International Labour Conference

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86th Session Geneva, June 1998

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Report I

Report of the Director-General:
Activities of the ILO, 1996-97

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ANNEX I

Action taken on the resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 80th to 85th Sessions (1993-97)

In pursuance of a decision taken by the Governing Body at its 152nd Session (1962), the Director-General's Report to the Conference regularly includes a review of the implementation of resolutions adopted by the Conference over the five preceding years. This annex provides information on the steps taken in 1996 and 1997 to give effect to the resolutions adopted by the Conference at its 80th to 85th Sessions. Information given in previous years is generally not repeated, and action taken on the implementation of some resolutions is not described at length if the relevant information appears in the main text of the Report.

80th SESSION (1993)

Exposure to and safety in the use of biological agents at work

During the biennium the Office began work on guidelines on this subject for the use of government agencies, employers' and workers' organizations and other interested groups. Proposals for possible standard-setting in this field were submitted to the Governing Body in November 1997 as part of the draft portfolio of proposals for the agenda of the 88th Session of the Conference in the year 2000 (see Governing Body document GB. 270/2).

Social protection and the alleviation of unemployment and poverty, and the social dimension of structural adjustment and transition to a market economy

As follow-up to this resolution specific emphasis has been given to the promotion of tripartite consultations on issues of structural adjustment (see Chapter 2). A book entitled Lessons from privatization, containing more than 20 case-studies on labour issues in privatization, was published and is currently being used as an input to various tripartite seminars in developing countries and countries in transition, in order to illustrate measures as to how to include workers' concerns in processes of economic reform and structural adjustment.

The role of the ILO in technical cooperation

Concerted actions were taken to implement the ILO's technical cooperation strategy, adopted in November 1994 at the 261st Session of the Governing Body. The process of formulating country objectives, their periodic review and updating, provided occasions for interaction and strengthening of the multidisciplinary approach. The active partnership policy continued to provide the framework for adopting a demand-driven approach and the filling of important vacancies in the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) provided the field structure with added technical strength in core areas of the ILO's mandate. There was a marked increase in Office-wide involvement in resource mobilization initiatives and also in defining subregional approaches to resource mobilization, where appropriate. The concrete links between international labour standards and technical cooperation projects were emphasized in a series of national ILS seminars carried out in the regions. Tripartite RBTC-funded national seminars on unratified Conventions were also organized to help countries overcome perceived obstacles to ratification (see Chapters 1 and 5). Increased headquarters/field dialogue provided a more rational and sound approach to the gradual decentralization of projects and programmes from headquarters to the field. There was evidence that the appointment of advisers on worker and employer activities to each MDT had contributed to increased constituent awareness of the ILO's unique tripartite structure.

81st SESSION (1994)

Post-apartheid South Africa

ILO activities in South Africa during the biennium continued to support the development of tripartism, employment services, labour inspection and trade union rights for rural workers (see Chapter 1 for details); employment promotion and introduction of the Start and Improve Your Business programmes (see Chapter 2 for details); employment equity legislation and drug and alcohol programmes in enterprises (see Chapter 3 for details); and collective bargaining, dispute settlement, small enterprise promotion and migrant workers (see Chapter 5 for details).

The 75th anniversary of the ILO and its future orientation

See Chapter 1 for detailed information on the process undertaken by the Governing Body on standard-setting policy and the revision of standards, as well as the Director-General's campaign on the ratification of the fundamental Conventions.

The World Summit for Social Development

The World Summit for Social Development was held in Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995. It clearly identified the role of the ILO within the United Nations system in the eradication of poverty and the promotion of employment. For detailed accounts of the follow-up activities undertaken by the Office submitted to the Governing Body Committee on Employment and Social Policy in November 1996, March 1997 and November 1997 see Governing Body documents GB.267/ESP/1, GB.268/ESP/2, GB.270/ESP/1/1, GB.270/ESP/1/2. Chapter 2 of this Report also describes these activities.

The role of private employment agencies in the functioning of labour markets

At its 85th Session in 1997, the Conference adopted the Private Employment Agencies Convention (No. 181) and Recommendation (No. 188). Convention No. 181 is a revision of the Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 96). See Chapter 1 for details of these new instruments.

82nd SESSION (1995)

As a result of measures adopted to reform the International Labour Conference, there was no Resolutions Committee during the 82nd Session of the Conference.

83rd SESSION (1996)

The elimination of child labour

See Chapter 3 for a detailed account of activities in the field of the elimination of child labour.

Tripartite consultation at the national level on economic and social policy

Chapter 1 of this Report contains detailed information of ILO activities taken to strengthen tripartite consultation during the biennium, particularly as concerns the promotion of standards, labour legislation, and strengthening the capacity of workers and employers organizations to participate in tripartite consultations. Chapter 2 also contains information on contacts with the Bretton Woods institutions in order to sensitize them to the need to consult with the social partners on proposed programmes of structural adjustment.

Employment policies in a global context

The Programme and Budget 1998-99 provides for work on labour standards, structural adjustment and labour market indicators, in response to this resolution. Action taken by the ILO to assist governments in establishing an employment policy framework is discussed in Chapter 2 of this Report. In discussions with the IMF and World Bank, as well as in OECD and EU fora, the ILO has continued to stress the merits of programmes of economic reform which are based on consensus between the government and the social partners. This has also been highlighted in the report World Employment 1996/97. More specifically, as requested in the resolution, an expanded range of indicators of labour market performance has been developed and the required statistical information is being assembled for wider dissemination.

84th (MARITIME) SESSION (1996)

Application of the Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996

As requested in the resolution, draft guidelines and a standardized format on hours of work and rest have been prepared. In agreement with IMO, a joint IMO/ILO Working Group will meet in 1998 to consider a draft including all groups of seafarers covered by ILO Convention No. 180 and the IMO International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW).

IMO/STCW Convention of 1978, as amended, and the application of the Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996

The text of the resolution has been communicated to the Secretary-General of the IMO, as well as to ILO member States.

