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Events

2012

  • 26-28 September 2012, Douala, Cameroon
    Regional Symposium: Reinventing the world of tomorrow - The new challenge of African employers' organizations
    ACT/EMP is planning a regional symposium in Douala, Cameroon on the theme: "Reinventing the World of Tomorrow - The New Challenge for African Employers' Organizations". This Symposium is a continuation of Symposium that took place in Geneva in 2011 on the "Business of Representing Business".
  • 17-23 June 2012, Alajuela, Costa Rica
    Instituto Latinamericano para la Gerencia Organizaçional (ILGO) (in Spanish)
    The regional training course for managers of employers' organizations, ILGO (Instituto Latinamericano para la Gerencia Organizaçional) will take place at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica. The objective of the course is to develop skills in management and leadership of employers organizations at the executive level. During the 25 year period, close to 1,000 managers have benefitted from the training programme.
  • 15-17 May 2012, Beirut, Lebanon
    Regional Workshop on "Women in Business and Management"
    A three-day workshop organized by ILO Regional Office for Arab States and ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) as part of a series of regional workshops aimed at gathering information for a global report on "Women in Business and Management" and to provide a venue to initiate and/or strengthen networking between employer's organizations, business and gender experts. The workshop brings together representatives from employers' organizations in the Middle-East and North Africa.

2011

  • 5-6 September 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
    ACT/EMP Symposium on the Business of Representing Business
    The Bureau for Employers' Activities is bringing together representatives from business membership organizations to engage with prominent academics and experienced members of the business community in an interactive exchange of ideas on the challenges in the coming decade and what they mean for organizations that represent business.

2010

  • 24-30 October 2010, San José, Costa Rica
    25th Anniversary of ILGO
    This year in October the regional training course for managers of employers' organizations, ILGO (Instituto Latinamericano para la Gerencia Organizaçional) will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The objective of the course is to develop skills in management and leadership of employers organizations at the executive level. During the 25 year period, close to 1,000 managers have benefitted from the training programme.

2009

  • 31 August - 1 September 2009, Guayaquil, Ecuador
    Regional meeting for Latin-American Employers' Organizations on Communications
    A regional meeting for employers' organizations on employers' communication at a time of crisis was held in Guayaquil (Ecuador) from 31st August to 1st September 2009. Twelve employers' organizations from the region met to discuss how to better communicate and interact with government, trade unions and society at large, representing and defending employers interests and to make proposals to drive change in the legislative and regulatory framework in which enterprises operate so as to achieve a business friendly and sustainable environment.
  • 18-20 May 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
    ILO/IOE/CAPE Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of Employers' on
    The Contribution of Human Resources Development to Competitiveness

    The meeting sought to move forward the agenda of the Asia-Pacific employers in order to make the region a better, more attractive place to do business in, and to promote social and economic development for its people. Members from twenty-two national employers' organizations from the Asian-Pacific Region were invited. This meeting was jointly organized by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP); the International Organization of Employers (IOE), and the Confederation of Asia Pacific Employers (CAPE).
  • 28-29 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
    International Symposium on Business Responses to the Demographic Challenge
    The ageing workforce is one of the greatest challenges in the contemporary world, with long term implications. Dependency ratios in both developed and developing countries have risen, and established systems for looking after older persons are under stress everywhere. Shrinking workforces have also changed the skills maps, affecting investment opportunities and consequently the options for wealth generation in many societies. Already, many concerned companies have begun to look for solutions, mostly by encouraging older workers to stay in the labour market. However, that has not been easy for many reasons, including institutional barriers and behavioural factors. Yet it is important to find sustainable solutions very soon, before the challenge becomes a crisis.
    The ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities organized an employers' symposium for business to discuss solutions to these issues. It was held on 28 and 29 April 2009 at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and brought together leading thinkers from the business community, researchers and companies. The issues were looked at from all perspectives, with a view to understanding them better, reviewing experiences in addressing them at the enterprise and societal levels, and looking for ways in which business can better address the problem.
  • 16-19 February 2009, Turin, Italy
    Workshop on Social dialogue and negotiation skills training
    In order to help employers' negotiators to promote their interests more efficiently, a training workshop was organized in Turin. This workshop included one training day on social dialogue (what are the benefits and the risks, review of present situation and development perspectives etc.) and a three-day in depth negotiation skills training.

2008

  • 30-31 October 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan
    Inter-Regional Conference on Sharing Experiences and Taking Action in Combating Child Labour
    This two-day Conference included presentations and discussion on what employers can do in combating child labour. It was a follow-up to the "Inter-Regional Conference for Employers on Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learnt" held in Istanbul, September 2007.
  • 7-8 October 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Latin American and Caribbean Subregional Conference/Workshop
    Business against Child Labour: Tools for Action

    In collaboration with the IOE, ILO's IPEC program, and the Argentinean employer organization (UIA), ACT/EMP hosted the first ILO "Latin American and Caribbean Subregional Conference/Workshop, Business against Child Labor: Tools for action". The two day meeting took place the 7 and 8 of October 2008 and gathered representatives of 17 employers' organizations from the Americas, together with over 60 Argentinean enterprises involved in CSR actions for the prevention/eradication of child labor.

2007


 
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