Events and meetings

2012

1. World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) Philippines Celebration 2012

   26 June 2012, Pasig City, Philippines

   The Philippines will celebrate the World Day Against Child Labour on 26 June this year by presenting to the public the preliminary results of the 2011 Survey on Children done by the National Statistics Office (NSO). This comes 10 years after the last survey done in 2001 which revealed that there were 4.2 million working children, 2.4 million of which were into child labour because of their exposure to hazardous conditions. After the NSO presents the 2011 Survey, a national campaign dubbed “Batang Malaya: A Child Labour-Free Philippines” will be launched by the National Child Labor Committee. The President of the Philippines has been invited to the event as well as key partners in the fight to eliminate child labour in the country and around 100 child labourers. More than 300 participants are expected to attend the activity which will be held at Fun Ranch, a play area for children.

2. Green Jobs in Asia Regional Conference

   20 - 22 June 2012, Singgasana Hotel Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia

   On 20-22 June 2012, a tripartite regional workshop will discuss the Green Jobs in Asia project to highlight successful approaches, areas of improvement and the way forward. Representatives from GJA will include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. They will be joined by additional countries with Green Jobs experience: China, Fiji, India and Thailand.

3. Experts Meeting on the Philippines Country Review of the Skills Development System and Delivery

   4 June 2012, Manila, Philippines

   With funding from the ILO/Korea Partnership Programme, an experts meeting to initiate the review of the Philippines skills development system and delivery will be conducted.

4. Community-Based Pilot Training (C-BED)

   21 - 23 May 2012, Tayabas, Quezon

   Community-Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) is a newly developed ILO intervention tool which builds the capacity of current aspiring entrepreneurs without the use of external trainers or facilitators.

5. Workshop on Labour Disputes and Settlement in the Public Service

   15 - 16 May 2012, The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila

   The workshop is in support to the clamor of public sector unions towards ratification of Convention 151 and to enhance their capacities in addressing collective bargaining issues and labour dispute resolutions in the public service sector.

6. Start and Improve Your Business Training of Trainers (SIYB-ToT) Post Evaluation Workshop

   10 May 2012, TESDA Compound, Pagbilao, Quezon

   This one-day event seeks to pool the graduates of ILO SIYB - ToT training in Quezon, Province. The workshop will follow a structured set of guide questions to process and consolidate the learning and recommendations for conducting SIYB-ToT. The workshop will also formulate an action plan to ensure the application of the module and enhance the business skills in Quezon Province and neighboring areas.

7. Guidelines launched for the Police and Military to apply Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining

   7 May 2012, The Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila

   The guidelines specifies the role of key players and addresses human rights and workers’ rights, particularly the important issues raised by workers, including violence against unionists, presence of the military in (or near) the workplace, labelling, and stigmatization of unionists, and harassment.

8. Launch of the Vermicomposting Project

   7 May 2012, Mulanay, Quezon

   In partnership with FAO, the local Government of Mulanay and Social Action Center, the Bondoc-LED project will launch the "Vermicomposting Project" in Mulanay, Quezon. The project supports the sustainable use of natural resources available in the area to promote the practice of organic farming. The vermicomposting project seeks to capacitate the local farmers and produce their own organic fertilizers to address long-term issues on environment and food security, and advocate for green jobs and sustainable livelihoods.

9. Youth Employment in Asia and the Pacific

   1 May 2012, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Viet Nam

   As a lead-up to the Youth Employment Forum to be held in Geneva, 23-25 May 2012, many activities were held globally to highlight youth employment issues. Thirteen countries in Asia and the Pacific are organizing various activities to raise awareness on the importance of youth employment.

10. 

    Youth employment forum: Any time, any where: decent work for young Filipinos

    29 March 2012, Manila, Philippines

    More than a hundred youth leaders and representatives met with government agency officials, workers and employers group, academe, and civil society organizations. The event was part of ILO’s declaration of March as youth employment month and of a series of nationwide action planning workshops to address concerns on youth employment and migration in the Philippines.

11. Going Back, Moving On-Final Project Conference

    27 March 2012, Manila, Philippines

    The Conference aims to: (a) Enhance understanding on issues and challenges in the economic and social empowerment of returned migrants; (b) Facilitate the sharing of emerging/ potential good practices and lessons learned by the Project’s implementing partners in addressing the economic and social empowerment of returned migrants from the EU countries, toward their full recovery and reintegration; and (c) Generate recommendations from the participants to move forward reintegration programs for returned migrants, including victims of trafficking.

12. Tripartite Validation Workshop of the Philippine Decent Work Country Profile

    20 - 21 March 2012, College of Saint Benilde Hotel, Manila

    The Decent Work Country Profile for Philippines is aimed at providing information on all the elements of decent work in the country, and analyzing statistical and legal indicators within the framework of national labour and social policies, tentatively over the past ten years.

13. Entrepreneurship development for youth

    19 - 21 March 2012, Manila

    The local government units (LGUs) play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

14. Strategic planning of the Northern Samar Provincial Child Labor Committee

    19 - 20 March 2012, Northern Samar Province

    The Northern Samar Provincial Child Labor Committee (PCLC) will have a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Northern Samar by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.

15. Strategic planning of the Bukidnon Provincial Child Labor Committee

    15 - 16 March 2012, Bukidnon Province

    The Bukidnon Provincial Child Labor Committee (PCLC) will have a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Bukidnon by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.

16. 

    United Nations Photo Exhibit on Indigenous Women (International Women’s Day 2012)

    8 - 14 March 2012, SM Mall of Asia, 2F South Wing Entertainment Mall, Pasay City

    The ILO Country Office for the Philippines, as the Chair of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Technical Working Group, has partnered with the SM Cares for a photo exhibit on indigenous women. The week-long photo exhibit will be launched on 8 March 2012, 11:00 a.m. at the 2F South Wing, Entertainment Mall Area of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. The photo exhibit will then be moved to other SM Malls in Metro Manila.

17. Training-workshops for local service providers to effectively respond to migrants' needs

    7 - 14 March 2012, Baguio City, Philippines

    The ILO-EU Return and Reintegration Project is scheduled to conduct training-workshops next month for OFW/Migrants’ Desk Officers and/or Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Managers, as well as other relevant officials from the Provincial Governments of Ilocos Sur and La Union. These will be on 7-9 and 12-14 March 2012 for the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union, respectively, to be held in Baguio City.

18. Public finance management and resource generation

    7 - 9 March 2012, Manila

    The local government units (LGUs) play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

19. Stakeholders forum on livelihoods in Northern Samar

    5 - 8 March 2012, Northern Samar Province

    Consultant on value chain development will present for validation and approval the results of its study to stakeholders of Northern Samar province.

20. Strategic planning of the Quezon Provincial Child Labor Committee

    5 - 6 March 2012, Quezon Province

    The Quezon Provincial Child Labor Committee (PCLC) will have a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Quezon by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.