Official meetings

Ongoing and upcoming

• 08 September 2008 - 10 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work
  In its March 2008 session, the Governing Body approved a Tripartite Meeting of Experts to provide further detailed advice on the viability of the options, and to provide guidance on the various possible ways of measuring the dimensions of decent work in order to prepare comprehensive recommendations for consideration by the Governing Body.
• 15 September 2008 - 19 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  Tripartite Expert Meeting to Adopt Guidelines on Flag State Inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
  The 94th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference, which adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, also adopted a number of resolutions. Resolution XIII, concerning the development of guidelines for flag State inspection, requested that the Director-General convene a tripartite expert meeting to develop suitable guidance for flag State inspection.
• 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  Tripartite Expert Meeting to Develop Guidelines for Port State Control Officers Carrying out Inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
  The 94th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference, which adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, also adopted a number of resolutions. Resolution IV, concerning the development of guidelines for port State control, requested that the Director-General of the ILO convene a tripartite expert meeting to develop suitable guidance for port State control officers.
• 24 November 2008 - 05 December 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
  The 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office in its 300th Session (November 2007) to discuss and adopt international statistical standards on two topics, Child Labour and Working Time. ...

Past meetings

• 14 January 2008 - 18 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  Meeting of the ILO Declaration Expert–Advisers
  ILO Declaration Expert-Advisers (IDEA) are charged with presenting the conclusions of annual reports from countries which have not ratified one or more of the ILO's seven fundamental Conventions.
• 30 May 2007 - 15 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
  96th Session of the International Labour Conference
  More than 3,000 government, worker and employer leaders meet here from 30 May to 15 June for the annual Conference to discuss issues ranging from decent work and development to child labour in agriculture, work in the fishing sector, equality at work, forced labour and the promotion of sustainable enterprises.
• 24 April 2007 - 27 April 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Eleventh African Regional Meeting
  At four yearly intervals, the African Regional Meeting brings together the political, economic and social actors from the countries of the region.
  • Conclusions of the 11th African Regional Meeting - [pdf 126 KB]
  • Official site of the Eleventh African Regional Meeting, Addis Ababa, 24-27 April 2007
• 08 March 2007 - 30 March 2007, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
  298th session of the Governing Body
  The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) will address a range of issues at its 298th session, including basic labour rights in Myanmar and Belarus, trade and employment, wages around the world, UN reform and the latest report of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association.

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