Events and meetings
The ILO organizes and takes part in a wide range of meetings, conferences, workshops and training events, throughout Asia Pacific. More information about the events listed below can be found by clicking on the relevant link, or by contacting the regional Meetings Unit (Email us)
September 2011
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Training of Trainers Workshops on Child Labour
20 - 23 September 2011
The workshop aims at contributing to the Government’s efforts to eliminate child labour through raising awareness and enhancing knowledge on child labour issues for provincial stakeholders and project provincial implementers in combating child labour. It is also to equip potential resource trainers in Dong Nai province with knowledge on child labour and basic training skills for them to deliver training on the issue in the provinces.
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Training Workshop on Persuasive Communication and Membership Management
19 - 21 September 2011
ACTEMP ITC Turin is organizing a training workshop on Persuasive communication and membership management for employers’ organizations in South-East Asia.
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Project Management Training for Implementing Agencies
19 - 22 September 2011
At the end of the training, ILO's implementing agencies shall have: (a) deepened their understanding and know-how of ILO's financial and technical reporting requirements; (b) strengthened their planning and implementation skills in relation to their respective action programmes; (c) acquired project management techniques to help them facilitate implementation, monitoring, and control of their activities and work plans; and (d) prepared detailed individual agency work plans and a joint work plan with information on tasks, planned/actual start and finish dates, planned and actual work, etc.
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Tripartite National Conference on Green Jobs: The Way Forward
18 September 2011
The conference will provide a platform for stakeholders (especially constituents and social partners) to improve awareness and understanding on the green jobs concepts and priorities in Bangladesh and to provide recommendation for way forward.
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Residential Programme on the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons in Sri Lanka for State Counsel
16 - 18 September 2011
The application of international conventions including human rights instruments and ILO conventions are important tools in the development of national legislation criminal legislation on the prevention of human trafficking. Cognizant of the importance of applying such standards in the prosecution of such cases, the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized a Residential Training Programme for the State Prosecutors of the Attorney General’s Department in Sri Lanka.
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Direct Beneficiaries Monitoring and Reporting Training for Implementing Agencies
13 - 14 September 2011
To enable the selected implementing agencies to effectively and efficiently implement their action programmes with particular attention being paid to high quality data on the direct beneficiaries, the project team has requested support to organize a workshop on Direct Beneficiaries Monitoring and Reporting (DBMR) for its partners to prepare them for the action programme implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
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Regional Workshop on Social Inclusiveness in Asia's Middle Income Countries (MICs)
13 September 2011
This workshop is jointly organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Asia and the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC), in partnership with major research institutions in the Asia region.
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Training of Trainers Workshop on SCREAM
12 - 17 September 2011
The workshop aims at promoting extensive use of SCREAM Education Pack through training and motivation of the widest range of possible potential users in different educational and social contexts. It is also to raise awareness of child labour and children’s rights among a motivated and mobilized community of users.
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Towards a Better Governance of Labour Migration: Global Trends and National Realities"
10 September 2011
ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare is organizing a seminar on "Towards a better governance of labour migration". This seminar will contribute towards enhancing their understanding of issues relating to the overall migration process (Global, Regional trends), the Normative Framework, and the National Policy on Migration.
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Tripartite Technical Workshop on Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED)
8 September 2011
An ILO Workshop on “Tripartite Workshop on Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED)” was held on 8 September 2011 at Chilis Chinese Restaurant in Dhaka. The workshop intended to share the preliminary findings on skill demands for current and future needs of two important export sectors: agro-processing and pharmaceuticals industry.
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Meeting of the Sixth Joint Steering Committee of ILO/Japan OSH Project
8 September 2011
The meeting is an annual activity of the project to exchange information and experiences between the ILO and social partners.
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Better Work Regional Buyer Forum
5 September 2011
The Forum address top concerns such as revisions to the Vietnam Labor Code and Trade Union Law; the current state of industrial disputes – including wildcat strikes – in the industry; information on impacts of the program to date, and a range of issues related to program services and delivery.
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Technical Vocational Training for Youth in Bondoc Peninsula
5 - 17 September 2011
The Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through Local Development in Conflict Areas of the Philippines (Bondoc LED) seeks to contribute in addressing short-term and long-term skills deficiency in the country-side by implementing technical-vocational skills training in collaboration with Quezon National Agricultural School (QNAS) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The training is aimed at providing skills to the youth to help them in finding employment opportunities or starting their own business. The training is in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Auhority, Quezon National Agricultural School.
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CSR Fundamentals: Spotlight on Labour in a Changing Japan and a Changing World
2 September 2011
The ILO-Tokyo and BSR, a global NGO focusing on corporate responsibility, will organize a public seminar to look forward to how labour issues and emerging trends in Japan, and overseas where Japanese companies have operation or suppliers, are shaping the labour landscape.
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Users Training on Child Labour Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS) for the Provincial Child Labour Committees
1 September 2011
The establishment of a multi-level functional system on child labour is one of the strategy directions under the Philippine Program Against Child Labor (PPACL) Strategic Framework for 2007-2015. The IPEC Programme, through its strategy on knowledge management, will build the capacities of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), and other relevant government agencies and social partners has helped develop a system that would facilitate the utilization of data especially in support of national and local child labour policy development and programme design, implementation, and evaluation. This system is what we call the Child Labour Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS).
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Unveiling of Commemorative Marker of Birthing Station in Unisan, Quezon
1 September 2011
The Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through Local Development in Conflict Areas of the Philippines (Bondoc LED) identified maternal and child health care as a support component to pursue and ensure long-term economic productivity in Bondoc Peninsula. The event will officially unveil the commemorative marker of a birthing station in Unisan, Quezon.
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Turn-over Ceremony of Birthing Station
1 September 2011
Turn-over of the birthing station constructed in Mulanay, Quezon. The Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through Local Development in Conflict Areas of the Philippines (Bondoc LED) supports upgrade, renovation or construction of birthing stations; training of midwives and Barangay Health Workers on Maternal and Child Health Care (MCHC) and provision of basic equipment for the birthing stations to improve access to better health facilities by mothers and children in the area. The support is a contribution of the project to the Philippine Government’s effort to reduce the infant mortality and improve maternal and child health care under its commitment to the Millennium Development Goal for 2015.
August 2011
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Direct Beneficiaries Monitoring and Reporting Training for Implementing Agencies
31 August - 2 September 2011
To enable the selected implementing agencies to effectively and efficiently implement their action programmes with particular attention being paid to high quality data on the direct beneficiaries, the project team has requested support to organize a workshop on Direct Beneficiaries Monitoring and Reporting (DBMR) for its partners to prepare them for the action programme implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
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Training on Maternal and Child Health Care for Barangay Health Workers of San Narciso, Quezon
31 August - 2 September 2011
The Barangay Health Workers (BHW) training on Maternal and Child Health Care (MCHC) aims to enhance local capacity to assist in Public Health service delivery particularly on women’s health and safe motherhood which is an important component in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. The first level MCHC service delivery occurs at the barangay hence the role of “trained BHW” is also essential for the success of MCHC programme.
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10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP): "Diverse Voices, United Actions"
26 - 30 August 2011
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”.