Application of revised Convention No. 9 to the fisheries sector

The Director-General has communicated the resolution to the governments of member States and, through them, to employers' and workers' organizations, drawing their attention to the promotion of the application of the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179), which revises the Placing of Seamen Convention, 1920 (No. 9), to fishermen following consultations between representative organizations of fishermen and fishing vessel owners and the competent authority. The Director-General has included in the work programme of the Sectoral Activities Department for 1998-99 a study on the issues raised in the resolution. The Governing Body has also decided to hold a sectoral meeting on safety and health in the fishing sector during the same biennium. One part of the report for the meeting will discuss standard-setting aspects.

The recruitment and placement of seafarers

The text of the resolution was communicated to the 85th Session of the International Labour Conference. Seafarers were excluded from the scope of the Private Employment Agencies Convention (No. 181) adopted by that session of the Conference.

Inspection of seafarers' working and living conditions

Resources have been included in the programme and budget for 1998-99 for preparation of the revised code of practice on the inspection of labour conditions on board ship. A meeting of experts to discuss the revised Code will be proposed at a later stage.

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ANNEX II

Appropriations and expenditure by major programme, 1996-97

The table below, which shows approved levels of expenditure and actual expenditure by major programme, is drawn from the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Sixty-fifth Financial Period (1996-97).

Status of regular budget appropriations for the financial period 1996-97 (in US dollars)
 

Title		Appropriations 1	Reduced spending level 2	Expenditure
PART I -- ORDINARY BUDGET
10	International Labour Conference	15 815 671	16 224 271	11 340 614
20	Governing Body	2 766 718	2 766 718	2 202 522
30	Major regional meetings	3 253 264	444 000	241 039
40	General management	9 488 450	9 488 450	8 474 275
50	International labour standards and human rights	23 808 796	23 478 356	21 138 093
60	Employment and training	28 190 425	27 475 321	25 552 928
65	Enterprise and cooperative development	12 137 226	11 917 610	11 394 869
75	Turin Centre	5 130 000	5 130 000	5 130 000
80	Industrial relations and labour administration	12 803 716	12 596 612	11 386 367
85	Multinational enterprises	1 302 629	1 302 629	1 045 664
90	Working conditions and environment	20 384 037	19 958 076	19 032 115
100	Sectoral activities	17 672 696	14 182 696	11 129 302
110	Social security	8 269 579	8 154 102	7 463 068
115	International Social Security Association	724 600	0
120	Statistics	9 035 080	8 795 256	7 590 587
125	Development policies	7 936 235	7 793 053	6 947 967
130	International Institute for Labour Studies	6 021 750	5 921 750	5 441 616
140	Equality for women	871 013	871 013	683 653
145	Interdepartmental activities	1 240 350	0
160	Personnel	18 751 715	18 825 165	17 917 020
170	Financial services	15 406 385	15 306 385	14 759 259
175	Internal administration	46 608 340	43 536 323	41 810 199
180	Publications	9 238 340	7 807 523	7 640 253
185	Information technology and communications	15 552 272	15 552 272	14 218 694
190	Library and documentation	9 571 250	9 571 250	8 664 240
200	Programming and management	6 356 931	6 085 155	566 9291
210	Legal services	3 224 768	3 224 768	2 681 558
220	Relations, meetings and document services	67 433 413	62 470 581	53 196 359
225	Employers' activities	5 805 717	5 549 652	4 944 073
230	Workers' activities	16 254 763	15 925 255	15 028 708
235	Public information	6 243 077	6 196 077	5 010 384
240	International relations	4 417 068	4 417 068	3 649 253
245	Active partnership and technical cooperation	4 390 636	3 822 508	3 607 304
250	Field programmes in Africa	42 395 999	42 395 999	39 797 793
260	Field programmes in the Americas	37 403 162	37 403 162	34 231 475
265	Field programmes in Arab States	8 498 506	8 498 506	6 953 302
270	Field programmes in Asia and the Pacific	39 911 608	39 911 608	36 124 571
280	Field programmes in Europe and Central Asia	13 023 916	13 023 916	12 445 652
290	Other budgetary provisions	25 959 010	25 571 075	21 400 714
	Adjustment for staff turnover	(4 674 111)	(4 674 111)
TOTAL PART I		578 625 000	556 920 050	505 944 781
PART II -- UNFORESEEN EXPENDITURE
	Unforeseen expenditure	875 000	875 000
PART III -- WORKING CAPITAL FUND
	Working Capital Fund
TOTAL (PARTS I-III)		579 500 000	557 795 050	505 944 781
TOTAL 1994-95		466 510 000	466 510 000	425 071 658
1 To improve the comparability of 1996-97 expenditure, appropriations have been adjusted between items to reflect the reorganization as presented in the 1998-99 budget and effected during 1996-97. The principal changes have been the merger of the former Employment (060) and Training (070) into a single department, Employment and Training (060); the transfer of the Printing and Typing programme and the Distribution sub-programme from Editorial and and Document Services (180) to Relations, Meetings and Document Services (220); and finally the merger of the Promotion of Technical Cooperation (125.3) and Active Partnership (245) into one single programme, Active Partnership and Technical Cooperation (245). 2 Taking into account the net adjustments to the Programme and Budget of US$21,704,950 as adopted by the Governing Body at its 264th Session (November 1995).

The document Regular budget account and Working Capital Fund as at 31 December 1997 (GB.271/PFA/1) submitted to the Programme, Financial and Administrative Committee in March 1998 contained the following statements concerning the levels of expenditure by major programme:

"6. Expenditure was $50.9 million lower than the budget, and this is due to three main factors:

1. decisions by the ICSC resulting in lower than anticipated cost increases for staff costs ($29.9million);
2. improvements in efficiency, particularly with respect to the functioning of the International Labour Conference ($4.8 million); and service and support to meetings in general ($5.3 million);
3. the financial restrictions imposed during the first seven months of the biennium due to uncertainties prevailing regarding the receipt of contributions ($10.9million).

7. With respect to staff costs, provision had been made in the budget for cost increases of 2.0 per cent in 1995 and 2.5 per cent in both 1996 and 1997 for Professional staff assigned to Geneva and for General Service staff. This provision was lower than the 3.0 per cent per annum inflation assumption agreed upon in common with other organizations of the United Nations system having headquarters or major offices in Geneva. During this period, the only increase in Geneva post adjustment rates was one of 0.96 per cent in July 1995. As for General Service staff, at its 264th Session (November 1995)1 the Governing Body approved the recommendation of the ICSC on the implementation of a new salary scale, which resulted in a salary freeze for existing staff and a salary scale that was 7.4 per cent lower for new staff. These lower staff costs have been taken into account in the preparation of the 1998-99 programme and budget proposals, resulting in minimal provisions for increases in staff costs in the budget.

