Events and meetings

October 2010

1. Interregional Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

   25 October 2010, ITC-ILO (Turin)

   The International Training Center of the ILO, based in Turin is organizing, jointly with the European Economic and Social Committee, the first edition of the Interregional Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

2. Monitoring and Impact Evaluation of Youth Employment Programmes

   14 October 2010, International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), Turin, Italy

3. International Forum on Decent work

   07 October 2010, Brussels, Belgium

   The International Forum on Decent work is organised by the European Commission, in close cooperation with the International Labour Office.

September 2010

1. Employment Policy in a Changing World Staff Retreat Programme

   14 September 2010, ILO Geneva, Switzerland

   The Employment Policy Department hosted a retreat in Geneva from the 14th to the 16th of September, 2010, titled ‘Employment Policy in a Changing World’. The aim of the Retreat was to create a common platform of vision, knowledge and action on employment policy development. The event was attended by employment specialists from the field, HQ staff and external resource persons. The retreat’s main objectives were to provide participants with an overview of state-of-the-art knowledge of key issues in the design of national employment policies, develop a shared vision among both HQ and field colleagues on the delivery of policy advisory services to member states in line with the 2010 ILC Recurrent discussion on employment and taking into account diversity of regional contexts, needs and levels of development, provide tangible lessons and guidelines that will enable colleagues working in the field of employment policy to enhance their capacity to serve and support constituents more effectively, and assessing the new employment agenda in the context of DWA and GJP demands, and assess our frameworks and tools for action and discuss the new focus for research and capacity building.

July 2010

1. Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value - How do We Get There?

   07 July 2010, Webinar - ILO and UN Global Compact Office

   Tuesday 29 March 2011 - Webinar convened by the ILO and the UN Global Compact Office

2. Implementing labour principles in global supply chains

   07 July 2010, International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), Turin, Italy

June 2010

1. Promoting Labour Standards through Corporate Social Responsibility: instruments and practices

   16 June 2010, International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), Turin, Italy

2. Implementing Labour Standards through Corporate Social Responsibility: tools and strategies

   16 June 2010, International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO), Turin, Italy

3. John Ruggie’s “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Business and Human Rights Framework

   02 June 2010, Geneva, Switzerland - Room XII, Palais des Nations

   Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, presented his "protect, respect and remedy" framework, laying the foundations of a system for better managing business and human rights challenges.

4. 5th Global Youth Employment Summit (YES): Rework the World

   02 June 2010, Leksand, Sweden

May 2010

1. 

   Joint ILO-GTFA conference - Globalization and Employment: Global Shocks, Structural Change and Policy Response

   17 May 2010, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland

   Leaders from International Organizations, NGOs and academia met at this conference organized by the ILO and the GTFA project to discuss the employment implications of instability in global markets.

2. Technical validation workshop on Skills for Green Jobs - 17 May 2010

   17 May 2010, ILO

   The purpose of the technical validation workshop was to validate the findings of the global policy-applied research project on Skills for Green Jobs. The Global synthesis report and the European synthesis report were discussed. The workshop aimed to: a) identify environmental challenges and skills response strategies; b) discuss green restructuring processes on the labour market and related retraining needs; c) highlight current and future occupational changes and their implication on vocational training; d) propose specific policy recommendations and suggestions for further steps.

March 2010

1. Promoting Economic Diversity in Ukraine: Skills and Business Environment in the Hotel Sector

   17 March 2010, Kiev, Ukraine

2. Promoting Economic Diversity in Ukraine: skills, export promotion and business enabling environment in the basic metal and metal processing industry

   16 March 2010, Kiev, Ukraine

3. Promoting Economic Diversity in Ukraine: The role of the business enabling environment, skills policies and export promotion

   16 March 2010, Kiev, Ukraine

4. 

   ILO Conference on "People with intellectual disabilities: Opening pathways to training and employment in the African region"

   09 March 2010, Lusaka, Zambia

   In Africa, some 10 to 15 million people have an intellectual disability. Because of stigma and discrimination, a majority are excluded from education, training and employment and live in poverty and isolation. To help meet the challenge of more equitable access to vocational training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities, the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme organized a sub-regional conference in Lusaka, Zambia in early March on the issue.

December 2009

1. Expert meeting on Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment

   14 December 2009, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland

2. International Day of Persons with Disabilities

   03 December 2009, ILO

   This year's theme for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities - "Making the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world" - supports the message of challenging exclusion. It aims to highlight the need to continue to work for the mainstreaming of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society and development if the MDGs of reducing poverty are to be achieved.

November 2009

1. Training at the ILO's ITC: "International trade and labour markets"

   16 November 2009, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy

   ITCILO training course - A901359

2. 

   Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis

   12 November 2009, Governing Body Room, 14.00-15.30

   ILO's Employment Sector's Disability Team organized a panel presentation followed by a discussion. The aim of the event was to examine how the current economic downturn is affecting women and men with disabilities and to advocate that they be included in measures to tackle the crisis.