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8th European Regional Meeting

When	9-13 February 2009
Where	Lisbon, Portugal
Type	Regional Meeting
Organized by	ILO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Contacts	Ms. Petra Ulshoefer, Regional Director (in Geneva) E-mail: ulshoefer@ilo.org, Tel: +41 22 799 6551 or Ms. Cheryl Wright, Executive Secretary (in Geneva) E-mail: wrightc@ilo.org, Tel: +41 22 799 6666 or Mr. Paulo Bárcia, Director, ILO Portugal Country Office (in Lisbon) E-mail: barcia@ilo.org, Tel: +35 121 317 34 40

At four-yearly intervals, the European Regional Meeting brings together the political, economic and social actors from the countries of the region. This Eighth Meeting will focus particularly on the themes taken up in the report of the Director-general.

The global financial and economic crisis will doubtless make the context for decent work in Europe and Central Asia more difficult. An update on the latest developments regarding the financial and economic crisis in the region together with a review of the policy packages applied by different countries to mitigate its adverse impact as well as the ILO's policy recommendations is available below:

Policy responses to the economic crisis: A decent work approach in Europe and Central Asia - (pdf 297 KB) • French (pdf 314 KB) • German (pdf 353 KB) • Portuquese (pdf 280 KB) • Russian (pdf 507 KB) • Spanish (pdf 316 KB)

Report of the Director-General

The Report of the Director-General to the Eighth European Regional Meeting consists of two volumes. Volume I is entitled Delivering decent work in Europe and Central Asia and is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides an overview of recent world of work trends in the region. Part 2 contains seven background thematic chapters. Volume II is entitled Towards decent work outcomes: A review of ILO work for 2005–08.