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  • 2007 

  • 2006 

    • 19-21 January 2006, St. Petersburg, Russia
      Seventh Annual Global Development Conference: Institutions and Development: At the Nexus of Global Change
      While it is accepted that “good institutions” are essential for sustainable economic growth, the conference sought to go beyond this cliché to explore the meanings of “effective” institutions in multiple settings of the world and in an increasingly globalized environment. Five workshops were held at this years’ conference: * Moving out of Poverty * Asian and Other Drivers of Global Change * Bridging Research and Policy * Impact of Rich Countries’ Policies on Poverty: Perspectives from the Developing World * Multidisciplinary and Intermediation Research Initiative
    • 29 August - 1 September 2006, Busan, Korea
      The ILO Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting: Realizing decent work in Asia
      The tripartite constituents of the countries of the region commit to the achievement of specific decent work outcomes in accordance with their respective national circumstances and priorities, and to cooperate on specific initiatives at the regional level where joint action and sharing of knowledge and expertise will contribute to making decent work a reality by 2015.
    • 4 October 2006, Lisbon, Portugal
      Social Policy in a global Economy – the Challenges for organized labour
      A GURN workshop was held on 4 October 2006 in Lisbon immediately following the joint ILO, EC and Government of Portugal World Conference “Social Protection and Inclusion: converging efforts from a global perspective”. As a contribution to a socio-economic floor, the main theme of the GURN workshop was on pension systems, their reforms and the role of unions in shaping public debate.
    • 2-3 October 2006, Lisbon, Portugal
      World Conference “Social Protection and Inclusion: converging efforts from a global perspective”
      The International Labour Office, the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity of Portugal, and the European Commission organized jointly this Conference, which will be held within the framework of the common objective established between the three organizing bodies, to promote "Decent Work for All" and to contribute to a minimum floor of social protection.
    • 30 November - 1 December 2006, Bonn, Germany
      Social justice in a globalised world
      The event began with a presentation of the need, justifiable in terms of ethics and realpolitik, to counter the growing social inequality both between and within individual regions of the world in a constructive way.
    • 28-29 January 2006, Davos, Switzerland
      BBC World TV : "the world debate" "Where will the jobs be?" -
      ILO Director-General Juan Somavia was one of a number of high-level panelists in a program about the future of jobs moderated by BBC Television presenter Nik Gowing, recorded live at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos.
    • 25 January 2006, Davos, Switzerland
      World Ecomonic Forum 2006
      Juan Somavia took place in the debate on job creation, on the World Economic Forum. He mentioned that the world is facing an “unprecedented jobs crisis” with growing unemployment.

  • 2005 

    • 12-16 June 2005, Doha.
      Second south summit: Group of 77 and China
      As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the United Nations system, and promote economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (ECDC/TCDC)
    • 24-26 January 2005, Dakar, Senegal
      Sixth Annual Global Development Conference: Developing and Developed Worlds: Mutual Impact
      In the context of globalization, this conference focused on the benefits and challenges of mutual interdependence between developing and developed countries. More international cooperation is needed.
    • 2-4 December 2005, Neemrana, India
      Annual Conference for Development and Change
      Three key themes were selected for promoting sustainable economic growth and human development in a globalized context for the 2005 conference. I. Sustainable Economic Development and the External Sector II. Sectoral Development, Macroeconomic Policies and Employment III. Social Development, Institutions and the State
    • 18-22 September 2005, Orland, USA
      XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
      XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work was held in 2005 in Orland, USA with the participation of over 3000 experts and practitioners and served as a global forum on Occupational Safety and Health facilitating exchange of experiences, networking and partnerships. Based on fostering of multistakeholder dialogue, this congress also promoted decent work.
    • 7 September 2005, Helsinki, Finland
      The Helsinki Conference : Mobilising political will
      The aim of the event was to address the challenge of making ambitious targets of the global community a reality. The Helsinki Conference buildt on and assessed the work of the first phase of the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy, a multi-stakeholder dialogue initiated by the Finnish and Tanzanian governments
    • 31 October - 2 November 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
      Tripartite Meeting of Experts on "ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration"
      In line with the recommendation of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization to develop a multilateral framework on labour migration, the meeting was convened to review the draft prepared by the Office in which principles and guidelines for labour migration policy formulation and best practices had been developed.

  • 2004 

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