8. The savings under the Conference budget were largely a result of the reforms adopted by the Governing Body which affected the three sessions in 1996-97, including the Maritime Session in October 1996. A significant part of the savings were carried over in the approved Programme and Budget for 1998-99, which shows a reduction in real terms for the two regular sessions of the Conference of some $2.8 million.

9. The savings realized under Major programme220 (Relations, meetings and documentation) amounted to $5.3 million, principally due to reductions in staff, interpretation services and document distribution costs achieved through the use of more sophisticated computer methods for planning and production, revised working arrangements and other efficiencies. The savings achieved in 1996-97 are reflected in the significant reductions in the budget for 1998-99.

10. In order to safeguard the financial position of the Office the Director-General introduced a wide range of measures in 1995. These were in force for some seven months in the 1996-97 biennium, and their effects were felt throughout the biennium. They included restrictions on the filling of vacancies and the recruitment of short-term staff, the reduction of staff, and measures to encourage early retirement. However, everything possible was done to realize the outputs specifically indicated in the programme and budget for the biennium 1996-97, including in particular research projects and publications. In consequence, much of the effect of the financial restrictions concerned ongoing or recurrent activities. For example, fewer activities to promote Conventions other than those directly relating to fundamental workers' rights were carried out. In most technical fields and in the regional departments, RBTC expenditure did not recover from the six-month period of restraint at the beginning of the biennium. A number of activities at the regional and country levels had to be reduced in scope or could no longer be organized in the remaining part of the biennium, and had to be deferred or cancelled."

Further explanations were given by the representatives of the Director-General in the discussion in the Committee on 18 March 1998. The relevant paragraphs of the Report of the Committee (GB.271/10/1), adopted by the Governing Body on 27 March 1998, are reproduced below:

"24. The representative of the Director-General (the Treasurer and Financial Comptroller) said that the most important directive guiding the Director-General in the execution of the programme and budget was the very clear statement by the major contributors that programme expenditure should be adjusted to match the amount of income actually received. Under no circumstances should expenditure exceed this amount, notwithstanding the fact that the Financial Regulations authorized the Director-General to incur expenditure up to the full amount of the approved programme and budget irrespective of the receipt of income. There had been an understanding between the Office and the member States in recent years that expenditure should be managed in this way, even during periods of extremely difficult conditions. The Office had no control whatsoever over the timing and amounts of income receipts.

25. In every biennium except one in the last 12years, the Director-General had been obliged to propose budgetary cuts and programme reductions to the Governing Body because of shortfalls in income. Ever since the beginning of 1986, in fact, the Office had been living in a climate of financial uncertainty. This had forced the Office to err on the side of prudence in its plans for programme expenditure but, as a previous speaker had said, it was difficult to reassure programme managers on the rare occasions when finances were back to normal.

26. The 1996-97 biennium began under very difficult circumstances as the United States representative had advised that full funding of the budget for that biennium should not be taken for granted. The Governing Body accordingly agreed to expenditure reductions totalling $21.7 million in November 1995 but it was not at all clear at the time whether this was too much or not enough. In the early part of 1996, the Director-General imposed further restraints under which programme expenditure was limited to 80per cent of the total approved for the biennium. By mid-1996, the financial picture appeared to be brightening and the Director-General authorized programme managers to resume activities at the original level. However, a stop-start approach to project management not only wasted resources but also severely disrupted the programmes of the Organization. The Office had a duty to ensure not only that expenditure was incurred for approved purposes but also that it received value for money, otherwise it was better not to spend the money at all. This problem was more serious when programmes were interrupted and then resumed but it was preferable to be criticized for not spending than for spending unwisely.

27. The Treasurer then drew attention to paragraph6(a) of the Office paper, which mentioned savings of $29.9 million resulting from ICSC decisions which produced lower than anticipated cost increases for staff costs. In 1994, the Geneva-based agencies had met as instructed to agree assumptions on inflation, post adjustment movements and General Service salaries for the 1996-97 biennium. When the budget for that biennium was discussed at the June 1995 Conference, the Director-General informed the Finance Committee that, on the basis of new economic data, he was able to take the initiative to reduce cost increases by $7.6 million. Later that same year, in November, the Director-General informed the PFAC that the ICSC had frozen existing General Service salaries for the foreseeable future and introduced a lower scale for new staff and that a provision of $6.5 million for GS salary increases would no longer be required. Why were these savings not immediately reallocated by the Governing Body? Because it was early in the biennium, and an ICSC recommendation for Professional salary increases had not been included in the budget. As it happened, that recommendation was later rejected by the General Assembly but these events clearly showed how difficult it could be to make accurate financial predictions. He emphasized that there was virtually no provision for increases in staff costs in the 1998-99 budget.

28. A number of speakers had referred to the question of flexibility for the reallocation of resources. The Director-General had no authority whatsoever to transfer funds from one major programme to another. Article 16 of the Financial Regulations provided that transfers within the same part of the expenditure budget were to be effected by special resolutions of the Governing Body. However, the usual practice in the Office was to discourage requests for additional funds, even for high priority activities, until approved allocations had been committed in full.

29. Finally, a number of speakers had referred to paragraph 6(b) of the Office paper, which described savings in the functioning of the International Labour Conference and service and support to meetings in general. Although some activities had been reinstated, most of these savings in 1996-97 had been fully reflected in the Programme and Budget for 1998-99 which showed a programme decrease of $7.2million alone for Major programme 220 (Relations, meetings and document services).

30. The representative of the Director-General (Director of the Bureau of Programming and Management) provided additional information concerning paragraph 6(b). When the Governing Body and the International Labour Conference requested improvements in productivity during a biennium, it was essential to prepare for this in the previous biennium. The amounts in question were considerable and meant that measures had to be taken in time to achieve the planned savings.

