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August 2014
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XX Congress on Safety and Health at Work: "Sharing a Vision for Sustainable Prevention"
24 - 27 August 2014, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The World Congress, organized every three years since 1955, provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge, practices and experiences for all occupational safety and health specialists, employers and managers, trade unions, public administration, insurance and social security professionals, manufacturers and importers, as well as anyone with an interest in safety and health at work.
October 2013
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19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
2 - 11 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
The 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to take place on 2-11 October 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference will consider for adoption revised draft standards of labour force and work statistics, including a set of measures of labour underutilization to supplement the unemployment rate. If adopted, the revised statistical standards will update the resolution of statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment adopted by the 13th ICLS (1982), and related guidelines.
February 2013
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Global Dialogue Forum on the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis on the Civil Aviation Industry
20 - 22 February 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
December 2012
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ILO-Luxembourg conference on "Green Jobs. Opportunities and challenges for green and decent jobs"
13 December 2012, Luxembourg, Chamber of Commerce
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the ILO are organizing a conference on green jobs and its opportunities in Luxembourg on 13 December 2012.
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Briefing on growth and employment in the post-2015 development agenda
13 December 2012, New York
On 13 December 2012 the Permanent Mission of Japan, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Labour Organization organized a briefing on Growth and Employment in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Participants included permanent and observer missions to the United Nations, UN agencies and civil society organizations.
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Global Dialogue Forum on Future Needs for Skills and Training in the Oil and Gas Industry
12 - 13 December 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
The Forum will assess the current skills and workforce structure and future needs for skills and vocational education and training (VET).
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International High-Level Conference on Decent Work
11 - 12 December 2012, Moscow
The Conference held by the Russian Federation, with the support of the ILO, will provide a platform for discussion on a series of topics including labour market globalization, jobs creation, social guarantees in the workplace and labour standards.
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Interregional conference: "Improving social protection and promoting employment. Experiences and lessons learned from an ILO-EU project in Burkina Faso, Honduras and Cambodia"
3 - 4 December 2012, Brussels
A conference will be organized to explore the experiences and lessons learned from the joint ILO/EU project "Improving social protection and promoting employment", implemented between 2009 and 2012 in Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras. This interregional conference will be jointly organized by the European Commission and the ILO.
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December 2012
3 December 2012, ILO
This year’s theme is “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all”. It provides an opportunity to address the exclusion of persons with disabilities by focusing on promoting accessibility and removing all types of barriers in society.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes that the existence of barriers constitutes a central component of disability. Under the Convention, disability is an evolving concept that “results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.”
November 2012
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World AIDS Day: launching the “Getting to Zero at work” campaign
28 November 2012, 13:30 at ILO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
UN Heads of Agencies to launch the “Getting to Zero at work” campaign.