Preparatory meetings for the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Tripartite Meeting of Experts in Labour Statistics on the Advancement of Employment and Unemployment Statistics

28 January - 1 February 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

The meeting of experts is expected to discuss and make recommendations on proposals to update the international standards of statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment, including the development of measures of labour underutilization, with a view to advise the Office on its preparation of revised draft standards for submission to the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Geneva, 2-11 October 2013). The Report for discussion by the meeting as well as the Final Report summarizing the outcomes of the meeting are available below.

Technical Expert Consultation on Labour Statistics: Moving towards a statistical definition of green jobs

27 - 28 November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

Consultation to expose and discuss the preliminary ILO thinking on the conceptual and measurement framework for defining and identifying green jobs, including on the international definition of green jobs for statistical purposes.

3rd Meeting of the WG for the Advancement of Employment and Unemployment Statistics

3 - 5 September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

The 3rd Meeting of the Working Group for the Advancement of Employment and Unemployment Statistics will be organized by the ILO Department of Statistics on 3-5 September 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. The main objectives of the meeting are: (1) to discuss and provide feedback on the proposed revised draft resolution to be submitted to the ILO Tripartite Meeting of Experts; and (2) to discuss the proposed measures of labour underutilisation to supplement the unemployment rate.

Preparatory Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians in support of the 19th ICLS (Western Asia and North Africa)

18 - 20 June 2012, Beirut, Lebanon

Organized by the ILO in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Preparatory Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians for the 19th ICLS (Africa)

29 - 31 May 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organized by the ILO in partnership with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank, Afristat, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Preparatory Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians in support of the 19th ICLS (Asia and Pacific)

2 - 4 May 2012, Bangkok, Thailand

Organized by the ILO in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Preparatory Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians for the 19th ICLS (Americas)

26 - 28 March 2012, Santiago, Chile

Organized in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and with the support of the World Bank

2nd Meeting of the Working Group

26 - 28 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

The Second Meeting of the ILO Working Group for the Advancement of Employment and Unemployment Statistics (WG) was held on 26-28 October 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. It was organized by the ILO Department of Statistics to continue technical discussions to update the current international standards on statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment. The revised standards will be presented for discussion and possible adoption by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in 2013.