31. As regards paragraph 6(c), which concerned the financial restrictions imposed at the beginning of the biennium, he stated that the amount in question had represented some 2 per cent of the budget. Although this was only a small percentage, the Office regretted that it had been unable to achieve all it had undertaken to do. He confirmed that activities relating to standards and other departments had had to be abandoned, as remarked by Mr. Blondel. He explained that when programme implementation was delayed by six to seven months, certain activities could no longer be resumed." 

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ANNEX III

Expenditure on technical cooperation programmes, 1996-97 (excluding administrative expenditure)
 

By source of funding
Source of funds	1996		1997		Total biennium		1997/96 % change
	$'000	% share	$'000	% share	$'000	% share
Regular budget (RBTC)	6958	7.1	17749	16.4	24707	12.0	155.1
UNDP 1	23531	24.0	31225	28.8	54756	26.5	32.7
Trust funds 2 and multi-bi 3	61059	62.2	54023	49.9	115082	55.7	-11.5
UNFPA 4	6619	6.7	5366	5.0	11985	5.8	-18.9
Total	98167	100.0	108363	100.0	206530	100.0	10.4
1 Including projects in which the ILO acts as an associated agency. ($6,682,465 for 1996; $7,855,449 for 1997). 2  Including (a) funds deposited by beneficiary governments; (b) reimbursable expenditure under programmes such as UNEP, UNICEF, UNHCR, etc; (c) development banks. 3  Multi-bilateral programmes, including associate expert programmes. 4  United Nations Population Fund.
By geographical region
Region	1996		1997		Total biennium		1997/96 % change
	$'000	% share	$'000	% share	$'000	% share
Africa	36749	37.4	42077	38.8	78825	38.2	14.5
Americas	10162	10.4	13280	12.3	23442	11.4	30.7
Arab States	2625	2.7	4083	3.8	6708	3.2	55.5
Asia and the Pacific 1	24733	25.2	23500	21.7	48233	23.4	-5.0
Europe 2	6072	6.2	6804	6.3	12876	6.2	12.1
Interregional and global	17827	18.2	18619	17.2	36446	17.6	4.4
Total	98167	100.0	108363	100.0	206530	100.0	10.4
1 Including Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. 2 Including Israel.
Expenditure by type of assistance, 1996-97
Type of assistance	1996		199 7		Total biennium		1997/96 % change
	$'000	% share	$'000	% share	$'000	% share
Experts	35700	36.4	32217	29.7	67916	32.9	-9.8
Other personnel 1	26417	26.9	28693	26.5	55110	26.7	8.6
Training 2	16256	16.6	22686	20.9	38942	18.9	39.5
Equipment	5426	5.5	8378	7.7	13804	6.7	54.4
Subcontracting	9202	9.4	9260	8.5	18461	8.9	0.6
Miscellaneous	5166	5.3	7131	6.6	12297	6.0	38.0
Total	98167	100.0	108363	100.0	206530	100.0	10.4
1 National experts, external collaborators, locally recruited project staff, United Nations Volunteers and other staff costs. 2 Including principally fellowships, seminars and in-service training.

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ANNEX IV

Expenditure on technical cooperation by field of activity and source of funds, 1996-97 (excluding administrative expenditure)
 

Field of activity	Expenditure 1996 (thousands of dollars)					Expenditure 1997 (thousands of dollars)					1996/97 % change
	Regular budget	UNDP	UNFPA	Trust funds and multi-bi	Total 1996	Regular budget	UNDP	UNFPA	Trust funds and multi-bi	Total 1997
Programme
International labour standards
Departmental management	98			388	486	543			341	884
Application of standards	19			293	312	298			346	644
Freedom of association	21				21	149				149
Equality and human rights	11			408	418	174			615	789
Labour law information	16			3	19	3			0	3
	165			1 092	1 257	1 166			1 302	2 468	96.4
Employment and training
Departmental management	2 025				2 025	4 843	13			4 856
Vocational rehabilitation	58	624		2 741	3 423	236	970		2 163	3 370
Technical cooperation	25	5 553		6 756	12 334	317	10 642		5 448	16 407
	2 108	6 177		9 497	17 782	5 396	11 626		7 611	24 632	38.5
Enterprise and cooperative development
Departmental management	342	123		913	1 377	926	615		1 107	2 648
Entrepreneurship and management development	93	5 498		5 838	11 429	439	5 837		5 363	11 640
Cooperatives	14	2 797		6 995	9 805	55	2 684		6 298	9 037
Hotels and tourism	13	250		427	690	47	65		8	120
	461	8 668		14 172	23 301	1 467	9 202		12 776	23 445	0.6
Industrial relations and labour administration
Departmental management	399	97		71	566	801	76			878
Labour law and labour relations	87	67		1 800	1 954	271	199		1 454	1 925
Labour administration	16	96		2 028	2 141	157	97		1 857	2 110
	502	260		3 899	4 662	1 229	373		3 311	4 913	5.4
Working conditions and environment
Departmental management 1	105			8 648	8 753	558			9 201	9 759
Occupational safety and health		70		1 546	1 616		(0)		1 259	1 259
Conditions of work	31	226		649	906	63	9		352	425
Safety and health information				869	869				418	418
PIACT	314				314	1 243				1 243
	450	296		11 712	12 458	1 865	9		11 230	13 104	5.2
Sectoral activities
Departmental management	27				27	149				149
Industrial activities	8			974	982	98			516	614
Maritime industries	3	62		413	478	187	46		377	611
Salaried employees					0	98				98
	38	62		1 387	1 487	532	46		893	1 472	-1.0
Social security	357	528		1 227	2 112	636	733		873	2 242	6.2
Bureau of Statistics	92	16		294	401	175	110		279	565	40.7
Development policies	64	6 911	6 619	9 248	22 842	671	8 739	5 366	6 451	21 227	-7.1
Institute	7	100		49	157	103	1		41	144	-7.9
Employers' activities	545			1 160	1 705	1 311			1 329	2 640	54.9
Workers' activities	2 102	107		3 819	6 028	3 034	51		3 997	7 082	17.5
Miscellaneous 2	67	407		3 502	3 975	164	336		3 929	4 430	11.4
Total ILO technical cooperation programmes	6 958	23 531	6 619	61 059	98 167	17 749	31 225	5 366	54 023	108 363	10.4
1 Mostly incurred by IPEC. 2. Includes projects administered by regional offices, MDTs, etc., in various technical fields.

