12th African Regional Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11–14 October 2011

Meeting's outcome

Conclusions of the Meeting

Report of the 12th African Regional Meeting

Report of the ILO Director-General

Empowering Africa’s Peoples with Decent Work

This report provides a framework for how best to accelerate the realization and deepen the real impact of the Decent Work Agenda on Africa’s ordinary people, in particular its young people.

Background documents

Realising a New Era of Social Justice through Decent Work: Success Stories from Africa

36 stories have been collected from across the African region and grouped into three main chapters whose titles reflect a “virtuous triangle” of opportunities, protection, and empowerment.

Action plan for the Yaounde Tripartite Declaration on the implementation of the Social Protection Floor (Draft)

Following the discussions during the 2nd African Decent Work Symposium and those during the 100th ILC, this document sets out a plan of action as requested by the Yaoundé Tripartite Declaration, to be reviewed by ILO delegates at the 12th African Regional Meeting.

1. Yaounde Tripartite Declaration

Programme overview

Discussions in plenary will be interspersed with a series of parallel discussions on the following themes:

1. Promoting national ownership of international labour standards
2. Investing in skills and sustainable enterprises for Decent Work
3. Rural employment, industrial development and structural transformation as a path to Decent Work
4. Moving out of informality: The role of the social economy
5. Social dialogue as a key governance mechanism to realize the Decent Work Agenda in Africa
6. Building a social protection floor in Africa: Follow-up to the Yaoundé Tripartite Declaration

Special debates

1. Efficient Growth, Employment and Decent Work in Africa: Time for a new vision”
   
2. Women’s social and economic empowerment and gender equality

Special focus

1. Promoting employment and Decent Work for youth: A joint AU/ECA/AfDB/ILO initiative