Past events

April 2016

  1. My.Financial.Coop: Training programme for apex organizations of financial cooperatives

    12 - 13 April 2016

  2. Monitoring Performance of the Youth Guarantee in Latvia: Capability enhancement workshop

    12 - 13 April 2016

    The workshop took place in Riga from 12 to 13 April 2016. It offered the opportunity to discuss methods to collect, analyze and disseminate information on the progress achieved during the implementation of the YG, according to the provisions of the 2013 Council’s Recommendation.

  3. Pilot testing a fair recruitment model in the apparel industry

    11 April 2016

    The ILO’s FAIR project is currently implementing in collaboration with BWJ a pilot intervention model to eliminate deceptive and coercive recruitment practices in the apparel industry in Jordan and thus reduce the vulnerability of migrant workers to forced labour. The aim of this pilot intervention is to demonstrate that fair recruitment is possible and that it benefits both employers and workers. A one-day workshop will be organized on April 11th, 2016 in Amman to present the objectives and expected results of this pilot programme.

March 2016

  1. ILO launches report on challenges of child labour and youth employment in Arab States

    30 March 2016

    Report examines the twin challenges of child labour and youth employment in five Arab States and ways to address them.

  2. Event to mark World Water Day 2016 and launch the World Water Development Report

    22 March 2016

    The official World Water Day event for 2016 was held in Geneva, at the ILO headquarters. It had been convened on behalf of UN-Water under the theme of “Water and Jobs” and saw the launch of the UN World Water Development Report on the issue.

  3. Panel discussion: “Addressing the labour market impacts of refugees and other forcibly displaced people”

    21 March 2016

    The ILO's Governing Body held a high-level panel with heads of relevant international organizations to share their views on the impacts of refugees and other forcibly displaced people on host societies and their labour markets, and to explore ways of enhancing the ILO’s role and inter-agency cooperation.

  4. Launch of new project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry

    17 March 2016

    The launch and signing ceremony of the EU-funded project, Combatting Unacceptable Forms of Work in the Thai Fishing and Seafood Industry.

  5. The migrant workers protection in Honduras

    14 March 2016

    Both institutions have been working in the coordination improvement regarding a better protection of migrant workers, in topics like statistics information exchange and obtaining a work permit.

  6. Regional South-South Cooperation Seminar on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean Region

    8 - 10 March 2016

    Regional Seminar attended by ILO constituents and other stakeholders from 5 countries from Latin American and the Caribbean aiming at encouraging collaborative actions based on social dialogue and geared to promoting well-governed labour mobility within the protection framework of international human and international labour standards.

  7. Seminar: Project research & labour market effects in Africa

    8 March 2016

    During this research seminar, held on March 9, 2016, the ECLM project team presented an overview of two elements of the research methodology as well as preliminary findings on the labour market position of immigrants in Ghana and the labour market impact of immigration in Rwanda.