Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was 13 September host for a high-level conference on the international situation in the labour market, where millions of people are unemployed as a result of the global economic crisis. The conference was a joint event by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Press release 13 September 2010:
Oslo Conference Calls for Commitment to Recovery Focused on Jobs
Pictures from the conference is available on Flickr
The conference brought together both politicians and experts to explore new ways of forging a sustainable, job-rich recovery from the global economic crisis. The conference “The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion” was chaired by ILO Director General Juan Somavia and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Other participants included President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde of France, U.K. Secretary of State for Labour Iain Duncan Smith, and International Trade Union Confederation General Secretary Sharan Burrow.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, Minister of Finance Sigbjørn Johnsen and Minister of Labour Hanne Bjurstrøm participated from the Norwegian side.
The conference was held at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo Monday 13 September 2010 from 0900-1700.
For more information about the conference, please visit: www.osloconference2010.org
Archived (on demand) web cast is available here.
Published: 18 August 2010 - updated 15 September 2010
