Events and meetings

Meetings are organized to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in the world of work, disseminate information, mobilize the commitment of the ILO constituents, and share experience and lessons learned.

2002 events

GLOBAL

March 2002 - Institute for African Development, Cornell University, New York
HIV/AIDS: global problems, shared responsibility - participation in international symposium

July 2002 - Barcelona, Spain
XIV International AIDS Conference - oral and poster presentations by ILO/AIDS and satellite meetings arranged on workplace action and on the impact of AIDS on women and the care economy

September 2002 - Alexandria, Egypt
Youth Employment Summit - presentations by ILO/AIDS on youth employment and the HIV epidemic

September 2002 - Ottawa, Canada
World Congress of Public Services International - presentation of the ILO Code of Practice

October 2002 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
East Asia Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum - presentation of the 'toolkit' for the social partners in the Asia-Pacific Region: Action against AIDS in the workplace

November 2002 - Miami, Florida
Business for Social Responsibility annual conference - presentations on ILO Code of Practice and action at the workplace

December 2002 - Berlin, Germany
Global Compact Learning Forum - presentations on ILO Code of Practice and action at the workplace

REGIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL

December 2001 - Moscow, Russia
Tripartite seminar on the HIV/AIDS pandemic: socio-economic consequences in the CIS countries - organized by the ILO Moscow Office with technical support from ILO/AIDS

December 2001 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Technical workshop for Jobs for Africa country project teams

December 2001 - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
East African tripartite workshop on implementing the ILO Code of Practice

March 2002 - Fortaleza, Brazil
Seminar on HIV/AIDS and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean - ILO/AIDS participation in the Inter-American Development Bank's Seminar

April 2002 - Bangkok, Thailand
Regional Conference on Trade Union Response to ILO Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management System and HIV/AIDS Issues - organized by ICFTU-APRO with the Canadian Labour Congress. Technical support from ILO/AIDS

May 2002 - Barbados
ILO Caribbean sub-regional consultation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work - mobilizing for action - The meeting was sponsored by ILO/AIDS, UNAIDS and the ILO Office in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and adopted a Platform of Action on HIV/AIDS and the world of work in the Caribbean

May 2002 - Paramaribo, Suriname
9th ILO Round Table for Caribbean Employers' Organizations

October 2002 - Damascus, Syria
Seminar for Arab States on AIDS in the world of work with particular reference to the role of trade unions in mobilizing action for prevention, care and the protection of rights

October 2002 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
World Economic Forum East Asia Summit

October 2002 - Bangkok, Thailand
Workshop on Co-operatives in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Mekong sub-region

NATIONAL

March 2002 - Seychelles
Employers' seminar on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

April 2002 - Beijing, China
National tripartite technical consultation on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

May 2002 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
National seminar on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

July 2002 - symposia in Tokyo and Kobe
Enterprises and their initiatives on HIV/AIDS - sponsored by ILO and leading newspaper 'Sankei Shimbun'

July 2002 - Bangkok, Thailand
National workshop on the implementation of the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS

July 2002 - Philippines
National tripartite workshop on the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

September 2002 - Bangkok, Thailand
Thai Labour Movement and the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS

November 2002
Tripartite workshop on national workplace HIV/AIDS strategy and the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia

November 2002 - Singapore
Singapore Business Forum on AIDS, and launch of Singapore Business Coalition against AIDS

National tripartite or bipartite workshops on implementing the Code of Practice also took place in India, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mexico, and the Caribbean.