Preparatory meeting of Experts on the 1st African Decent Work Symposium on "Together addressing the implications of the financial and economic crisis on Africa’s peoples"

More than 60 senior representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations as well as academicians and international officials, gather in Addis Ababa on 27-28 February to discuss a wide range of implications of the financial and economic crisis on Africa's peoples.

• Perspectives on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis and its Implications for Africa
• Institutional Responses to the Impact of the Financial & Economic Crisis on African Economies
• Overview of the responses to the financial and economic crisis at the sub-regional and national levels
• Panel on ILO’s Sectors responses to the financial and economic crisis
• Presentation of the African Decent Work Crisis Portfolio: An ILO Regional Office for Africa’s contribution to addressing the implications of the financial and economic crisis on Africa’s Peoples.
• Presentation, discussion and adoption of the inputs of the Preparatory Meeting of Experts to the Special Meeting of the Tripartite African Members of the ILO Governing Body (20 March 2009, Geneva) and the High-level Tripartite Meeting on the Current Global Financial and Economic Crisis (23 March 2009, Geneva).