Decision on the 18th item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings

Record of decisions | 13 November 2015

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

New appointment

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body appointed Ms Deborah THOMAS-FELIX (Trinidad and Tobago) as a member of the Committee for a period of three years.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 2.)

13th African Regional Meeting (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 November–3 December 2015)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body authorized the Director-General to invite the World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES) to be represented at the Meeting as an observer.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 4.)

Employers’ Symposium on Global Supply Chains: Contributing to development and improved working conditions (Bangkok, Thailand, 8–9 December 2015)

Composition

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body approved the following composition formula: representatives of employers’ organizations from 32 countries, including both industrialized and developing countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Arab region, nominated after consultation with the Employers’ group of the Governing Body.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 6.)

Agenda

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body approved the following agenda for the Symposium:

– The role global supply chains play in economic and social development.

– The practical challenges for buyers and suppliers when addressing working conditions in supply chains.

– The main lessons learned from supply chain management programmes over the past two decades and current trends.

– How the ILO can best help its constituents in improving compliance and working conditions, including in export industries.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 8.)

Workers’ Symposium: Decent Work in Global Supply Chains (Geneva, 15–17 December 2015)

Composition

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body approved the following composition formula: 30 or more trade union representatives, nominated after consultation with the Workers’ group of the Governing Body and coming from both industrialized and developing countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe (including Eastern and Central Europe), and the Arab States. Efforts would be made to ensure that at least 30 per cent of the participants selected were women, in compliance with the Workers’ group’s policy on gender equality.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 12.)

Agenda

On recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body approved the following agenda for the symposium:

– To examine the recent trends and developments of global supply chains.

– Analyse the impact of global supply chains on decent work outcomes.

– Develop strategies for the effective governance of global supply chains.

– Prepare for the general discussion on global supply chains due to take place during the forthcoming International Labour Conference in June 2016.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 15.)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations to be represented at the Symposium as observers:

– Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI);

– Education International (EI);

– European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC);

– General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU);

– IndustriALL Global Union;

– International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA);

– International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU);

– International Federation of Actors (FIA);

– International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);

– International Federation of Musicians (FIM);

– International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC);

– International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF);

– International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Association (IUF);

– Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU);

– Public Services International (PSI);

– Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC);

– Trade Union Confederation of Arab Maghreb Workers (USTMA);

– Union Network International (UNI);

– World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 17.)

Second meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee established under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (Geneva, 8–10 February 2016)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations to be represented at the Meeting as observers:

– International Association of Classification Societies (IACS);

– International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA);

– International Confederation of Water Transport Workers’ Unions (ICWTWU);

– International Maritime Health Association (IMHA);

– International Seafarers’ Welfare Assistance Network (ISWAN);

– Seafarers’ Rights International.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 20.)

Ad hoc Tripartite Maritime Committee for the amendment of the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) (Geneva, 10–12 February 2016)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

On the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations to be represented at the meeting as observers:

– International Air Transport Association (IATA);

– International Association of Classification Societies (IACS);

– International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA);

– International Confederation of Water Transport Workers’ Unions (ICWTWU);

– International Maritime Health Association (IMHA);

– International Seafarers’ Welfare Assistance Network (ISWAN);

– Seafarers’ Rights International.

(Document GB.325/INS/18, paragraph 23.)