Events and meetings

July 2012

1. 

   XIX International AIDS Conference

   22 - 27 July 2012, Washington, D.C.

   ILO/AIDS is participating to the conference which will take place in Washington, D.C. on 22-27 July 2012 under the theme "Turning the Tide Together".

January 2012

1. 

   A decade of European Support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

   31 January 2012, Paris, France

   On 31 January 2012, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria celebrates its 10th anniversary in Paris. Mr. J-F Trogrlic, Director, ILO Office for France, is attending the event. Participants include European policy makers, representatives of international organizations, as well as participants from public and private sectors, the research community and non-governmental organizations.

December 2011

1. 

   International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2011)

   4 - 8 December 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing and participating in a series of events to highlight the importance of reducing stigma and discrimination in the workplace at ICASA, which opens on Sunday 4 December, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme “Own, Scale-up and Sustain”.

2. 

   Zimbabwean sculpture exhibition for World AIDS Day 30th anniversary in ILO Colonnades

   1 - 16 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

   ILO/AIDS has organized an exhibition of Shona Art which is taking place from 1 until 16 December on ILO premises in Geneva.

3. 

   World AIDS Day 2011

   1 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

   The theme of World AIDS Day this year is "Getting to Zero" referring to the “Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination. Zero AIDS Related Deaths” objectives of the UNAIDS strategy for 2011-2015. The ILO has developed six posters to highlight the contribution of the workplace to "Getting to Zero".

November 2011

1. 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference: "Strengthening Evidence To Achieve Sustainable Action"

   18 - 21 November 2011, Nassau, The Bahamas

September 2011

1. Dialogue on the contribution of occupational health services to universal access for HIV and TB

   11 - 11 September 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

   Meeting organized in the context of the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work held in Turkey from 11 to 15 September 2011. Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, UNAIDS, Organizations of Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) and the ILO met to share experiences for the occupational health services to best protect their workers.

August 2011

1. 

   10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP): "Diverse Voices, United Actions"

   26 - 30 August 2011, Busan, Republic of Korea

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) co-organized a series of events as part of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) at the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) under the theme “Diverse Voices, United Action”.

2. UN Workplace Project in India: Launch of the campaign “STIGMA FUELS HIV”

   1 August 2011, New Delhi, India

   On August 1, 2011, the UN agencies in India came together under the flag of UN Cares: ‘HIV and the UN workplace project’, in the UN Conference Hall, New Delhi to launch a year-long anti-stigma campaign - “Stigma Fuels HIV”.

June 2011

1. 

   2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS

   8 - 10 June 2011, United Nations, New York

   From 8-10 June 2011 Member States will gather in New York, USA, for the UN General assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS. The UNAIDS / IOM / UNHCR / ILO Side Event on Migration and HIV will be held on Friday, 10 June 2011, 1:15 - 2:30 pm, NLB Conference Room 1.

2. ILC 2011 - Give effect to Recommendation No. 200 and partner with Global Fund

   2 - 2 June 2011, Geneva - Palais des Nations

   Delegates were invited by the Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS) to this event to know more about the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), and how to use Global Fund financing mechanisms at country level, to implement workplace HIV and TB policies and programmes, and strengthen public private partnerships in line with ILO Recommendation No. 200, with the participation of Dr Akram Ali Eltom, Director of Partnerships at the Global Fund.

May 2011

1. HIV and AIDS course at ILO International Training Centre

   16 - 27 May 2011, Turin, Italy

   A two-week capacity-building course on HIV/AIDS and the world of work, offered by the ILO Training Centre in Turin (Italy), with a prevention and social protection perspective. The course aims to strengthen the capacity of planners and social actors to develop and implement workplace policies and programmes on HIV and AIDS that build on and benefit from the decent work approach, covering rights, prevention, employment issues, social protection aspects and social dialogue.

March 2011

1. Employers' Organizations and Effective HIV/AIDS Workplace Management - Building a worldwide network of EO specialists

   28 March - 1 April 2011, Turin, Italy

   The course aims at strengthening the capacity of EOs’ specialists on HIV/AIDS. It includes training on the global policy, legal and financial frameworks to combat HIV/AIDS in the world of work and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of current EO HIV and AIDS policies and services. It proposes a step-by-step approach to the development of advisory services on how to design, develop and put in place effective workplace policies on HIV/AIDS.

December 2010

1. World AIDS Day 2010

   1 December 2010, Geneva, Switzerland

November 2010

1. 2010 East African Business Council regional CEO Testing Day and Health Fair: A Message of Dr Sophia Kisting

   11 November 2010, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

   Dr Sophia Kisting, Director of the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, addressed CEOs and senior managers at the occasion of the Regional CEO Testing Day and Health Fair organized by the East African Business Coalition in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Leaders from the business community have a major role to play in promoting voluntary testing and counselling to enhance HIV prevention and giving effect to the ILO Recommendation concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010 (No. 200).

September 2010

1. 

   HIV and AIDS course at ILO International Training Centre (13-24 Sept. 2010)

   13 - 24 September 2010, Turin, Italy

   A two-week capacity-building course on HIV/AIDS and the world of work, offered by the ILO Training Centre in Turin (Italy), with a prevention and social protection perspective. The course aims to strengthen the capacity of planners and social actors to develop and implement workplace policies and programmes on HIV and AIDS that build on and benefit from the decent work approach, covering rights, prevention, employment issues, social protection aspects and social dialogue.

August 2010

1. The 5th China International Forum on Work Safety

   31 August - 2 September 2010, Beijing, China

   The 5th China International Forum on Work Safety will present the latest evolution of conception and methodology on developing healthy, safe and decent workplaces worldwide.

July 2010

1. 18-23 July - Networking Zone Programme - Partnerships for Workplace Action

   18 - 23 July 2010, Vienna, Austria

2. ILO to launch implementation phase of new international labour standard at XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010)

   18 - 23 July 2010, Vienna, Austria

   The ILO will open a series of events under the theme “Preventing HIV, Protecting human rights at work” at the AIDS 2010 Conference to mark the launch of the new Recommendation. With its constituents, the ILO will focus on developing strong partnerships with the international community of donors, stakeholders implementing HIV policies and programmes and people living with HIV to reduce stigma and discrimination for all workers living with HIV or believed to be HIV positive, and give a new impetus to prevention efforts.

3. Workplace Partners Forum - A pre-conference event organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO)

   17 July 2010, Vienna, Austria

   The ILO would like to use the excellent opportunity presented by the Vienna AIDS Conference to organize a Workplace Partners Forum by way of a pre-conference event with ILO constituents, HIV/workplace implementers, UNAIDS co-sponsors, donors and PLHIV on 17 July 2010 from 8:30-17:00.