Events and training on labour migration

September 2017

  1. Tripartite Meeting on Issues relating to Migrant Fishers

    18 - 22 September 2017

May 2017

  1. Transnational circular migration of Bangladeshi contract workers

    30 May 2017

    Presenter: Professor Mahua Sarkar (Binghamton University, IEA de Nantes)

November 2016

  1. The ILO and the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP22

    7 - 18 November 2016

    The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Bab Ighli, Marrakech, Morocco from 7-18 November 2016. This twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) follows the adoption in 2015 of the Paris Agreement on climate change at COP21.

September 2016

  1. Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Develop Guidance on Fair Recruitment

    5 - 7 September 2016

    The ILO Governing Body at its 326th Session agreed to convene in September 2016 a three-day “Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Develop Guidance on Fair Recruitment”, with the objective to adopt ILO guidelines on fair recruitment, encompassing both cross-border and national recruitment. The outcomes of such a meeting will inform the general discussion on labour migration that has been included on the agenda of the International Labour Conference in June 2017, as well as the second recurrent discussion on fundamental principles and rights at work.

    Please note that this Meeting is by invitation only and not open to the public.

August 2016

  1. Workshop to prepare for a Sector Study in Nepal (ECLM project)

    29 August - 2 September 2016

    A Workshop was held in Kathmandu from August 29 - September 2 in in the context of the project "Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination" (ECLM). The workshop was organised in collaboration with Social Science Baha, a research institution in Nepal, and discussed the implementation of a study of the manufacturing and small trade sectors.

  2. Workshop to prepare for a Sector Study in Nepal (ECLM project)

    29 August - 2 September 2016

    A Workshop was held in Kathmandu from Aug 29 – Sep 2 2016 in the context of the project "Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination" (ECLM). The workshop was organised in collaboration with a team of researchers from Social Science Baha, and discussed the implementation of a study of the manufacturing and trade sectors. The agenda for the workshop can be downloaded below.

  3. Workshop to prepare for a Sector Study in Côte d'Ivoire (ECLM project)

    15 - 19 August 2016

    A Workshop was held in Abidjan from August 15 - 19 in the context of the project "Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination" (ECLM). The Workshop was organized in collaboration with the Laboratoire de Sociologie Economique et d'Anthropologie des Appartenances Symboliques (LAASSE), Université FHB d'Abidjan, and discussed the implementation of a study of the agriculture and trade sectors. The agenda for the workshop can be downloaded below.

July 2016

  1. Workshop to prepare for a Sector Study in Kyrgyzstan (ECLM project)

    25 - 29 July 2016

    A Workshop was held in Bishkek from July 25-29 in in the context of the project "Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination" (ECLM). The workshop was organised in collaboration with OcOO DialectICON, a research institution in Kyrgyzstan, and discussed the implementation of a study of the manufacturing and trade sectors.

  2. Tripartite Technical Meeting on the Access of Refugees and other Forcibly Displaced Persons to the Labour Market

    5 - 7 July 2016

    The Governing Body at its 326th Session agreed to convene a “Tripartite technical meeting on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market” with the objective to provide practical guidance on the application of policy measures to facilitate refugee and displaced persons access to the labour market in a manner that yields positive gains for concerned populations, as well as host working populations.

    Please note that this Meeting is by invitation only and not open to the public.

June 2016

  1. The Effect of State Taxes on the Geographical Location of Top Earners: Evidence from Star Scientists

    8 June 2016

    Presentation by Enrico Moretti (UC Berkeley)