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.

2006 events

GLOBAL

22 November 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
Capacity Development to achieve the goal of Universal Access - enhancing the BACKUP Principles organized by the GTZ BACKUP Initiative

31 October 2006 - Vienna, Austria
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and World Confederation of Labour merger Conference: founding of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - Presentation of film and publications on HIV/AIDS

11-12 October 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations Assembly

6-7 October 2006 - London, UK
Policy Dialogue on Combating Discrimination and Promoting Equality at the Workplace, organized in partnership with the London Development Agency

13-18 August 2006 - Toronto, Canada
XVI International AIDS Conference

1-9 August 2006 - Durban, south Africa
41st Global Congress of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITWF), with an HIV/AIDS workshop (3-4 August 2006)

15-17 July 2006 - St. Petersburg, Russia
G8 Summit with three themes of energy security, education and infectious diseases

29-30 June 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
The Global Fund Partnership Forum

27-28 June 2006 - New York, USA (UN/HQ)
Civil Society forum before the ECOSOC High Level Segment

27-28 June 2006 - New York, USA (UN/HQ)
18th Programme Coordinating Board (PCB)

31 May, 1-2 June 2006 - New York, USA
General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) Review

11-12 May 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
Joint WHO/ILO/IOM consultation on AIDS and Human Resources for Health

28 April 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
World Day for Safety and Health on the theme 'Decent work - Safe work - HIV/AIDS'

5-6 April 2006 - Madrid, Spain
27th Meeting of Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO)

3-14 April 2006 - Turin, Italy
International Labour Standards and Equality in Employment, with a Focus on Genger Equality: Tools and Practice

9-10 February 2006 - London, United Kingdom
Global partners forum on children affected by HIV and AIDS: scaling up towards universal access to prevention, treatment and care, organized by the Department for International Development (DFID) and UNICEF

31 January 2006 - Stockholm, Sweden
Meeting of the steering committee of the Global Unions Programme on HIV/AIDS, organized by the ICFTU

23-26 January 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting of catholic organisations with major engagement in response to HIV and AIDS, hosted by the ILO

15-17 January 2006 - Nairobi, Kenya
Global Unions & UNEP World Assembly On Environment, Labour & Sustainable Development

REGIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL

12-14 December 2006 - Kampala, Uganda
Workers and Employers together against HIV/AIDS in the workplace - Building capacity for joint action programmes, meeting organized by the ICFTU-AFRO and the IOE in collaboration with the ILO and ITCILO, and hosted by NOTU and FUE

24-27 October 2006 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support in Low Prevalence Countries

19-20 October 2006 - Nairobi, Kenya
Global Union AIDS Programme advisory committee, Regional consultation in Africa

17-18 October 2006 - Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
African Union Commission workshop on HIV/AIDS workplace policy

13 October 2006 - Paris, France
Sommet européen des chefs d'entreprises sur le VIH/sida, organisé conjointement par le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères français et la Coalition Mondiale des Entreprises contre le VIH/SIDA (GBC)

10-12 October 2006 - St. Michael, Barbados
Tripartite Caribbean employment forum - "Responding to globalization: a decent work agenda for the Caribbean in the context of regional integration"

19-21 September 2006 - Berlin, Germany
Launch of the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work in German and other ILO/AIDS core documents in German in order to encourage German based multinationals to take up workplace policies and programmes in their operations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

29 August - 1 September 2006 - Busan, Republic of Korea
Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting

19-23 June 2006 - Marrakech, Morroco
Forum de mobilisation du secteur privé pour l'Afrique francophone (HIV/AIDS private sector mobilization forum for Francophone Africa)

15-17 May 2006 - Moscow, Russian Federation
1st Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference (EECAAC)

6 May 2006 - Brazil
ILO/UNAIDS meeting on AIDS and the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean

2-4 May 2006 - Abuja, Nigeria
Summit on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria for African Heads of State and government

NATIONAL

12 December 2006 - Chisinau, Moldova
Tripartite mobilization workshop "HIV/AIDS and the world of work"

25-29 September 2006 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Meeting on HIV/AIDS and child labour organized by the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC)

21 July 2006 - Lima, Peru
Seminar on youth insertion, skills development and prevention of HIV/AIDS through Sport

31 August - 1 September 2006 - Helsinki, Finland
Challenges in health care in Finland and elsewhere

21 July 2006 - Brazil
Workshop for Awareness of Social Actors from Amazonas about the HIV/Aids at the Workplace

15-19 May 2006 - Casablanca, Maroc
Atelier de travail pour la Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM)

9-11 May 2006 - Freetown, Sierra Leone
Labour and factory inspectors workshop

20 April 2006 - Germany
Global Business Coalition Special Roundtable on China

9 February 2006 - Tirana, Albania
Technical consultations on HIV/AIDS in the world of work

27 January 2006 - Madrid, Spain
Conference on workplace integration of people living with HIV/AIDS