ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and ILO Country Office for India (DWT/CO-New Delhi)

What's new

1. 

   ILO Director-General visits India

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, will visit India from 18 to 19 May 2013. This will be Mr Ryder’s first visit to India since he was elected on 1 October 2012.

2. 

   Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013

   The new study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

3. Second SAARC Regional Workshop on Child Labour for SAARC Member Counries

   29 - 31 May 2013, New Delhi, India

   The Second SAARC Regional Workshop on Child Labour is being organized for SAARC Member countries by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India and V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization.

4. National Workshop on HIV/AIDS

   23 May 2013, New Delhi, India

   The National Tripartite Workshop for experience sharing on implementation of the National Policy on HIV/AIDS in the world of work and launching of thecampaign “Getting to Zero at Work” in collaboration with Ministry of Labour & Employment(MoLE) and ILO.

5. Knowledge Sharing Workshop for Employers’ Organizations on Social Protection Floor for India

   20 - 21 May 2013, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

   To enhance the understanding of the Employers’ Organizations on the concept of Social Protection Floor, Convention No.102 and Global Jobs Pact.

6. National Consultative Forum on Labour Market Information System in India

   15 May 2013, New Delhi, India

   Consultative forum to discuss the ILO proposal for a national model to strengthen India's National Labour Market Information System

7. Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Measuring the Informal Economy
   

   14 - 15 May 2013, NewDelhi, India

   Subregional workshop to facilitate sharing of experiences and best practices between the statistical offices of India, Nepal and Bangladesh together with the representatives of the Ministries of Labour of the 3 countries.

8. National Workshop for Trade Unions on SEZs in India
   

   9 - 10 May 2013, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

9. 

   World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour

   29 April 2013

   How can we reduce child labour in the less favourable circumstances of a global economic slowdown?

10. Newsletter

    Quarterly E-Newsletter

    The quarterly e-newsletter of the ILO in India contains the latest news and featuresof activties from DWT/CO-New Delhi.

11. 

    Analysis

    India: Why is women’s labour force participation dropping?

    13 February 2013

    More women in India of working age are enrolling in secondary school but that is only one reason why the number of women who are either working or looking for a job is decreasing.

12. 

    ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific will visit India

    13 - 15 February 2015

    ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Yoshiteru Uramoto visits India.
    

    1. ILO Regional Director interacts with RSBY Beneficiaries and Children from the NCLP School
       - Field Trip - 15 February 2013
    2. Address by ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific - 14 February 2013
    3. ILO Regional Director meets Minister of Labour & Employment, Government of India - 14 February 2013
    4. Address by ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific - 13 February 2013

13. 

    'Momentous' new agreement to promote child rights and child protection in South Asia
    

    An agreement was signed by Dr Rinchen Chophel, Director General of the SAIEVAC Regional Secretariat and Ms Tine Staermose, Director of ILO Decent Work Support Team (DWT) for South Asia, New Delhi in Kathmandu on Tuesday 28 August 2012. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aims to reinforce the two organizations’ work on child rights and child protection by improving cooperation between them. It will focus on exchanging information and good practices, providing technical advice, organizing consultations, meetings and workshops. The MOU will also support the implementation of SAIEVAC’s five-year workplan and will use the mechanisms and processes of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).