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.

2005 events

GLOBAL

17-25 January 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board

25-27 January 2005 - Helsinki, Finland
International Conference on Occupational Health Services

31 January to 3 February 2005 - Martigny, Switzerland
Workshop to train facilitators for the United Nations Learning Strategy on HIV/AIDS

17-18 February 2005 - Vienna, Austria
Consultative meeting on HIV/AIDS care and support in prison settings

28 February -11 March 2005 - New-York, USA
UN Commission on the Status of Women Forty-Ninth Session

31 March 2005 - Moscow, Russia
UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) Meeting

4-8 April 2005 - New York, USA
ECOSOC - Commission on Population and Development

19-21 April 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting of Experts on Joint ILO/WHO health sector guidelines on HIV/AIDS

22 April 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
Training on Discrimination organized by the Turin Center

27-29 April 2005 - Washington, USA
ILO-USDOL Semi-annual review meeting

28 April 2005 - Paris, France
Meeting of UN Working Group on HIV/AIDS prevention and care

18 May 2005 - Brussels, Belgium
Advisory Committee meeting, Global Union Campaign on HIV/AIDS, organized by the International Confederation of Free Trade Union (ICFTU)

24 May 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting on HIV/AIDS workplace policies and programmes in the public sector: implications for the health sector, organized by GTZ, ILO and WHO

24-25 May 2005 - Paris, France
Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) consultation on the Global Initiative on HIV/AIDS and education

30 May - 6 June 2005 - New York, USA
Meeting on Co-investment Partnerships against AIDS with the participation of the GTZ

2 June 2005 - New York, USA
UN General Assembly high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS

27-29 June 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting of UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board

1 July 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
ILO takes over the chair of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (UNAIDS) until 1 July 2006

24-27 July 2005 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment

29 August - 1 September 2005 - Beijing, China
Beijing 2005: the tenth anniversary commemoration of the fourth world conference on women

September 28 2005 - Washington, USA
GBC 2005 Business Excellence Gala

5-7 October 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
The evolving corporate social responsibility debate: issues for employers and their organizations

17-21 October 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
International symposium on role of trade unions in the global economy and the fight against poverty

4-9 December 2005 - Abuja, Nigeria
14th International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA)

REGIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL

4-8 April 2005 - Melbourne, Australia
2nd subregional forum for South-East Asia and the Pacific

6-7 April 2005 - Asunción, Paraguay
Symposium on workplace policies and programmes, organized by GTZ and ILO

11-16 April 2005 - Santiago de Chile, Chile
Third Latin America and the Caribbean Conference on HIV/AIDS/STI

18-23 April 2005 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Labour and Social Affairs Commission of the African Union

4-6 May 2005 - Siem Reap, Cambodia
ASEAN Senior Law Officials meeting with the participation of Ministers of Labour

1-5 July 2005 - Kobe, Japan
Seventh international congress on HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, including Symposium, globalization, mobility and HIV/AIDS

10-13 October 2005 - Busan, Republic of Korea
Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, ILO

28-30 September 2005 - Kingston, Jamaica
Joint ILO/UNESCO Caribbean sub-regional workshop: Improving responses to HIV/AIDS in education sector workplaces

31 October 2005 - Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce Executive Forum - launch a Caribbean Business Coalition

28-30 November 2005 - Mauritius
4th IIRA African Regional Congress

NATIONAL

19 January 2005 - Kampala, Uganda
Launch of the Project on prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS labour and socio-economic impact in the world of work, Italian governement - ILO

25-26 January 2005 - Gaborone, Botswana
National Consultative workshop on HIV/AIDS Policy and Employment

1-5 February 2005 - Russia
Strategic planning and performance monitoring workshop

14-18 February 2005 - Guyana
Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) strategy development workshop for mining and service sectors

15-18 February 2005 - Cuernavaca, Mexico
Meeting on the ILO constituents' workplan for HIV/AIDS and the world of work;
UNAIDS Global Consortium on Resource Tracking

21-22 February 2005 - Guyana
Training on the BCC toolkit

7-10 February 2005 - Abuja, Nigeria
Trade Unions workshop

11-18 April 2005 - Freetown, Sierra Leone
Launch of the project on HIV/AIDS in the workplace, organized by the National HIV/AIDS Council and ILO/AIDS with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID)

12-19 April 2005 - South Africa
UN learning strategy - Workshop for training of facilitators

21 April 2005 - Paris, France
Meeting on HIV/AIDS organized by the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), UNICEF and SIDA Entreprises with the participation of IOE

17-18 May 2005 - Astana, Kazakhstan
HIV/AIDS awareness-raising seminar for ILO constituents

11-12 May 2005 - Ukraine
Meeting with HIV/AIDS focal point of Franchuk Anti-AIDS Foundation, UN Representatives and ILO constituents and partners

14-16 June 2005 - Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Meetings with the ILO constituents from the Republic of Moldova

16-18 November 2005 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Training workshop for labour officers/inspectors/administrators & OSH inspectors on integrating HIV/AIDS into workplace inspection services

21 November 2005 - India
HIV/AIDS and the Mining Sector Workshop

21 November - 2 December 2005 - Kigali, Rwanda
Finalization of the workplace policy on HIV/AIDS for the public sector in Rwanda

23-24 November 2005 - Stockholm, Sweden
Labour Market Dialogue HIV/Aids workshop

25-26 November 2005 - India
Workshop on HIV/AIDS in the Coal Mines sector