Human well-being and capabilities, social justice Germany provides long-term support for good jobs and social dialogue worldwide: Agenda for Decent Work Worldwide

In the period covered by this report, Germany was one of the largest donors in the area of sustainable economic development and employment promotion. The Agenda for Decent Work Worldwide (External link) was presented in 2023 as a programme for scaling up the positive employment impacts of development cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The focus is on training and social protection in the context of decent work, on cooperation with trade unions and other organisations representing workers, on inclusion of people with disabilities, and on labour and skilled migration.

The strengthening of social dialogue is a key lever for creating decent work worldwide. It comprises the promotion of dialogue and peer learning, as well as negotiations on major decisions between governments, workers and employers. This is particularly important in view of the current process of structural change and the need for fair burden-sharing in the digital and ecological transformation (just transition). Effective social dialogue helps to ensure that the interests of all social groups are articulated, weighed up and aligned.

Together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and international social partners (above all, the German and International Trade Union Confederations and the International Organisation of Employers), the German Government therefore issued an international Call to Action for more social dialogue (External link) to be embedded in just transition processes – for the sake of a socially equitable structural transformation that preserves good jobs and creates new ones.

With the international Call to Action to strengthen social dialogue, new action-oriented initiatives have also emerged. One specific example is a project initiated by the German Government together with the ILO, which integrates social partners in developing countries more fully in the updating of national climate targets (NDC 3.0). Previously, this only occurred in 10 per cent of countries. The social partners now have access to improved data and best-practice examples so that environmental and employment aspects can be aligned. This strengthens the resilience of regions, businesses and jobs in the long term.

Den Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions (External link) hat 2021 UN-Generalsekretär António Guterres ins Leben gerufen. Die Initiative zielt darauf ab, bis 2030 zusätzlich vier Milliarden Menschen sozial abzusichern und 400 Millionen menschenwürdige Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen. Die Doppelstrategie aus sozialer Sicherung und Beschäftigung ist ein wichtiger Hebel, um Armut und Hunger zu verringern, Menschen vor Krisen zu schützen und Gesellschaften widerstandsfähiger (resilienter) gegen globale Herausforderungen wie den Klimawandel zu machen. Die G7 hat im Rahmen der deutschen G7-Präsidentschaft 2022 diese Initiative unterstützt.

Die Bundesregierung unterstützt die Zielerreichung und hat hierzu das M-GA (External link) (Multistakeholder Engagement to Implement the Global Accelerator and the World Bank Compass) zwischen UN, Weltbank und vielen Partner- und Geberländern initiiert. Mit der M-GA wurde auf globaler Ebene ein Koordinierungs- und Finanzierungsmechanismus etabliert, der sowohl UN-Organisationen als auch die Weltbank sowie Regierungen und Zivilgesellschaft aus dem globalen Norden und globalen Süden umfasst. Das M-GA hat in einer ersten Runde neun innovative Projekte zur Stärkung von sozialer Sicherung und guter Arbeit gefördert. Mit der im Mai 2025 gestarteten zweiten Runde werden circa 20 weitere Länder unterstützt. Das BMZ hat hierfür insgesamt 27 Millionen Euro bereitgestellt.