 

ANNEX V

Expenditure on technical cooperation by country and area and by source of funds,
1996-97 ¹ (in thousands of dollars)
 

Country or territory	Regular budget	UNDP (executing agency)	UNDP (associated agency)	UNFPA	Trust funds	Total
Africa
Regional	3910	510	6	(3)	14302	18725
Algeria	13	40			0	53
Angola	27	1478			(89)	1416
Benin	76	10	97		162	344
Botswana	45	11		290	207	554
Burkina Faso	135	142			206	483
Burundi	8		27	150	(10)	174
Cameroon	131	214		46	377	767
Cape Verde	78	6		(4)	0	81
Central African Republic	36					36
Chad	54	774	674			1502
Comoros	27	769		625		1420
Congo	49				164	213
Côte d'Ivoire	179	4	97		692	972
Djibouti	22	(3)				20
Egypt	153	62			922	1136
Equatorial Guinea	32					32
Eritrea	59				33	92
Ethiopia	244	0	14		1219	1477
Gabon	27	429			7	463
Gambia	25	203	26	17		270
Ghana	120	115	16		335	586
Guinea	75	128		281	590	1074
Guinea-Bissau	39	18		21	3	80
Kenya	62	185			1058	1305
Lesotho	107	749			1074	1930
Liberia	11	764				775
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya		1859				1859
Madagascar	138	2993	790	935	1985	6840
Malawi	66	137	140	508	70	921
Mali	36	476	1102	9	869	2491
Mauritania	75	24	1201		88	1388
Mauritius	120	79	44			243
Morocco	54	44			134	232
Mozambique	82	3318	429	258	88	4175
Namibia	94	9		429	733	1265
Niger	81	883	88		1918	2969
Nigeria	125	(17)	288			397
Rwanda	51	467			5	523
Sao Tome and Principe	8		90	18		115
Senegal	174	327	21	0	481	1003
Seychelles	61					61
Sierra Leone	36	107			1630	1773
Somalia		29				29
South Africa	119	410			2810	3339
Sudan	60	410	387	24	155	1036
Swaziland	73				128	201
Tanzania, United Republic of	234	547			3675	4457
Togo	97	790				888
Tunisia	12				118	130
Uganda	81	95		609	1076	1861
Zaire	47	1252			22	1320
Zambia	54		631		756	1441
Zimbabwe	102	(0)			1785	1887
Total	7823	20846	6166	4212	39779	78825
Americas
Regional	2594	231	391	24	8256	11496
Antigua and Barbuda	4					4
Argentina	143	31				174
Bahamas	10					10
Barbados	12					12
Belize	11					11
Bolivia	67	66	55		(18)	169
Brazil	275	3			1325	1603
Caribbean Islands	368	27	30		159	584
Chile	186				351	537
Colombia	122	290	50		87	549
Costa Rica	93				703	796
Cuba	56	94				151
Dominica	2				5	7
Dominican Republic	115					115
Ecuador	43	113				156
El Salvador	19					19
Grenada	7					7
Guatemala	20	12		80		112
Guyana	7	24				31
Haiti	35	1	1005		11	1052
Honduras	18	139	52		1426	1635
Jamaica	29				5	34
Mexico	164	27			122	312
Netherlands Antilles	36					36
Nicaragua	25				1533	1557
Panama	41				55	96
Paraguay	63					63
Peru	159	217			531	907
Saint Helena		0				0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3					3
Saint Lucia	3				17	19
Saint Vincent	4					4
Suriname	3	1				4
Trinidad and Tobago	12				585	598
Uruguay	85		0		210	294
Venezuela	55	230				285
Total	4889	1504	1582	104	15362	23442
Arab States
Regional, including occupied Arab territories	954	276			2404	3633
Bahrain	26	5	120			152
Iraq		291				291
Jordan	77	84				161
Kuwait	38	0			65	103
Lebanon	115	1017				1132
Oman	25					25
Qatar	31	17	3			52
Syrian Arab Republic	57	139				196
United Arab Emirates	12	28				40
Yemen	58	825	40			923
Total	1392	2684	164		2468	6708
Asia and the Pacific
Regional	2315	495	517	63	7707	11098
Afghanistan		6	20			26
Bangladesh	131	186	12	284	2243	2856
Bhutan		4				4
Cambodia	19	8090	2379		1291	11780
China	216	176	155	(0)	115	661
Cook Islands				1		1
Fiji	100	87		93	146	427
India	408	9	45		2564	3026
Indonesia	212	727			1246	2185
Iran, Islamic Republic of	17	40				57
Japan	7					7
Kiribati			19			19
Korea, Republic of	5					5
Lao People's Democratic Republic	23	179	532		1012	1745
Malaysia	107	3	65			175
Maldives		97				97
Marshall Islands				19		19
Mongolia	63	125		17		205
Nepal	102	94	54		1968	2219
Niue		1				1
Pakistan	396	406	32	49	2160	3044
Papua New Guinea	10	831	651	395		1886
Philippines	268	171	84		2032	2555
Solomon Islands		13	139	119		272
Sri Lanka	118	35	815		94	1063
Thailand	134		262		1870	2265
Tokelau		5				5
Tonga		11	7	6		24
Vanuatu	1					1
Viet Nam	36	57	23		356	473
Western Samoa	5			23	2	30
Total	4693	11851	5811	1070	24808	48233
Europe
Regional (including EEC)	694	5			2476	3175
Albania	7	15	230		497	750
Armenia		2				2
Azerbaijan	95	8	8			111
Baltic States	11	48				59
Belarus	10	104			137	250
Belgium					9	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	56	1591	139		434	2220
Bulgaria	85	519	22			627
Croatia	30		271			300
Cyprus	4	6			31	41
Czech Republic	3		7		4	14
Estonia	18					18
Georgia	16		108			124
Hungary	53				422	475
Israel	12					12
Kazakhstan	12	44	1		121	177
Kyrgyzstan	10	1				12
Latvia	6	30				36
Lithuania	12					12
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Rep. of	4					4
Moldova, Republic of	8	46				54
Netherlands*					78	78
Poland	17				692	709
Romania	112	45			(2)	155
Russian Federation	341	51			290	682
Slovakia	24					24
Slovenia	1					1
Spain*					49	49
Tajikistan	5					5
Turkey	36	115			1841	1992
Ukraine	111	98	17		101	328
United Kingdom*					1	1
Uzbekistan	13	350				363
Yugoslavia	8					8
Total	1814	3079	804		7180	12876
Interregional	4097	254	11	6599	25484	36446
Total	24707	40218	14538	11985	115082	206530
* For beneficiaries from several developing countries.
1 Not including administrative expenses. Negative figures (in brackets) indicate previous year adjustments.

