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Global Employment Trends 2007

Global Employment Trends 2008


Asian Decent Work Decade

Asian Employment Forum: Growth, Employment and Decent Work
13-15 August 2007, Beijing

What's new in China

  • Tripartite Consultation on Decent Work Country Programme,20-21 January 2008, Beijing
    Represented by Ministry of Labour and Social Security, State Administration for Work Safety, China Enterprise Confederation and All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Chinese constituents sat together with the ILO officials to review the ILO projects and activities in 2007. During the tripartite consultation, they also discussed the impact and indicators of the Decent Work Country Programme and achieved an overall plan for the activities in 2008.
  • Media are engaged to promote decent employment for persons with disabilities,3 December 2007, Beijing
    In conjunction with the commemoration of the International Day of Disabled Persons, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for China and Mongolia in collaboration with the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) organized a one-day media training. About thirty participants mainly from national key media attended the workshop.
  • Challenges of decent work for youth addressed at Know About your Business (KAB) Annual Meeting held in Beijing
    Highlighting the chanllenges of decent work for youth, "Know about Business" (KAB) curiculum has been introduced in over 160 Chinese universities following 2 years of pilot testing. The Chinese example along with international KAB developments were reviewed by over 30 international participants in a workshop. All-China Youth Federation was ILO's partner.

What's new in Mongolia

  • National Employment Forum, 21-22 November 2007, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    The National Employment Forum held in Mongolia brought together 160 participants from the aimags, line ministries, employers' organizations, trade unions, parliament, training institutions, NGOs, international organizations, embassies and other partners to discuss employment promotion and review current policies . The special focus of the Forum was on youth employment and informal economy. The UNDP/ILO National Human Development Report on Employment and Poverty was also released during the Forum.
  • Capacity Building on "Social Dialogue and Wage Policy", 8-9 Nobember 2007
    This tripartite capacity building workshop was organized to identify problems with current wage policy framework, and explore alternative approaches to the wage policy formulation. At the workshop, the participants identified key issues and problems related to minimum wage determination, public sector wage determination and overall wage policy framework... more >
  • Programme of 2008-2015 Social Partnership in Mongolia adopted by ILO social partners, 6 November 2007
    Opened by the Minister for Social Welfare and Labour, Mr. Demberel, the national tripartite consultative meeting discussed the draft programme of 2008-2015 social partnership in Mongolia, which was prepared by a tripartite working group. The meeting was attended by around 30 participants, including the President of Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) and the President of Mongolian Employers' Federation (MONEF)... more >

Ongoing and upcoming

  • In China

    • 1-4 April 2008, Chengdu
      Tripartite Workshop on Work improvement of small enterprises (WISE)
  • see all events >

 

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