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Events

  • 2012

    • 18-19 December 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Inter-Ministerial Planning Workshop on Piloting of the National Framework on Child Labour
      The ILO will support the facilitation of a two-day workshop in Amman (18 and 19 December) on planning for the piloting of the National Framework on Child Labour (NFCL) in 2013.
    • 18 December 2012 - Little Rock Arkansas, United States
      Club de Madrid Annual Conference: Harnessing 21st Century Solutions: A Focus on Women
      ILO Regional Director for the Arab States is chairing the session "Women in the MENA Region: Towards a New Social Contract" at the Club de Madrid Annual Conference, featuring interventions from women leaders from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.
    • 16 December 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Symposium on the Jordanian Garment Industry
      Better Work Jordan brings together worker, employer and government representatives to discuss proposals for a national five-year strategy for the Jordanian garment industry.
    • 11 to 13 December 2012 - Amman and Aqaba, Jordan
      HIV and AIDS and the world of work in Jordan: Challenges and workplace action in the tourism sector
      As part of a series of initiatives to mark World AIDS Day in Jordan, the ILO will hold two seminars in Amman (December 11) and Aqaba (December 13) on "HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in Jordan: Challenges and workplace action in the tourism sector".
    • 6 December 2012 - Sidon, Lebanon
      Connecting with Employers
      The workshop connects employers and workers with UNRWA’s Employment Services Centres and raises awareness about the legal and administrative procedures concerning Palestinian employment in Lebanon.
    • 27 November 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Launch of the report "Working with Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (1980-2012): A Mapping of NGO Services"
      The report traces the history of NGO involvement with women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and explores approaches underlying NGO interventions and partnerships. It also provides a directory of the services currently available to MDWs across Lebanon
    • 20 November 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Workshop to present and discuss the results of the labour force survey of Palestinians living in refugee camps and selected gatherings in Lebanon
      The workshop will basically present and discuss the survey results. It aims to have focused deliberations over the labour force data and suggest means for efficient utilization of this information in advocating for better employment conditions and improved legislations for Palestinians’ right to work.
    • 4-5 November 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Apprenticeship and Youth Employment
      Within the framework of the ILO project "Tripartite Action for Youth Employment in Jordan", a two-day workshop will be organized to identify priorities and agree on steps to be taken to upgrade apprenticeships and promote youth employment.
    • 22-24 October 2012 - Cairo, Egypt
      ILO Regional Tripartite Conference on Promoting Convention 189: Raising Awareness and Sharing Knowledge
      The International Labour Organization will be organizing a tripartite knowledge-sharing conference on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. The purpose of this conference is to raise awareness on the ILO’s Convention No. 189 and Recommendation 201 and support efforts towards ratification and implementation.
    • 2-3 October 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Promoting Migrant Workers' Rights in Jordan: Dialogue with Foreign Missions and Consulates
      The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) will be organizing a two-day dialogue meeting with foreign affairs missions and consulates in Jordan to build transnational alliances to promote and protect the rights of migrant workers.
    • 26 September 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Decent Work Country Policy Analysis for Lebanon: Launch of Consultative Process
      The ILO and the Ministry of Labour in Lebanon will jointly launch a consultative process to discuss the opportunities and challenges for Decent Work in Lebanon towards promoting job creation, increasing productivity and wages, and enhancing social protection.
    • 17-20 September 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Regional Tripartite Meeting on Wage Policies in the Arab Countries
      Participants will explore major policy issues and practical challenges faced in the area of wage determination and address specific country-level aspects of minimum wage setting. This workshop will discuss objectives, criteria and institutions for minimum wage setting, review experiences and practices from several countries and include an exercise on how wage data can be utilized in minimum wage setting. Emphasis is placed on how to improve wage policies with clear and achievable objectives, sound analysis and constructive social dialogue.
    • 20-22 June 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Enhancing NGO and Media Engagement in the Campaign for Migrant Domestic Workers’ Rights
      Over the last 6 years, civil society organizations (CSOs) have launched campaigns to sensitize the Lebanese public to the working and living conditions of women migrant domestic workers (WMDWs) in Lebanon. These campaigns have portrayed WMDWs as victims in need of protection and their employers as tormentors in need of self-restraint.
    • 12 June 2012 - Amman and Yemen
      World Day Against Child Labour