 

ANNEX VI

Meetings held in 1996-97 *

In line with the programme and budget adjustments for 1996-97, the Governing Body decided at its 264th Session (November 1995) to replace regional conferences with a three-day regional meeting to be held in a different region each year and to reduce the number of sectoral meetings planned for 1996-97 from 16 to ten and that of technical meetings from seven to five. The planned International Symposium on Protection Against Sexual Harassment at Work was accordingly cancelled and two other technical meetings postponed: the Meeting on Globalization and Liberalization and Employers' Organizations and the International Symposium on Trade Unions and the Informal Sector, which is now scheduled for 1999.

The Tripartite Meeting of Export Processing Zones -- Operating Countries was postponed to 1998, as there was not enough time to organize it properly during the biennium 1996-97. Lastly, the Meetings of Experts on Statistics of Income from Employment and the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics of the Measurement of Underemployment were merged into a single meeting: the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics, which was held in October 1997.
 

Title	Programme	Place and date of meeting
Major advisory meetings
84th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference 1	10.2	8-22 October 1996
Regional meeting	30
12th Regional Asian Meeting		Bangkok, 9-11 December 1997
Sectoral meetings	100.6
Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues Concerning Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry 2		4-8 March 1996
Joint Meeting on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Educational Personnel 2,3		22-26 April 1996
Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Problems Caused by Structural Adjustments in the Port Industry 2		20-24 May 1996
Tripartite Meeting on Improving the Conditions of Employment and Work of Agricultural Wage Workers in the Context of Economic Restructuring		23-27 September 1996
Tripartite Meeting on the Globalization of the Footwear, Textiles and Clothing Industries: Effects on Employment and Working Conditions 4		28 October-1 November 1996
Symposium on Multimedia Convergence		27-29 January 1997
Tripartite Meeting on the Effects of New Technologies on Employment and Working Conditions in the Hotel, Catering and Tourism Sector		12-16 May 1997
Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Forest Work		23-30 September 1997
Tripartite Meeting on the Iron and Steel Workforce of the Twenty-first Century: What it will be like and how it will work		27-31 October 1997
Tripartite Meeting on Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling: Women in Management		15-19 December 1997
Other meetings
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations	50.2	28 November-13 December 1996 27 November-12 December 1997
Meeting of Experts on Workers' Privacy 2	90.4	1-7 October 1996
Joint Maritime Commission (28th Session)		22 October 1996
ILO Enterprise Forum		8-9 November 1996
Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Future ILO Activities in the Field of Migration	60.4	21-25 April 1997
Meeting of Experts on Workers' Health Surveillance	90.2	2-9 September 1997
Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers (CEART)		Paris, 15-19 September 1997
Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics 2	120	14-23 October 1997
ILO/WHO Consultation on Guidelines for Conducting Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Fitness Examinations for Seafarers		25-27 November 1997
1 In line with the programme and budget adjustments adopted by the Governing Body at its 263rd Session (June 1995), the Maritime Session of the International Labour Conference, initially scheduled for January 1996, had been postponed. 2  One of the five meetings initially scheduled for 1995 which the Governing Body had decided at its 263rd Session (June 1995) to postpone to a later date. 3  At its 264th Session (November 1995) the Governing Body had decided that the Standing Technical Committee for Educational Personnel would henceforth be entitled Joint Meeting on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Educational Personnel. 4  At its 259th Session (March 1994) the Governing Body had decided to postpone this meeting, initially planned for the biennium 1994-95, to 1996.

* The list of meetings is presented in the same order as that contained in Information Annex No. 8 of the Programme and Budget for 1996-97. All the meetings were held in Geneva unless otherwise stated.

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ANNEX VII

New priced publications issued in 1996-97

PUBLICATIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE, GENEVA

Accident prevention on board ship at sea and in port: An ILO code of practice. Second (revised) edition (in English, French and Spanish).

Affirmative action in the employment of ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities, edited by J.Hodges-Aeberhard and C. Raskin (in English).

Children at work: Health and safety risks, by V.Forastieri. ILO Child Labour Collection (in English).

Combining work and elder care: A challenge for now and the future, edited by I. Hoskins (in English).

La conception, le suivi et l'évaluation des programmes et des projets de coopération technique. Manuel de formation (in French and Spanish).

The cost of social security: Fourteenth international inquiry, 1987-89 (trilingual).

Droit syndical de l'OIT: Normes et procédures (in French).

Les églises protestantes et la question sociale. Positions œcuméniques sur la justice sociale et le monde du travail, by L. Christiaens, s.j., and F. Dermange (in French).

Employing foreign workers: A manual on policies and procedures of special interest to middle- and low-income countries, by W.R. Böhning (in English).

Employment policies and programmes in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by M. Godfrey and P.Richards (in English).

Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety, Fourth edition, Vols. 1, 2 and 3, edited by J.M. Stellman (in English).

Ergonomic checkpoints: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions (in English).

Freedom of association: Digest of decisions and principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of the ILO. Fourth (revised) edition (in English, French and Spanish).

International labour Conventions and Recommendations 1919-1995. Set of three volumes (in English).

International migration statistics: Guidelines for improving data collection systems, by R.E. Bilsborrow, G.Hugo, A.S. Oberai and H. Zlotnik (in English).

Introduction à l'étude du travail. Third edition, edited by G. Kanawaty (in French and Spanish).

