Dorothea Schmidt-Klau

Head of Department Management and Coordination Unit, Employment Policy Department, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva

Dorothea Schmidt-Klau is the Head of the Department Management and Coordination Unit of the Employment Policy Department (EMPLOYMENT) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In her function she supports the work of the Department to promote full and productive employment by developing integrated employment, development and skills policies. Before her current position, she was the Senior Employment Specialist for North Africa, based in the Decent Work Country Team for North Africa in Cairo. She worked with Governments, Employers’, Workers’ Organizations and other key stakeholders providing advice on analytical work, policy development and advocacy on employment related issues. Ms Schmidt has published extensively in the area of family economics during her time as research assistant at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany. Since then her work continued to have a strong gender focus. Other areas of expertise include poverty reduction, youth employment, ageing societies, employment policies, labour market transitions, labour market information systems and labour market indicators. She has worked on many major ILO publications, including several World Employment Reports, Global Employment Trends Reports and most recently the ILO’s COVID-19 Monitors. She has also published numerous working papers and articles in her areas of expertise. Ms Schmidt-Klau holds a PhD in Economics from Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg.