Hans van de Glind Profile
Since 1 October 2014, Mr Hans van de Glind is the Senior Migration Specialist for Arab States, based in Beirut.
He has been with the ILO since July 1997.
Prior to Beirut he was Senior Specialist and focal point for child trafficking and child migration with the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at its headquarters in Geneva (2006-2014).
He held prior postings in the Mekong sub region (1997-2004) and China (2004-2006) where he designed and later managed projects against trafficking in children and women.
Prior to ILO he worked at the Asia desk of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - on irregular migration and human trafficking (1995-1997). He also had stints in Pakistan (with the Aga Khan Health Services Programme – in 1992) and Sri Lanka (with the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement – in 1993).
In 2010 he played a key role in organizing the Global Child Labour Conference in The Hague (Netherlands) which adopted the ‘Roadmap for achieving the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016’ and in 2013 he participated in the first ever ILO mission to monitor the cotton harvest of Uzbekistan for child labour.
Mr. van de Glind authored a range of publications and articles, including ‘Migration and child labour – Exploring child migrant vulnerabilities and those of children left behind’ (ILO, 2010) and ‘Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation’ (ILO, UNICEF, UN.GIFT, 2009).
Mr. van de Glind holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and was an exchange student at the London School of Economics & Political Science.
He has been with the ILO since July 1997.
Prior to Beirut he was Senior Specialist and focal point for child trafficking and child migration with the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at its headquarters in Geneva (2006-2014).
He held prior postings in the Mekong sub region (1997-2004) and China (2004-2006) where he designed and later managed projects against trafficking in children and women.
Prior to ILO he worked at the Asia desk of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - on irregular migration and human trafficking (1995-1997). He also had stints in Pakistan (with the Aga Khan Health Services Programme – in 1992) and Sri Lanka (with the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement – in 1993).
In 2010 he played a key role in organizing the Global Child Labour Conference in The Hague (Netherlands) which adopted the ‘Roadmap for achieving the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016’ and in 2013 he participated in the first ever ILO mission to monitor the cotton harvest of Uzbekistan for child labour.
Mr. van de Glind authored a range of publications and articles, including ‘Migration and child labour – Exploring child migrant vulnerabilities and those of children left behind’ (ILO, 2010) and ‘Training manual to fight trafficking in children for labour, sexual and other forms of exploitation’ (ILO, UNICEF, UN.GIFT, 2009).
Mr. van de Glind holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and was an exchange student at the London School of Economics & Political Science.