11-14 October 2010, Bangkok, Thailand (tbc) Fifteenth Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting Theme: “Implementing the Asian Decent Work Decade: Progress and challenges - 2006-2010” and “Bridging the Gap on Decent Work for all in Asia-Pacific”
May 2010
10-11 May 2010, The Hague, The Netherlands Global Child Labour Conference The year 2010 is 10 years after the coming into force of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL), the most widely-ratified international labour convention, and it is 6 years ahead of the global target of eliminating the WFCL. While the global movement has achieved much progress in reducing the incidence of child labour, efforts must be stepped up if we are to deliver the commitment of a world free of the worst forms of child labour by 2016. In order to meet that challenge, the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, in close collaboration with the ILO (and in cooperation with UNICEF and the World Bank), is organizing a global conference on child labour to be held in The Hague (The Netherlands) on 10 and 11 May 2010.
February 2010
8-9 February 2010, Port Vila, Vanuatu Tripartite High-Level Meeting: Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific This High-Level meeting will take into account developments in the region and discuss a Regional Implementation Plan for decent work. It will serve as a platform to identify existing constraints and opportunities for promoting/accelerating implementation of ILO Decent Work Country Programmes, in particular in light of the global economic crisis and climate change.
December 2009
15-17 December 2009, Bangkok, Thailand ILO-ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) Sub Regional Seminar on Regional Integration ASEAN as a regional grouping of 10 countries in the East Asia region is fast developing into a strong sub regional economic and political block. In order to strengthen economic and political cooperation it has develop a number of policies including favourable schemes export-import tariffs and relaxed visa requirements for travel within the block. ...
1-3 December 2009, Malang (Java), Republic of Indonesia Routes out of the Crisis:
Strategies for Local Employment Recovery and Skills Development in Asia
Since September 2008, the global economic and financial crisis has reverberated across all sectors and geographic regions, with much of the effect still emerging. While no country has been spared from the effects of the crisis, each country will be affected differently at the different stages. ...
November 2009
12 November 2009, Governing Body Room, 14.00-15.30 Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis
ILO's Employment Sector's Disability Team will be organizing a panel presentation followed by a discussion. The aim of the event is 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.
17 November 2009, Room II, 18.30 - 20.00 Lecture on “Financial Crises: 1929-2008” Professor Youssef Cassis, the head of the Department of Economic History at the University of Geneva, will give a lecture on the subject, within the framework of the ILO Century Project, sponsored by the International Institute for Labour Studies.
12 November 2009, Governing Body Room, 14.00-15.30 Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis A panel presentation, featuring the Academy Award-winning actress, Ms. Marlee Matlin, will be followed by a discussion. The aim of the event is 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. ...
3-6 November 2009, Düsseldorf ILO Conference "Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards Globally" The global financial crisis will have a profound effect on the world of work. The International ILO Safety Conference in Düsseldorf will bring together 300 participants from 60 countries around the world during the A+A Trade Fair to discuss the potential impacts of the global economic crisis on safety and health at workplaces.
19-21 October 2009, Beirut, Lebanon Arab Employment Forum The Forum addresses the broad challenges and opportunities posed by the financial and economic crisis, providing a platform for senior policy-makers and high-level representatives of workers and employers from across the Arab region to discuss recent trends, exchange experiences, and identify good practices and policy responses to the global financial and economic crisis through decent work policies.
2-3 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand Regional Conference on Corporate Responsibility "Why Responsible Business Conduct Matters" The Asian region is unquestionably one of the most influential powerhouses of the world economy. This
can largely be attributed to the unleashing in the last two decades of its unique entrepreneurial dynamism in
an increasingly more open, competitive and integrated market-based international economic setting. ...
19-23 October 2009, Turin, Italy Green Jobs: linking environment, climate change and the world of work What transitions are we witnessing and what changes do we need to
anticipate? How can decent work and green work match? How will the new
social agenda look like, in the aftermath of the international climate
change discussions? How can green jobs contribute to the way out of the
economic downturn? The training is
targeted at a wide range of social actors interested in the linkages
between environment, climate change and the world of work.
9-13 August 2009, Bali, Republic of Indonesia 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Under the theme, "Empowering People, Strengthening Networks" the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), will bring together people from throughout Asia and the Pacific to share knowledge, skills, ideas, and research findings related to HIV and AIDS. ...
June 2009
15-17 June 2009, Geneva ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis - 15-17 June 2009 Heads of State and Government, Vice-presidents, labour ministers and leaders from employers’ and workers’ organizations met in Geneva from June 15-17 for a Global Jobs Crisis Summit organized by the ILO.
The ILO summit provided a first-of-its-kind opportunity to discuss policies that are being implemented at the national and international level to address the global jobs crisis.
The three-day ILO summit, which was part of ILO’s International Labour Conference, included four high-level panels on the following topics: global and regional coordination, development cooperation, managing the national jobs agenda and rights at work, social dialogue and enterprise survival.