Events and meetings

April 2019

  1. Precision agriculture technologies for smallholder farmers of India: Potential impacts, affordability and policy perspectives

    23 April 2019

  2. Aspirations and the Future of Work: Global Evidence

    19 April 2019

  3. Skills Development and the Future of Work in Bangladesh

    12 April 2019

    This seminar provided a platform to exchange lessons learned on skills development and discuss policy responses by the Government of Bangladesh in the context of the Future of Work.

  4. Workshop on Quality Apprenticeships held in West Africa

    2 - 4 April 2019

    This three-day workshop, organized as part of the Global Initiative for Decent Youth Employment, examined the challenges and opportunities for a quality apprenticeship system in the six West African countries participating in the event.

  5. Workshop on Quality Apprenticeships in West Africa

    2 - 4 April 2019

    This three-day workshop, organized as part of the Global Initiative for Decent Youth Employment, examined the challenges and opportunities for a quality apprenticeship system in the six participating countries in West Africa.

  6. Recent Policy Innovations for Decent Work in Korea: Supporting Employment through Social and Financial Subsidies

    1 April 2019

March 2019

  1. Evolving employment challenges in the Basque Country

    11 March 2019

February 2019

  1. Know About Business (KAB) training for teachers in Marshall Islands

    25 February - 2 March 2019

    The ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Education(MoE) and Public School System (PSS) is delivering a KAB training for teacher in Marshall Islands from 25th February – 2nd March 2019 in Majuro, Marshall Islands.

  2. If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice

    20 February 2019

    Special event on the World Day of Social Justice

  3. ILO-Norway “SKILL-UP” Partnership Programme meet to examine progress and plans by the end of the year

    14 February 2019

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) invited representatives of the ILO’s SKILLS Branch and ILO’s Partnerships for Development Department (PARDEV) to Oslo on 14 February to examine progress on Phase II of the Norway-ILO Programme Collaboration Agreement (PCA).

January 2019

  1. Achieving Equal Pay: Lessons from the ILO 2018-2019 Global Wage Report and Global Stakeholders

    17 January 2019

December 2018

  1. The ILO and the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP24

    2 - 14 December 2018

    The twenty-four session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) will be held in Katowice, Poland on 2-14 December 2018. As an observer organization, the ILO seeks to contribute to global negotiations and national actions against climate change, while promoting opportunities for decent work creation and ensuring a just transition for all.

November 2018

  1. Academy on the transition to the formal economy - Take action

    12 - 23 November 2018

  2. Panel discussion on Jobs for Peace and Resilience

    9 November 2018

    The event “Jobs for Peace and Resilience” is organized in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2018, which will take place from 5 to 9 November, in collaboration wth the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding (CCDP) and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland.

October 2018

  1. Greening with Jobs: A Just Transition to Sustainability

    23 October 2018

    This Nexus Dialogue aims to contribute to a common understanding of the concept of just transition, establish a global platform to share national and international experiences in the practical application of greening with jobs and just transition in national contexts; and foster support by both public and private stakeholders for social justice in the fight for environmental sustainability.

  2. Promotion of youth employment in fragile settings

    8 - 12 October 2018

    The training builds on ILO’s experience in the promotion and implementation of youth employment strategies and programmes in disaster and conflict situations. It will provide participants with a range of notions, methods and tools to promote youth employment in crisis environments.

  3. 31st International Symposium on Labour Issues

    4 October 2018

September 2018

  1. Learning Forum on Innovations in Public Investment and Employment Programmes

    24 September - 5 October 2018

    The Forum will focus on both policy and operational measures for enhancing the effectiveness of public investment in infrastructure and public employment programmes to support sustainable job creation and long-term development. The Forum is jointly organized by the ILO's International Training Centre (ITCILO) and the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP).

July 2018

  1. Togo: STED Capacity Building Training Workshop

    10 - 13 July 2018

    The ILO has organized a STED capacity building training workshop in Lomé, Togo on 10-13 July 2018 for national and sectoral stakeholders including representatives from government ministries and apex organizations, representatives from workers’ and employers’ organizations, representatives from sectoral organizations and associations, and representatives from training institutions and universities.

  2. International Conference on Innovations in Apprenticeships: A skilled workforce for the Future

    4 - 5 July 2018