The ILO and Enterprise: Forging A Strong Partnership

As part of its enterprise activities, the International Labour Organization organized an historic forum in November 1996. For the first time, the ILO gathered labour, employers and governments on the same stage as enterprises and entrepreneurs. This forum brought together the best minds on the subject of enterprise today: chief executives and senior managers. Employers and Labour leaders. Economic analysts. Business school deans and the Bretton Woods agencies.

An Agenda for Action

The ILO prepared a programme based on four key themes affecting enterprises today and focusing on the changing world economy, jobs creation, social initiatives and the future of enterprises and the social partners. Expert presentations highlighted these issues. High-level panelists discussed them, explored the real and potential contributions of enterprises and entrepreneurs, and suggested ILO action, reform and development.

Objectives

Enterprise Forum '96 provided a global meeting place:

• For CEOs, senior executives and owners of small enterprises to review experiences, teach and learn, and become acquainted with the social partnership

• For the ILO and its tripartite membership to consolidate relations with enterprises and entrepreneurs, listen to what they had to say and marshal global mobilization for joint action
• For all participants to renew and generate ideas for a strong partnership, and job creation, built on the ILO's unique international status as a meeting point of enterprise, labour and governments

Who Participated

Nearly 600 participants attended the meeting consisting of entrepreneurs, managers of major enterprises, senior representatives of governments and employers' and workers' organizations, business schools and universities from 97 countries.

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