Lessons from privatization: Labour issues in developing and transitional countries, edited by R. Van der Hoeven and G. Sziraczki (in English).

Management of alcohol- and drug-related issues in the workplace: An ILO code of practice (in English, French and Spanish).

Management consulting: A guide to the profession. Third (revised) edition, edited by M. Kubr (in English and Spanish).

More and better jobs for women: An action guide. An ILO follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and the World Summit for Social Development, by Lin Lean Lim (in English).

Productivity and quality management: A modular programme, edited by J. Prokopenko and K. North (copublication with the Asian Productivity Organization) (in English).

Protection of workers' personal data: An ILO code of practice (in English, French and Spanish).

Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases: An ILO code of practice (in English, French and Spanish).

Restructuring the labour market: The South African challenge. An ILO country review, by G. Standing, J. Sender and J. Weeks (in English).

Rural women in micro-enterprise development: A training manual and programme for extension workers (in English).

Sending workers abroad: A manual for low- and middle-income countries, by M. Abella (in English).

Statistics on occupational wages and hours of work and on food prices: October Inquiry results 1994-95 (trilingual).

Statistics on occupational wages and hours of work and on food prices: October Inquiry results 1995-96 (trilingual).

Statistics on poverty and income distribution: An ILO compendium of data, by H. Tabatabai (in English).

Trade unions and child labour: A guide to action, by A.Fyfe and M. Jankanish. ILO Child Labour Collection (in English).

Unions in a changing world: Problems and prospects in selected industrialized countries, by S.L. Olney (in English).

We can make it: Stories of disabled women in developing countries, by S. Epstein (in English).

World Employment 1996/97: National policies in a global context (in English, French and Spanish).

World Labour Report 1997-98, Vol. 9: Industrial relations, democracy and social stability (in English, French and Spanish).

Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1996 (trilingual).

Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1997 (trilingual).

Your health and safety at work: A modular training package (in English).

Series

Conditions of Work Digest

Vol. 14: 1996, Working time around the world (in English).

Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Papers

No. 77: Export processing zones in the Philippines: A review of employment, working conditions and labour relations, by E.M. Remedio (in English).

No. 78: Technological and regulatory changes affecting multinational enterprises in telecommunications: Aspects of the impact on the workforce, by R. Mansell and P. Tang (in English).

No. 79: Women workers and working conditions in retailing: A comparative study of the situation in a foreign-controlled retail enterprise and a nationally owned retailer in Canada, by I.U. Zeytino™lu and M. Cook (in English).

No. 80: Export processing zones in Bangladesh: Economic impact and social issues, by D. Bhattacharya (in English).

No. 81: Multinational enterprises in the courier service industry: Aspects of employment and working conditions in selected enterprises (in English).

Improve Your Construction Business

No. 2: Site management (handbook and workbook), by C.-A. Andersson, D. Miles, R.H. Neale and J. Ward (in English).

No. 3: Business management (handbook and workbook), by C.-A. Andersson, D. Miles and J.Ward (in English).

International Construction Management

No. 7: Managing international construction projects: An overview, edited by R. Neale (in English).

Management Development

No. 30: Environmental business management: An introduction. Second (revised) edition, by K.North (in English).

No. 31: Cómo seleccionar y trabajar con consultores. Guía para el cliente, by M. Kubr (in Spanish; English and French editions already published).

No. 33: Localizing global production: Know-how transfer in international manufacturing, by K.North and J. Prokopenko (in English).

Labour Law and Labour Relations Programme,
occasional papers

No. 11: Legislation on women's employment in Latin America: A comparative study, by M. d. M.Serna Calvo (in English).

International Labour Conference (selected publications)

Child labour: Targeting the intolerable. International Labour Conference, 86th Session, 1998. Report VI (Part 1) (in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Chinese and German).

Maternity protection at work: Revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103), and Recommendation, 1952 (No. 95). International Labour Conference, 87th Session, 1999. Report V (part 1) (in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Chinese and German).

Reports to the 83rd (1996), 84th (Maritime) (1996), 85th (1997) and 86th (1998) Sessions of the International Labour Conference have been issued in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Arabic and Chinese.

Sectoral Activities Programme (selected publications)

Breaking through the glass ceiling: Women in management, Report for discussion, 1997 (in English, French and Spanish).

Globalization of the footwear, textiles and clothing industries. Report for discussion, 1997 (in English, French and Spanish).

The iron and steel workforce of the twenty-first century: What it will be like and how it will work. Report for discussion, 1997 (in English, French and Spanish).

Symposium on Multimedia Convergence. Final report, Geneva, 27-29 January 1997 (in English, French and Spanish).

Periodical publications

The following periodicals have been issued regularly: Bulletin of Labour Statistics (trilingual); International Labour Documentation (in English); International Labour Review (in English, French and Spanish); Labour Education (in English, French and Spainish); Official Bulletin (in English, French and Spanish).

Electronic products and videos

ILOLEX on CD-ROM. A database of international labour standards, 1997 edition (trilingual).

LABORDOC on CD-ROM, 1996 edition (in English, French, Spanish and German).

I am a child! An ILO video on child labour (in English, French, Spanish and German).

International Institute for Labour Studies

Conférences de l'OIT sur la politique sociale, by J.-C. Javillier (copublication with the University of Liège, Faculty of Law) (in French).

Research Series

No. 103: Local and regional response to global pressure: The case of Italy and its industrial districts, by F. Cossentino, F. Pyke and W. Sengenberger (in English).

No. 104: Social exclusion and inequality in Peru, by A. Figueroa, T. Altamirano and D. Sulmont (in English and Spanish: see also ILO Regional Office, Lima).

No. 105: Goals for social integration and realities of social exclusion in the Republic of Yemen, by M.H. Hashem (in English).

No. 106: Social exclusion from a welfare rights perspective in India, by P. Appasamy et al. (in English).

No. 107: Challenging social exclusion: Rights and livelihood in Thailand, by P. Phongpaichit et al. (in English).

No. 108: Economic transition and social exclusion in Russia, by N. Tchernina (in English).

No. 109: Poverty and social exclusion in Tanzania, by F. Kaijage and A. Tibaijuka (in English).

