, July 13, 2016; Annex 1: G20 Entrepreneurship Action Plan, July 13, 2016; Annex 2: Policy Recommendations to Enhance Employability, July 13, 2016; Annex 3: G20 Initiative to Promote Quality Apprenticeship, July 13, 2016; Annex 4: Sustainable Wage Policy Principles, July 13, 2016; Annex 5: Policy Recommendations for Promoting More Equitable and Sustainable Social Protection Systems, July 13, 2016; Annex 6: G20 Employment Working Group Multi-Year Agenda, July 13, 2016; Annex 7: List of Reports prepared by International Organizations, July 13, 2016
2015: September 3-4, Ankara, Turkey: Labour and Employment Ministers; G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration: Creating Quality Jobs for All, Investing in Skills and Reducing Inequalities to Promote Inclusive and Robust Growth, September 4, 2015
2015: September 4, Ankara, Turkey: Finance and Labour Ministers; Chair's Statement
2014: September 10-11, Melbourne, Australia: Labour and Employment Ministers; G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration: Preventing Structural Unemployment, Creating Better Jobs and Boosting Participation, September 11, 2014; Annex A: Policy priorities for preventing unemployment from becoming structural; Annex B: Policy priorities for creating better jobs; Annex C: G20 Statement on Safer and Healthier Workplaces; Annex D: Policy priorities for boosting female participation, quality of employment and gender equity; Annex E: Reports received
2013: July 18-19, Moscow, Russia: Labour and Employment and Finance Ministers; Labour and Employment and Finance Ministers' Communiqué [English]; Labour and Employment Ministers; Declaration [English]
2012: May 17-18, Guadalajara, Mexico: Labour and Employment Ministers; Conclusions, including the Task Force Conclusions of the G20 Strategies on Youth Employment, May 18, 2012 [English PDF] [Español PDF]
2011: September 26-27, Paris, France: Labour Ministers; Conclusions, September 27, 2011 [English] [Français]
2010: April 20-21, Washington DC, United States: Ministers; Recommendations to G20 leaders, April 21, 2010 [HTML]; Recommendations to U.S. president Barack Obama, April 21, 2010 [HTML]; Participants [HTML]

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