OREANDA-NEWS. The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch the 9th edition of its Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) on 16 November.

The KILM is a multi-functional research tool produced by the ILO Department of Statistics, consisting of country-level data on 17 key indicators of the labour market from 1980 to the latest available year.

The new edition includes an analysis of the link between education and access to the labour market. It assesses whether or not the educational level of the labour force has been improving worldwide and its impact on jobs.

The KILM and all associated material and information are under strict embargo until 21:00 GMT on Monday, 16 November.

Embargoed electronic copies of the KILM chapters, data and charts, of the press release and a short user guide will be made available upon request to journalists only, as of Monday 16 November in the morning by contacting newsroom@ilo.org or the Department of Communication and Public Information on +4122/799-7912.

For UN correspondents in Geneva: A press briefing by Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of the ILO’s Department of Statistics, and Steven Kapsos, Head, Data Production and Analysis Unit at the ILO Department of Statistics, will be held, under embargo, on Monday, 16 November at 10:00 a.m. in Press room 1 at the Palais des Nations. Geneva correspondents will be sent the embargoed documents automatically as soon as they become available, without having to send a specific request.

Interviews for print, web or broadcast media can be scheduled via the ILO Department of Communication: newsroom@ilo.org or +4122/799-7912.

The ILO TV studio and ISDN line may be booked for broadcasters wishing to interview the authors by contacting the ILO’s Multimedia unit (see contacts below). Video coverage of the press conference will be available for download from the ILO website or by contacting the Department of Communication/ Multimedia Unit on +4122/799-7935 or multimedia@ilo.org.