International Affairs
International and bilateral employment and social policies have the purpose of ensuring reciprocal exchanges of experience in this area.
Topics from the field of International Affairs
International Employment and Social Policy
Against the backdrop of a strongly interconnected international community, labour and social policy questions are becoming more important internationally, too.
Labour and Social Policy at the G7/G20 Levels
International exchange: Germany is a member both of the group of the leading seven industrialised countries (G7) and of the group of the most important advanced and emerging countries (G20).
Corporate Social Responsibility
Companies can make a major contribution to the realisation of decent work worldwide. As part of its CSR strategy, the Federal Government helps companies to rise to their responsibility.
Twinning in Labour and Social Policy (Administrative partnerships)
"Twinning", an instrument financed by the EU, aims to foster cooperation between the public administrations of the EU Member States and those of the candidate countries.
Bilateral social security agreements outside the European Union
The economic interdependence of highly-developed industrialised nations necessitates the expansion of legal relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and other states in the area of social security.
International Organizations
International cooperation in social and employment policy matters includes the German government's participation in bodies that promote international labour and social standards.