Ms. Amber Barth is currently the Senior Programme Officer at the International Labour Organization Office for the United Nations, based in New York.
Since joining the ILO in 2005, Ms. Barth has been responsible for providing economic and social policy guidance to strengthen decent work outcomes in UN and global development processes, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Previously, Ms. Barth served as a Decent Work Specialist with the Multilateral Cooperation Department at ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland where she coordinated multi-stakeholder partnerships in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. She also served as the ILO executive coordinator of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which aims to stimulate the creation of health and social sector jobs in low and lower middle income countries.