List of all events
Launches of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All and some other events organized by the Social Security Department.
June 2008
- 3 June 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
Information session on Quatrain Africa - Financial governance for social protection governors, managers and actuarial modellers
QUATRAIN Africa is a project funded by German RBSA to strengthen the policy and delivery of social protection in Africa. The project focusses on the development of national capacities at the institutional level for tripartite representatives, policy makers, social protection scheme managers and budgeting and actuarial modellers of social security schemes.
May 2008
- 19-20 May 2008, New Delhi, India
Asia-Pacific Regional High level meeting on socially-inclusive strategies to extend social security coverage
The broad objective of the meeting is to identify some policy approaches that countries can use to extend the social security coverage of their workforce and make it more effective, with a particular focus on workers in the informal economy and unorganized sectors.
- 6-8 May 2008, Amman, Jordan
Inter-regional Tripartite Meeting on The Future of Social Security in Arab States
One of the main objectives of the meeting is to concretize the recommendations of the ILO Asian and African Regional Meetings (in 2006 and 2007) on social security and provide orientation for the action of the International Labour Office in the framework of its Global Campaign for the Extension of Social Security till 2015.
December 2007
- 12-14 December 2007, Santiago, Chile
Tripartite seminar on The future of social protection in Latin America
The Tripartite regional meeting in Chile organized by the Regional Office Lima, the SRO Santiago and the Social Security Department will address the issues of the future of social protection in the region and the elaboration of a plan of action for medium to long term development of social security in the region. The regional meeting takes place in the framework of the mandate given to the ILO by the International Labour Conference (2001), the objectives of the Decent Work agenda (2006) and the Millennium Development Goals.
May 2007
- 9-11 May 2007, Bonn, Germany
International Conference Towards Sustainable Global Health
This conference is a forum for decision-makers, stakeholders, international scientific organizations, institutions for development, knowledge transfer and education and NGOs, as well as internationally active private companies with the intention of sharing their best practices and to introduce their knowledge, products and technologies for sustainable health, hygiene and environment.
April 2007
- 17 April 2007, Luxembourg
Launch of the Global Social Trust pilot project
Solidarité Syndicale, the NGO of the Confédération syndicale indépendante of Luxembourg (OGB-L), the International Labour Office (ILO) and the Government of Ghana represented by its Ministry of Health, have entered into an agreement to implement the Global Social Trust (GST) pilot project in Ghana. This pilot project will provide a cash benefit to poor pregnant women and mothers with children under the age of five in Ghana.
October 2006
- 2-3 October 2006, Lisbon, Portugal
World Conference “Social Protection and Inclusion: converging efforts from a global perspective”
The International Labour Office, the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity of Portugal, and the European Commission are jointly organizing the World Conference “Social Protection and Inclusion: Converging efforts from a global perspective” which will be held within the framework of the common objective established between the three organizing bodies, to promote "Decent Work for All".
April 2006
- 5-6 April 2006, Conakry, Guinea
Capacity-building seminar on social security statistics
The ILO will provide advice to promote common statistical standards, which all institutions administering or supervising social security schemes should follow in order to ensure good governance in the field of social policy, and to assist countries in building their capacity in this field.
February 2006
- 22 February 2006, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Capacity-building seminar on social security statistics
The ILO will provide advice to promote common statistical standards, which all institutions administering or supervising social security schemes should follow in order to ensure good governance in the field of social policy, and to assist countries in building their capacity in this field.
- 20 February 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
First Inter-agency Information Exchange on Social Protection Activities
ILO/WB joint meeting organized to promote the exchange of information on Social Protection across International and Bilateral institutions.
- 7 February 2006, Tirana, Albania
Capacity-building seminar on social security statistics
The ILO will provide advice to promote common statistical standards, which all institutions administering or supervising social security schemes should follow in order to ensure good governance in the field of social policy, and to assist countries in building their capacity in this field.
January 2006
- 24-26 January 2006, Dakar, Senegal
Capacity-building seminar on social security statistics
The ILO will provide advice to promote common statistical standards, which all institutions administering or supervising social security schemes should follow in order to ensure good governance in the field of social policy, and to assist countries in building their capacity in this field.
December 2005
- 5-7 December 2005, Berlin, Germany
International Conference on Social Health Insurance in Developing Countries
The ILO, together with the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will be holding an International Conference on Social Health Insurance in Developing Countries. Participants, including Governments, social partners, stakeholders in international cooperation, etc., will share their experience and discuss the role of social health insurance in fighting poverty and reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For more information, visit the Conference website
November 2005
- 27-28 November 2005, Sanaa, Yemen
Capacity-building seminar on social security statistics
The ILO will provide advice to promote common statistical standards, which all institutions administering or supervising social security schemes should follow in order to ensure good governance in the field of social policy, and to assist countries in building their capacity in this field.
October 2005
- 12-13 October 2005, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Capacity-building seminar on social security statistics
The ILO will provide advice to promote common statistical standards, which all institutions administering or supervising social security schemes should follow in order to ensure good governance in the field of social policy, and to assist countries in building their capacity in this field.
May 2005
- 24-25 May 2005, Amman, Jordan
Launch of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All in Jordan
The Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for all was launched during a ceremony presided by H.R.H. King Abdullah, King of Jordan, and with Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of the Social Protection Sector of the International Labour Office.
December 2004
- 9 December 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
Launch of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All in Kenya
The Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for all was launched during a ceremony with the participation of Kenya's vice-President Moody Awori. Issues discussed were the introduction of a National Health Insurance scheme and the conversion of the provident fund into a social pension scheme. Press release - (pdf 93 KB)
April 2004
- 14 April 2004, Dakar, Sénégal
Launch of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All in Senegal
The Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for all was launched during a ceremony presided by H.E. Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, and with Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of the Social Protection Sector of the International Labour Office.
March 2004
December 2003
- 5 December 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Launch of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All in Africa
The Campaign was launched in Addis Ababa during the African Regional Meeting of the ILO.
June 2003
- 18 June 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
Launch of the Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All
The ILO Director-General Juan Somavia joined representatives of governments, workers' and employers' organizations in launching the "Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All," an initiative to promote the extension of social security coverage to more people throughout the world. Please consult the press release which contains basic information on the campaign, and the speech of the Director-General - (pdf 24 KB).
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