      Each year on 12 June, the International Labour Organization (ILO) calls on its member States and the international community to identify ways and means of putting the spotlight on global efforts to eliminate child labour. This year, the World Day Against Child Labour will focus on child labour elimination as an integral component of the broader human rights and social justice framework, specifically the protection of all children from all violations of their fundamental human rights.
    • 12 June 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland
      World Day Against Child Labour 2012: Human rights and social justice... let's end child labour
      This year the World Day Against Child Labour will provide a spotlight on the right of all children to be protected from child labour and from other violations of fundamental human rights. In 2010 the international community adopted a Roadmap for achieving the elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016, which stressed that child labour is an impediment to children’s rights and a barrier to development. World Day 2012 will highlight the work that needs to be done to make the roadmap a reality.
    • 30 May - 15 June 2012 - Geneva, Switzerland
      101st Session of the International Labour Conference
      The 101st session of the International Labour Conference of the ILO is to be held in Geneva (Switzerland) from 30 May to 15 June 2012. Each member State of the ILO is represented by a delegation consisting of two government delegates, an employer delegate, a worker delegate and their respective advisers.
    • 29 May 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Social Protection Floor in Jordan
      The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Social Security Corporation in Jordan will be organizing in collaboration with UNICEF and WHO a national conference on the Establishment of a Social Protection Floor in Jordan on Tuesday 29 May 2012 at the Social Security Corporation premises (Amman, Mecca Street), to assist the Government of Jordan in the progressive extension of social protection measures through introducing the social protection floor initiative.
    • 15-17 May 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Regional Workshop on "Women in Business and Management"
      The ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) in collaboration with ILO Regional Office for Arab States is organizing a regional workshop for representatives of the employers' organizations in the Middle-East and North Africa on "Women in Business and Management".
    • 9 April 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      National Consultation on Youth Employment in Jordan
      The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be organizing a national consultation on youth employment in Amman on Thursday 19 April 2012 at the ECOSOC premises (Shmeisani), in a bid to map out current activities, and identify potential synergies.
    • 5 April 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Roundtable Meeting on the Results of the Labour Force Survey among Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
      The objective of the meeting is to have focused deliberations over the labour force survey results, come up with suggestions and recommendations for best utilization of this data and brainstorm ideas and key messages for an advocacy campaign towards Palestinians' right to work.
    • 12 - 13 March 2012 - Beirut, Lebanon
      Expert Meeting on Youth Employment in the Arab States
      ILO and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung will be organizing a two-day expert meeting on youth employment, aiming at raising awareness on the urgency of promoting decent work for youth.
    • 11 March 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Launching of the Jordan Decent Work Country Programme
      Jordan was the first country in the Arab region to sign a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) in 2006. The new DWCP for the period 2012-2015 articulates the strategic framework for ILO interventions at the national level. The goal of the DWCP is to support national initiatives aimed at reducing decent work deficits, and strengthening national capacity to mainstream decent work in social and economic policies.
    • 11 March 2012 - Amman, Jordan
      Moving Towards a Child Labour Free Jordan
      The Child Labour project that will be launched in Amman is a key element of the new Decent Work Country Programme (2012-2015). It is built on the premise that the twin goals of eradicating child labour and enforcing the right to education for all are achievable in Jordan within a relatively short time frame.
    • 26 February 2012, Beirut, Lebanon
      ILO hosts Atayeb Palestine charity lunch at Tawlet, as part of the Palestinian Women's Economic Empowerment Project
      ILO and Souk Al Tayeb will be organizing a charity lunch featuring traditional Palestinian dishes prepared by women from the Ain al-Helwe and Nahr al-Bared camps. The event aims to revive Palestinian food traditions and raise funds to support Palestinian entrepreneurs to access markets outside the camps.
    • 15 February 2012, Beirut, Lebanon
      Towards the Elimination of Child Labour in Lebanon: Forging Partnerships, Accelerating Action
      A national stakeholder consultation engaging members of the public and private sectors, academia and civil society who are working to eliminate child labour. The event will review ILO studies on child labour in Lebanon over the last decade, as well as key findings of statistical research on child labour undertaken in partnership with the Saint Joseph University. The meeting aims to build a common understanding and forge a consensus on future action targeting the worst forms of child labour.

