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

What's new

1. Meeting

   Work in Freedom - Global Partners' Meeting

   22 - 24 July 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal

   The partners of the "Work in Freedom' programme meet for the Global Partners Meeting

2. Conference

   National Consultative Conference with Trade Unions in India

   10 July 2014, New Delhi, India

   Ms. Maria Helena Andre the Director of Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) Geneva will be visiting India in the second week of July 2014. During her visit, a national consultative conference with the Central Trade Unions is India is organized on 10th July 2014.

3. 

   Partnership agreement

   ILO and Andhra Pradesh State Government’s Partnership on Small Enterprise Development

   17 June 2014, New Delhi, India

   Elimination of rural poverty through self-employment generation

4. 

   SACG Meeting

   SACG Meeting South Asia Coordinating Group on Action against Violence against Children (SACG)

   19 June 2014, Negombo, Sri Lanka

   Inter-agency group SACG and SAIEVAC (SAARC Apex Body) Regional Secretariat Meeting to discuss strengthening of national coalitions and forthcoming technical consultation

5. 

   Statement

   South Asian Child Rights Group Calls for Augmented Social Protection to End Child Labour and All Forms of Violence against Children

   12 June 2014, New Delhi, India

6. 

   Report

   World Social Protection Report 2014-15

   A new ILO report presents the latest social security trends and finds that most people lack adequate social protection at a time when it is most needed.

7. World of Work Report 2014

   World of Work 2014: Developing with jobs

   The ILO’s flagship report on the world of work shows, for the first time, that quality jobs can drive sustained growth in emerging and developing countries.

8. Meeting

   Meeting of the National Industry Advisory Group (IAG) for development of National Occupational Standards/Quality Packs for assessors and trainers in India.

   4 June 2014, New Delhi, India

   To guide the National Occupational Standards/Quality Packs development.

9. Consultations / Meetings

   Extend Social Protection: Combat Child Labour!

   29 May to 12 June 2014, Bangalore, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Dehradun and New Delhi

   To commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour 2014, NCPCR, UNICEF and ILO are organizing four Zonal Round Table Conferences across India that will culminate in a National Meeting on 12 June 2014 in New Delhi.
   

   1. Press Release

10. Workshop

    Workshop on international migration for representatives of workers organizations

    26 May - 3 June 2014, Manesar (Delhi NCR), India

    In collaboration with ITC Turin, a 5 day capacity building workshop on international migration, followed by a TOT has been organised under the Decent Work Across Borders Project, funded by the EU.

11. 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.

12. Workshop

    Trade Union Workshops on Social Protection for Construction Workers

    22 May 2014, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    29 May 2014, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    The objective of these two workshops is to facilitate the trade unions participating in the campaign to enhance the registration of construction workers into the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards

13. India Labour Market Update : December 2013

    Economic growth in India is largely driven by services (from a supply-side perspective) and private consumption (taking a demand-side view). However, the slowdown during 2012 and 2013 was associated with a dramatic decrease in the growth of industry and investment. These two dimensions are critical if India is to return to higher and sustained rates of growth.

14. Reserach Brief

    India Employment Trends NSS 68th Round – Research Brief
    ILO Asia-Pacific Research Brief Series No. 2 | November 2013
    

    By Sher Verick, Senior Employment Specialist, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team for South Asia and Country Office for India