Events and meetings

October 2011

1. Training Seminar “Equality and Non-discrimination at Work”

   4 - 7 October 2011, Hue City, Viet Nam

   By the end of the training seminar, participants will be able to: 1) Understand the application of Convention No. 111 with focus on gender equality; 2)Understand concepts and approaches to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and treatment and equal remuneration; 3)Understand a range of strategies, practical measures and tools from international and national experience to combat discrimination and promote equality in workplaces; and 4)Validate the Guide on Equality and non-discrimination at work in East and SE Asia for use in Vietnam.

2. ADB-ILO Seminar on Towards Higher Quality Employment in Asia

   3 October 2011, Thailand

   The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Labour Organization’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ILO-ROAP) are co-organizing a seminar to discuss the policy challenge of improving job quality in Asia as a critical measure towards poverty alleviation, social inclusion and reducing inequalities.

3. Photo Exhibition on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

   2 - 5 October 2011, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia

   As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the ILO in collaboration with Sim Chi Yin, a Singaporean photojournalist who is now based in Beijing, China, have developed a photo essay titled “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers.”

4. Training of Trainer Workshops on SCREAM

   1 - 31 October 2011, Dong Nai, Quang Nam, and Ninh Binh, Viet Nam

   The workshops are expected of more than 170 staff members from implementing agencies and the project partners of the three project sites participating in the event. After the training workshops, participants will be able to conduct and implement education and social mobilization activities using writing, theater and arts performance at school and/or in communities regarding child labour and child rights.

September 2011

1. Launch of Photo Essay on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

   29 September 2011, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia

   As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is going to launch a photo essay titled “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers” in Jakarta.

2. DOLE-LABOR SECTOR-AFP-PNP Summit on the Protection and Promotion of Workers' Right to Self-organization and Collective Bargaining: Expanded Tripartite Sittings of the Tripartite Executive Committee (TEC) of Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) as Drafting Committee

   28 - 29 September 2011, Occupational Safety and Health Center, Quezon City

   With the commitment of the Philippine government to strengthen the operational capability of the law enforcement bodies to foster an enabling environment for the enjoyment of the constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties and trade union rights, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through the Bureau of Labor Relations, proposes to conduct expanded follow-through activities to the 21 July 2011 DOLE-Labor Sector-AFP Summit on the Protection and Promotion of Workers Rights with the theme “Karapatan ng Manggagawang Pilipino…Kapit-bisig Isulong Patungo sa Kaunlaran at Kapayapaan”.

3. Provincial Summit on Migration and Development-La Union

   26 September 2011, La Union, Philippines

   Through the combined efforts of the International Labour Organization, the Provincial Government of La Union, and the Kanlungan Center Foundation, a Provincial Summit on Migration and Development will be held in La Union.

4. Training of Trainers Workshops on Child Labour

   25 - 28 September 2011, Quang Nam, Viet Nam

   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 Quang Nam province with knowledge on child labour and basic training skills for them to deliver training on the issue in the provinces.

5. JCCU–ILO Joint Study Programme for African Cooperative Leaders in Japan

   25 September - 2 October 2011, Tokyo, Japan

   The Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) and ILO, especially the Regional Office for Africa (ROAF), the Cooperative Facility for Africa (ILO/COOP Africa), and ILO-Tokyo, have been exchanging information on their activities and exploring possibility to collaborate in helping building up African cooperatives’ capacity in order to bring about a “renaissance” of the cooperative movement in Africa.

6. Training of Trainers Workshops on Child Labour

   20 - 23 September 2011, Dong Nai, Viet Nam

   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.

7. Training Workshop on Persuasive Communication and Membership Management

   19 - 21 September 2011, Thailand

   ACTEMP ITC Turin is organizing a training workshop on Persuasive communication and membership management for employers’ organizations in South-East Asia.

8. Project Management Training for Implementing Agencies

   19 - 22 September 2011, Lucena, Quezon

   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.

9. Tripartite National Conference on Green Jobs: The Way Forward

   18 September 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh

   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.

10. Residential Programme on the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons in Sri Lanka for State Counsel

    16 - 18 September 2011, Wadduwa, Sri Lanka

    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.

11. Direct Beneficiaries Monitoring and Reporting Training for Implementing Agencies

    13 - 14 September 2011, Northern Samar, Philippines

    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.

12. Regional Workshop on Social Inclusiveness in Asia's Middle Income Countries (MICs)

    13 September 2011, Jakarta

    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.

13. Training of Trainers Workshop on SCREAM

    12 - 17 September 2011, Hanoi, Viet Nam

    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.

14. Towards a Better Governance of Labour Migration: Global Trends and National Realities"

    10 September 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

    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.

15. Towards a Better Governance of Labour Migration: Global Trends and National Realities"

    10 September 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

    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.

16. Tripartite Technical Workshop on Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED)

    8 - 8 September 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    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.