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.

2004 events

GLOBAL

1-4 March 2004 - Livingstone, Zambia
UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) meeting at heads of agency level

7-9 March 2004 - Marrakech, Morocco
Participation in the III World Conference on Women and Sport on the theme: "New strategies and new commitments"

22-24 March 2004 - New Delhi, India
International Conference on Tuberculosis - ILO/AIDS participation

10-19 May 2004 - Geneva, Switzerland
Training Workshop for ILO/USDOL National Project Coordinators (NB: This workshop is open to interested ILO/AIDS HQ colleagues and Focal Points)

26-28 May 2004 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
International Symposium on HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies and Programmes in Developing Countries (ILO with GTZ, World Bank, Georgetown University)

24 June 2004 - New York, USA
Global Compact Summit

11-16 July 2004 - Bangkok, Thailand
XV International AIDS Conference

14-15 September 2004 - Brighton, UK
Fringe meeting on HIV/AIDS and development at Trades Union Congress

14-15 September 2004 - Dakar, Senegal
Consultative Meeting on Business Response to HIV, Reproductive Health in West Africa

28-30 September 2004 - Turin Centre, Italy
Trade Union Training on HIV/AIDS and Occupational Safety and Health

7 October 2004 - Brussels, Belgium
UN Interagency Exploratory Meeting on inter-agencies strategy towards the EC on HIV/AIDS

12 October 2004 - Geneva, Switzerland
Human Resources Task Force meeting

18-19 October 2004 - Brasilia, Brazil
Meeting between ILO, UNAIDS and the Brazilian government to establish technical cooperation centre for south-south cooperation on HIV/AIDS

20-22 October 2004 - Brussels, Belgium
Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Working Party, ICFTU - one day devoted to HIV/AIDS, in particular Global Unions Campaign

23-24 October 2004 - Berlin, Germany
Union Network International Youth workshop

26-28 October 2004 - New York, USA
UNAIDS CCO meeting
Meeting on Global HIV Prevention Strategy

27 October 2004 - Barcelona, Spain
Partnerships in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS - the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Associations (IFPMA)

23-24 November 2004 - Geneva, Switzerland
GTZ BACKUP Annual Review meeting

14-15 December 2004 - Montego Bay, Jamaica
16th Programme and Coordinating Board (UNAIDS)

REGIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL

30-31 March 2004 - Geneva, Switzerland
Launch of the IOE/ICFTU National Action Plans on HIV/AIDS in Africa

21 April 2004 - Cotonou, Benin
African Union, Labour and Social Affairs Commission - Seminar on HIV/AIDS and Socioeconomic Development (Organised by the African Union in collaboration with the ILO)

17-19 May 2004 - Mauritius
Indian Ocean Sub-regional Workshop on HIV/AIDS for employers jointly organized with the Indian Ocean Commission and the Mauritius Employers' Federation

16-18 September 2004 - Vilnius, Lithuania
2nd Open Europe Conference "Europe and HIV/AIDS: New Challenges, New Opportunities"

18-19 November 2004 - Accra, Ghana
Commission on HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa (Organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with ILO/AIDS)

29 November-1 December 2004 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Seminar on HIV/AIDS jointly organized by the University of Stellenbosch and ILO/AIDS

NATIONAL

20 February 2004 - Moscow, Russia
Launch of the Model of Socio-economic Consequences of HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation

19-23 April 2004 - Accra, Ghana
ILO/FHI Workshop for the preparation of a toolkit on behaviour change communication in the workplace

21 April 2004 - Cotonou, Benin
Official launch of the ILO/USDOL project in Benin in conjunction with the African Union meeting

27-29 April 2004 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Tripartite sub-regional seminar on HIV/AIDS

17-21 July 2004 - Indonesia
Meeting with the National AIDS Commission and Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) on how ILO and its constituents can best engage in the national response

ILO/USDOL International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme Workshops for the development of Project monitoring plans in 6 countries:
28 June- 1 July 2004 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19-22 July 2004 - Belize City, Belize/Guyana
3-6 August 2004 - Accra, Ghana
9-12 August 2004 - Lomé, Benin/Togo

20-21 October 2004 - Asunción, Paraguay
Tripartite technical consultations involving ILO constituents, UNAIDS cosponsors, and GTZ partners

15-19 November 2004 - Possotomè, Benin
ILO/FHI Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) strategy development workshop for the Société Béninoise d'Energie Electrique (SBEE) - Training on the use of the ILO/FHI BCC tool kit

11-12 November 2004 - Lilongwe, Malawi
Towards sustainable mechanisms for health care coverage and the fight against HIV/AIDS

4 December 2004 - London, United Kingdom
Trade Unions Congress Conference on HIV/AIDS

6-12 December 2004 - Turin Centre, Italy
Workshop on HIV/AIDS for Chinese employers