  • 2011

    • 17-19 December 2011, Amman, Jordan
      Developing a national policy on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in Jordan
      A national workshop on the development of a national policy on HIV and AIDS and World of Work in line with the national strategic plan in Jordan and ILO Recommendation No. 200.
    • 13-14 December 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Workers' and Employers' Organizations and the United Nations: Promoting social justice in a changing Arab region
      Workers and employers from the Arab states are participating in a workshop that aims to fostering a new development model for the Arab region and the establishment of corresponding national development frameworks, including stronger and more coherent UN policy responses to employment and decent work challenges.
    • 4 - 7 December 2011, Kyoto, Japan
      15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting
      The 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization will be held from 4 to 7 December 2011 in Kyoto, Japan at the Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto). The Meeting will consider the challenges of realizing decent work across Asia and the Pacific, mindful of the region’s great diversity, the impact of natural disasters and rapidly changing social, economic and political developments in the Middle East.
    • 29 November 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Labour Market Information in Lebanon
      Within the framework of the project “Support to Public Employment Services (PES) in Lebanon”, the ILO is organizing a consultation workshop to support the development and implementation of a Labour Market Information in Lebanon
    • 15 November 2011, Amman, Jordan
      17 November 2011, Aqaba, Jordan
      HIV and AIDS and the World of Work in Jordan
      Within the framework of the Jordan World AIDS Day campaign 2011, these workshops are intended to improve the capacity of the government and social partners to respond timely to the HIV/AIDS challenges at workplace and to give effect to the ILO Recommendation (No. 200) for 2010, concerning HIV and AIDS and world of work.
    • 10-11 November 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Know About Business Awareness Raising Workshop
      Within the framework of the Entrepreneurial Learning project, this workshop is a joint effort by the European Training Foundation (ETF), UNESCO and the ILO to raise awareness on entrepreneurship education and the ILO Know About Business programme amongst policymakers, government officials and senior educators in Lebanon.
    • 31 October - 3 November 2011, Amman, Jordan
      Regional Workshop on Labour Inspection Good Practices in the Arab States
      The workshop aims to strengthen dialogue and the sharing of good practices on labour inspection between Arab countries. It will explore the role of labour inspection services in mediating encounters between labour laws and new paradigns of production and work management grounded in the principles of decent work.
    • 25-26 October 2011, Doha, Qatar
      Doha Forum on Decent Work and Poverty Reduction
      Organized by the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (DIIFSD) in collaboration with the ILO and the International Training Center (ITC/ILO), the two-day event aims to foster dialogue and an exchange of ideas, experiences and policies on the opportunities and challenges of decent work in poverty reduction.
    • 11-14 October 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa
      12th African Regional Meeting
      The 12th African Regional Meeting will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Tuesday 11 to Friday 14 October 2011. The Meeting will focus particularly on the themes taken up in the Report that the ILO Director-General will submit, entitled Empowering Africas Peoples with Decent Work.
    • 28-29 September 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Occupational Classification Information System Workshop
      Two-day workshop to introduce the International Standard Classification of Occupation 2008 (ISCO08) produced by ILO and survey current systems of occupational classification.
    • 11-15 September 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
      The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
      The XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, jointly organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Turkey, in Istanbul, aims to build a culture of prevention for a healthy and safe future.
    • 3-5 August 2011, Amman, Jordan
      Expert Meeting: Review and Finalization of the ILO/KAB 2012 edition
      This 3-day experts’ meeting will be chaired by the ILO RO-Beirut Enterprise Development Specialist. The meeting will be attended by KAB Regional and National Key Facilitators and KAB coordinators from the Arab Region.
    • 31 July 2011 - 2 August 2011, Amman, Jordan
      Training Workshop: Introducing Green Concepts in ILO KAB and SIYB Packages
      This 3-day training workshop will be delivered by Mr. Marek Harsdorff (Green Jobs Programme, ILO), who will present the green concepts that have been integrated in the SIYB package and the new KAB module “Know About Green Business”.
    • 28-29 July 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Green Jobs Kick-Off Workshop in the Arab States: Lebanon Case Study
      A four-part regional workshop that aims to introduce and raise awareness of green jobs with a focus on the ILO's Green Jobs Programme. The workshop builds on experience from other regions and focuses on youth employment.
    • 23 June 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Launch of National Employment Office Study on the Hospitality Sector in Lebanon
      Launch of the report "Employment Needs Assessment for the Hospitality Sector: Hotels and Restaurants in Lebanon", a study conducted by the National Employment Office that surveys more than 600 enterprises, hotels and restaurants that employ over 13,000 workers across Lebanon.
    • 19-20 June 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Integrating world of work into National HIV and AIDS response
      This meeting will aims at contributing toward the achievement of UNAIDS strategy: “Getting to Zero” through the world of work. Protection of human rights at work by implementation of Recommendation no.200 is expected to contribute towards the goal of zero AIDS related discrimination. Up scaling HIV prevention programmes in the world of work would contribute towards the goal of zero HIV infections.
    • 12 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
      World Day - 12 June 2011: Warning! Children in hazardous work - End child labour
      The ILO’s most recent global estimate is that 115 million children are involved in hazardous work. This is work that by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm children’s health, safety or morals. Children working in many different industries and occupations can be exposed to such risks and the problem is global, affecting industrialised as well as developing countries.
    • 9 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
      ILC High Level Panel Arab Youth: Aspiring for Social Justice
      The panel Arab Youth: Aspiring for Social Justice reviewed recent developments in the region through the perspective of young people who made these changes happen by tackling the challenges of exclusion, poverty and inequality.
    • 1-17 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
      100th Session of the International Labour Conference, 2011
      The member States of the ILO meet annually at the International Labour Conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland. Each member State is represented by a delegation consisting of two government delegates, an employer delegate, a worker delegate and their respective advisers.
    • 1 June 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Social Security as a Human Right: What Options for Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon?
      A seminar organised by the ILO in partnership with the Committee for Employment of Palestinian Refugees, as part of the project “Improving Access to Employment and Social Protection for Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon". The event will be held at the Hotel Holiday Inn Dunes Hotel, Verdun.
    • 28 May 2011 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      End of Project Sustainability Workshop
      An ILO workshop to conclude the “Skills Development, Employment Services and Local Economic Recovery for the Construction Sector” project – implemented in South Lebanon from 2008-2011. The event features the presentation of eight new vocational training curricula and will be held at the Hotel Holiday Inn Dunes Hotel, Verdun.
    • 28 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
      World Day for Safety and Health at Work
      The 2011 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the implementation of an Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS) as a tool for continual improvement in the prevention of workplace incidents and accidents. The ILO has prepared a report to serve as a background to this theme, a poster and other promotional materials for the occasion and invites you to join us in promoting this important day.
    • 17-28 January 2011, Beirut, Lebanon
      Making Microfinance Work: Managing for Improved Performance
      This training is aimed at improving the technical knowledge and management skills of managers of microfinance institutions so that they may reach more clients and improve their performance

