Events and meetings

November 2011

1. Skills and Employability Network - discussion forum on Skills for Green Jobs

   15 - 30 November 2011, ILO Bangkok

2. 

   Call for entries: recognition of outstanding stories on indigenous peoples (15 November 2011 deadline)

   15 November 2011, Manila, Philippines

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for the Philippines, in partnership with Probe Media Foundation, will recognize outstanding published and broadcasted stories on Indigenous Peoples in print, photo essay, radio, television and online media. News outfits are requested to send their stories published or aired in the period from August 2009 until August 2011 to Probe Media Foundation not later than 12 midnight of 15 November 2011.

3. Community consultations on the establishment of child labour monitoring system in Quezon Province

   14 - 16 November 2011, Calauag, Quezon Province

   The project management staff of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Quezon Province is conducting community consultations on the formation of Child Labour Monitoring and Integrated Services Delivery System (CLM-ISDS) in the community. Through consultations in the communities where in the design is expected to improve based on the inputs of the community people. This process is crucial because the communities have to take ownership over the programme for it to be successful.

4. Labour market-responsive entrepreneurship skills training for disadvantaged youth in Maguindanao

   14 - 18 November 2011, TESDA-ARMM Training Center, Brgy. Rebuken, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao

   The entrepreneurship training for disadvantaged youth is currently implemented in the four (4) pilot provinces: Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur. It aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career option, a priority to address youth employment challenge. It employs the Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB), the entrepreneurship training program of ILO.

5. Labour market-responsive entrepreneurship skills training for disadvantaged youth in Antique

   14 - 18 November 2011, Pinnacle Suites and Functions, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique

   The entrepreneurship training for disadvantaged youth is currently implemented in the four (4) pilot provinces: Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur. It aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career option, a priority to address youth employment challenge. It employs the Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB), the entrepreneurship training program of ILO.

6. AP-MagNet discussion forum on public attitudes to migrant workers

   14 - 29 November 2011, ILO Bangkok

7. National Workshop on the Draft of SME Development Plan 2011 – 2015

   11 November 2011, Hanoi, Viet Nam

   ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in cooperation with Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Enterprise Development Agency under Ministry of Planning and Investment organize a national workshop to gather comments for the draft of SME Development Plan 2011 – 2015.

8. Labour market-responsive entrepreneurship skills training for disadvantaged youth in Agusan del Sur

   11 November 2011, Mabe's Savory Place, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur

   The entrepreneurship training for disadvantaged youth is currently implemented in the four (4) pilot provinces: Masbate, Antique, Maguindanao and Agusan del Sur. It aims to promote entrepreneurship as a career option, a priority to address youth employment challenge. It employs the Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB), the entrepreneurship training program of ILO.

9. Roundtable Discussion and Seminar-Workshop on the Improved Use of International Labour Standards in the Judiciary

   10 - 12 November 2011, Makati City, Philippines

   The International labour standards (ILS) adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) are important tools for the development of national legislation. However, the contribution of international labour law is not limited to its impact on labour legislation. ILS can also contribute to strengthening domestic case law on labour matters. International labour law is a highly valuable resource for domestic judges and arbitrators seeking to settle labour disputes. Together with the comments and analysis of the relevant supervisory bodies, ILS offer a rich source of interpretation and inspiration for interpreting and complementing domestic laws.

10. Training of Trainers (ToT) for Ecotour Guides

    7 - 10 November 2011, Bromo, Indonesia

    The training is designed in a way to encourage the participants to be active and propose ideas on how to think, act, train, and advocate to other people on the principles of community-environment-tourism to support the achievement of sustainable tourism in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru area.

11. Signing of the Declaration of Intent on IPEC Project

    5 November 2011, Masbate City

12. Strengthening the Role of Trade Unions in the Protection of Vietnamese Migrant Workers

    1 - 2 November 2011, Hanoi, Viet Nam

    The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the ILO TRIANGLE project are organizing a workshop to strengthen the role of trade unions in the protection of migrant workers. The workshop on 1-2 November 2011, aims to raise awareness among trade union officials at different levels about migration trends, labour migrants’ vulnerabilities, the existing law and policies relating to contract-based Vietnamese overseas workers. The workshop will result in a draft VGCL Policy and Action Plan on the Protection of Migrant Workers.

October 2011

1. Users Training on Child Labour Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS) for the Provincial Child Labour Committees

   27 October 2011, Catarman, Northern Samar

   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).

2. ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

   24 - 25 October 2011, Bali, Indonesia

   The 4th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour will be held on 24-25 October 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. Under the theme 'Effective Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers', the Forum will address two enduring challenges: promoting harmony, understanding and rights in host societies; and promoting return, reintegration and sustainable alternatives to labour migration. The Forum is an annual event with participants from government, social partners and civil society organizations.

3. 2011 Asia Regional Conference on “Advocacy towards the Ratification and Implementation of ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Workers”

   24 - 26 October 2011, Manila, Philippines

   The 2011 Asia Regional Conference on “Advocacy towards the Ratification and Implementation of ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Workers” brought together again domestic workers’ unions, trade unions, civil society groups and other social movements in the Asia region to serve as catalysts for national and regional initiatives towards the ratification of the Convention for domestic workers.

4. ILO Capacity Building Programme: Working with UN. Workers and Employers contribution to Achieving Decent Work in a changing regional environment

   20 - 21 October 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

   The Regional Unit for Partnerships is supporting Geneva colleagues (EXREL, PARDEV and INTEGRATION) to respond effectively to the requests of the Governing Body (TC committee) to assist workers and employers organisations to increase institutional capacity to mainstream decent work into UN processes, with a special focus on social partners participation into DWCPs and UNDAFs. This workshop is part of a series of bi-partite training for social partners - similar workshops took place in the Africa and the Americas region in 2010, and the Arab region in 2011

5. High-Level Meeting on Labour Inspection

   20 October 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia

   In the world of work, labour inspection is the most important instrument of the state for ensuring labour law compliance in the areas such as industrial relations, wages, working conditions, occupational safety and health, and social security.

6. ILO Workshop for the News Media: Strengthening Media Communication on Gender and Employment Issues

   20 - 21 October 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia

   The ILO Jakarta Office committed to disseminate and raise awareness of gender equality to all stakeholders, including the media. ILO will organize a workshop for the journalist from various media in understanding and communicating gender in employment issues.

7. Workshop on the Management of Migrant Worker Resource Centres in Cambodia

   19 - 21 October 2011, Bali, Indonesia

   In order to deliver better information and support services to potential and intending migrant workers in Cambodia, the TRIANGLE project is supporting the establishment of Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) in three provinces: Battambang, Prey Veng and Kampong Cham. The agencies responsible for managing the MRCs (the National Employment Agency, Cambodian Labour Confederation and the Phnom Srey Organization for Development) and the three provincial departments for labour and vocational training will receive training at a workshop in Kampong Cham, on October 19-21.

8. Subregional Seminar on "Strengthening the Labour Movement to Achieve Decent Work"

   18 - 19 October 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka