ILO/Korea Fellowship Training on Participatory Approaches to Improve Working and Employment Conditions in the Informal Economy (KLEI)

Background

Working conditions refer to a variety of issues men and women face either at work or in relation to their work. These include maternity protection, work-family issues, working time, wages and incomes, welfare facilities and all aspects of occupational safety and health. Adequate working conditions are even more difficult to improve in the informal economy where rules, regulations, information and protective mechanisms are lacking. To explore these issues and prepare for responding appropriately, the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin, Italy, in cooperation with the ILO’s Conditions of Work and Employment Programme in Geneva (TRAVAIL ), the Subregional Office for East Asia in Bangkok, the ILO-Korea Partnership Programme, is organizing for a fifth year this international workshop in partnership with the Korea Labor Education Institute (KLEI).

Throughout this workshop, the ILO intends to disseminate its experience and facilitate knowledge sharing and discussion using national experiences and practices based on participatory methods promoting the development of innovative approaches to improving employment conditions and the working environment in different economic sectors (manufacturing, agriculture, construction, garments and textile, etc.) and in the formal and the informal economies.

Objectives

The course aims to provide participants with experiences and analytical skills for the formulation of national strategies for the improvement of working and employment conditions, with a particular focus on enabling and supporting action at workplace level. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the ILO experience for the improvement of working and employment conditions.
• Analyze different approaches and strategies for the improvement of working and employment conditions, with the effective participation of employers and workers in social dialogue.
• Establish conclusions and recommendations on the feasibility of applying different strategies analyzed to their contexts in the framework of national policy.
• Promote dialogue within and among country delegations resulting in more effective policies to improve working and employment conditions.
• Transfer knowledge on different approaches for the improvement of working and employment conditions.
• Train local trainers in their own countries to disseminate the participatory methodologies for improving working and employment conditions.
• Build networks with the other training participants and the ILO for exchanging practical training experiences.