News from ILO Office in Japan
ILO/Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) Public Seminar on Social Economy in Africa (Tokyo, 25 November 2009)
Posted on 9 November 2009 - The ILO Office in Japan and the Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) will hold a joint public seminar on 15:00-18:00, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 at TDCL on the social economy in Africa by video conference connecting Tokyo and Addis Ababa through TDLC's video network.
ILO Deputy Regional Director for Africa Jürgen Schwettmann will report from Addis Ababa on ILO's efforts to promote and expand the social economy in Africa, as well as talk about the outcomes from an international conference held in Johannesburg in October 2009: "The social economy – Africa's response to the global crisis (Plan of Action adopted at the Conference)." Judith van Doorn, ILO Social Finance Advisor for Africa, will also report from Addis Ababa on microfinance for decent work in Africa. Various aspects of the social economy in Africa, as well as in Asia and Japan, will be the topics of a panel discussion to follow, led by Japanese experts in Tokyo. Admission is free. English/Japanese simultaneous interpretation to be provided. Registration limited to first 70 applicants. More information and registration >>>
ILO to Join Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Two-Year Outreach Campaign "Together for the UN" (January 2009 - December 2010)
Posted on 14 January 2009 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Japan has launched a two-year outreach campaign entitled "Together for the UN" from January 2009 to deepen the public understanding on various activities of the United Nations (UN) as well as the relationship between Japan and the UN. ILO Office in Japan, together with other UN family organizations, is taking part in the campaign.
Japan serves as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2009-2010 and the year 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, on which the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were based. Additionally, in October 2010, the 10th meeting of Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-COP 10) will be held in Nagoya, Japan. Taking this occasion, the Ministry will organize and publicize various events during the campaign period. Specifically, a website for this campaign has been launched to post UN-related events organized by cooperating UN organizations, so that more people interested in the UN can participate in the events and foster active interactions among them. In addition, UN-related lectures and seminars across Japan are to be supported through the Ministry's lecture and seminar support programs and other measures.
Through this outreach campaign, the Ministry hopes that a diverse range of Japanese people will enhance their understanding on and their support for the roles Japan and the UN could play in addressing the global challenges as well as on the desirable modalities of UN reform. With such understanding and support as a basis, the Government of Japan declares that it would like to further enhance its contributions to achieving a peaceful and prosperous world through the UN.
Feature article: Japan becomes first country to ratify ILO Convention No.187
Posted on 25 July 2007 - On 24 July, Japan became the first country to ratify ILO Convention No.187 committing itself to reinforce its OSH system. The Convention which establishes a promotional framework for occupational safety and health (OSH) was adopted by the International Labour Conference in June 2006. ILO online reports from Japan where a number of serious occupational safety and health problems highlighted the need to further reinforce prevention programmes.
New page: Interview with Ms. Doumbia-Henry, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department (Tokyo, April 2006)
Posted on 13 September 2006 - Having been interviewed by Prof. Yozo Yokota, Professor of International Law,
Chuo Law School and member of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application
of Conventions and Recommendations for a Japanese magazine, Ms. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry,
Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department, during her recent stay in Japan, talked about significance and prospects of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
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