  • 2010

    • 14-16 December 2010, Rabat, Morocco
      Regional Conference on Social Dialogue in the Arab States
      Follow-up on the Arab Action Agenda for Employment adopted in the Arab Employment Forum (Beirut, 19-21 October 2009), the Regional Conference on Social Dialogue in Rabat shall seek to:establish commitment among the soical partners to tripartism principles and modalities of work toward the institutionalization of social dialogue mechinisms in the Arabg State region; survey regional and global expereicnes in promoting social dialogue in order to identify best practice and lessons learned; and, develop a participatory action plan for social dialogue inthe Arab States region.
    • 23-26 November 2010, Beirut, Lebanon
      ILO Sub-Regional Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Cooperatives in the Arab States
      The sub-regional workshop on Cooperatives will be held from 23-26 November 2010 in Beirut, Lebanon. The workshop is targeting tripartite and cooperative representation from six Arab countries including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen and the occupied Palestinian territory. The workshop presents a unique opportunity for social partners, donors, cooperative federations and members to reflect on the Arab cooperative movement in the context of the global experience, examining more closely the potential role of cooperatives to advance the decent work agenda in Arab States.
    • 15 November 2010, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
      ILO programme of technical cooperation in the occupied Palestinian territory
      The meeting aims to introduce ILO plans for expansion of the technical cooperation programme in the occupied Palestinian territory, which reflects the key principles of the Decent Work Agenda, supports national initiatives targeting decent work deficits, and enhances national capacity to integrate decent work into social and economic policies.
    • 11-12 November 2010, Sin El-Fil, Lebanon
      Workshop on Role of Trade Unions in Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers in Arab Countries
      The role of regional trade unions in promoting decent work for domestic workers will be discussed at a workshop organized by the ILO Regional Office for Arab States and the Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV). The two-day event, the first of its kind in the region, will gather representatives of the Lebanese government, employers’ organizations, trade unions, and civil society actors, including testimonies from domestic workers.
    • 5-7 May 2010, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
      International knowledge sharing conference on entrepreneurship education
      Under the patronage of H.E., Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt, ILO, CIDA and SDC are organizing an intensive 2½ day conference on entrepreneurship education where policy makers, young entrepreneurs, youth entrepreneurship promoters, teachers, trainers and course developers from high schools, technical vocational training institutions and higher education, including staff of international support agencies can share knowledge and lessons learned on effective policies and implementation strategies to create the next wave of entrepreneurs in the MENA region. For more information, kindly visit: ILO Youth Entrenet

  • 2009

    • 19-21 October 2009, Beirut, Lebanon
      Arab Employment Forum
      The Forum addresses the broad challenges and opportunities posed by the financial and economic crisis, providing a platform for senior policy-makers and high-level representatives of works and employers from across the Arab region

  • 2008

    • 15-17 July 2008, Carthage, Tunisia
      Regional Meeting of Experts on Informal Employment in Arab States - (pdf 1,171KB)
      The regional meeting of experts took place in Carthage, Tunisia on July 15-17, 2008 as a part of the ILO/CAWTAR regional initiative on Gender Equality and Workers’ Rights in the Informal Economies of Arab States, undertaken in 2007-2008.
    • 6-8 May 2008, Amman, Jordan
      Interregional Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Social Security in Arab States
      The objective of the Interregional Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Social Security in Arab States was to provide a forum to review and assess the range of relevant options which member States of the Arab World may wish to employ for the extension of social security coverage and the strengthening of social security in the Middle East and North Africa.
    • 11-16 March 2008, Amman, Jordan
      Get Ahead Training Workhsop Report
      The training of trainers workshop on Gender and Enterpreneurship Together took place in Amman with participants from Northern Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and West Bank and Gaza Strip.
 
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