No. 110: Social exclusion and anti-poverty policy: A debate, by C. Gore and J. Figueiredo (in English).

Bibliographical Series

No. 18: Women in the 1980-95 period: Constraints and opportunities, by M. Gaudier (bilingual English/French).

PUBLICATIONS IN THE FIELD

ILO-CEET, Budapest

Privatization surprises in transition economies: see below, "Published under licensing agreements with external publishers".

BIT-ACOPAM, Dakar

Genre et développement: Analyse de la place des femmes. Une expérience au Sahel (in French).

ILO Area Office, Brasilia

Adaptation of jobs and the employment of the disabled (copublication with the Coordenadoria Nacional para Integração de Pessoa Portadora de Deficienca -- CORDE -- of the Ministry of Justice) (in Portuguese).

Freedom of Association. Digest of decisions and principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of the ILO (in Portuguese).

Higher productivity and a better place to work (copublication with the Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas -- SEBRAE) (in Portuguese).

ILO Law on Freedom of Association. Standards and procedures (in Portuguese).

CINTERFOR -- Inter-American Centre for Research and Documentation on Vocational Training, Montevideo

Capacitación productiva y acción comunitaria: Un enfoque integrador, by V. Matamoro (in Spanish).

Competencia laboral: Sistemas, surgimiento y modelos, by L. Mertens (in Spanish).

Competitividad, redes productivas y competencias laborales, by M. Novick and M.A. Gallart (in Spanish).

Cuestiones actuales de la formación, by M.A. Gallart and R. Bertoncello (in Spanish).

Formación basada en competencia laboral. Seminario Internacional sobre formación basada en competencia laboral: Situación actual y perspectivas. Guanajuato, México, 1996. Documentos presentados (in Spanish).

Formación y legislación del trabajo, by H.-H. Barbagelata (in English, French and Spanish).

Formación para pequeños empresarios, by A. Patrone (in Spanish).

Formación y trabajo: De ayer para mañana (in Spanish).

INA de Costa Rica: Una tradición de cambio, by F.Casanova (in Spanish).

Inserción laboral de jóvenes en la Unión Europea, by L. Cachón Rodríguez (in Spanish).

Orientación ocupacional de jóvenes: Guía para educadores (in Spanish).

El rescate de la calificación, by E. Monteiro Leite (in Spanish).

Seguridad, salud y bienestar en las obras en construcción. Manual de capacitación (in Spanish).

ILO Regional Office, Lima

Administración laboral y Ministerios de Trabajo en el siglo XXI, by R. Cortázar, A. Espina, J.C. Javillier, D. Martínez, E. Morgado and V.E. Tokman (in Spanish).

Costos laborales y competitividad industrial en América Latina, by E. Amadeo, J.M. Camargo, G.M. Gonzaga, E. Hernández Laos, D. Martínez, A. Reyes, H.Szretter and V.E. Tokman (in Spanish).

Diálogo y concertación social. Coloquio Tripartito de Bogotá (OIT. Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe; ETM - Lima; Colombia. Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social) (in Spanish).

Elementos para el diseño de políticas contra la exclusión social en Chile (ETM Santiago) (in Spanish).

Exclusión social y desigualdad en el Perú, by A.Figueroa, T. Altamirano and D. Sulmont (in Spanish).

Inicie su negocio: Cuaderno de trabajo (Versión Latinoamericana), by C. Vera Tudela and A. Santillana (translation and adaptation) (in Spanish).

Inicie su negocio: Manual (Versión Latinoamericana), by C. V. Tudela and A. Santillana (translation and adaptation) (in Spanish).

Manual de balance social (copublication with Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas -- CONFIEP, Lima-Perú) (in Spanish).

Reconversión y capacitación laboral para el siglo XXI; Países Andinos. Proyecto de Cooperación Técnica (RLA/94/M10/M12/SPA) (in Spanish).

ILO Area Office, Lusaka

Improve Your Business (IYB) Kit (in English).

IYB Trainers' Guide, Part 1 (in English).

IYB Trainers' Guide, Part 2 (in English).

Start Your Business (SYB) Set (in English).

SYB Trainers' Guide (in English).

The Game and the Trainers' Guide (in English).

South-East Asia and the Pacific Multidisciplinary Advisory Team, Manila

The impact of globalization on the world of work (in English).

Indonesia: Social adjustment through sound industrial relations and labour protection (in English).

Philippines: Employment in a globalizing and liberalizing world (in English).

Urban informal sector in Metro Manila: A problem or solution? (in English).

South Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team, New Delhi

Alleviating poverty in Asia: Papers and proceedings of the Regional Tripartite Workshop on Policies for Poverty Alleviation, Bangkok, 5-7 February 1997 (in English).

Rural industries in post-reform China: An inquiry into their characteristics, edited by P. Ronnås (in English).

Small and micro-enterprises in a period of economic liberalization: Opportunities and challenges, edited by Rizwanul Islam (in English).

PUBLISHED UNDER LICENSING AGREEMENTS WITH EXTERNAL PUBLISHERS

New titles

Banques et petites entreprises en Afrique de l'Ouest: Problèmes et possibilités liés à leur rapprochement, edited by B. Balkenhol, 1996, L'Harmattan, France (in French).

Les banques et la petite et moyenne entreprise en Afrique de l'Ouest: Problèmes de financement, edited by B.Balkenhol and C. Lecoutre, 1996, L'Harmattan, France (in French).

Cuando la pequeña empresa quiere: Doce estudios de caso de mejoras en condiciones de trabajo y productividad, edited by J.C. Hiba, 1997, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Spain (in Spanish).

Employment expansion and macroeconomic stability under increasing globalization, edited by Azizur Rahman Khan and M. Muqtada. The Macmillan Series of ILO Studies, 1997, Macmillan Press, United Kingdom (in English).

Finding the balance: Financing and coverage of social protection in Europe, 1996, International Social Security Association, Switzerland (in English).

Human resources management in a social market economy, edited by R. Marr and H. Schmidt, 1996, Moscow University Press, Russian Federation (in Russian).

Privatization surprises in transition economies: Employee-ownership in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by M. Uvalic and D. Vaughan-Whitehead, 1997, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom (in English).

Promoting gender equality at work: Turning vision into reality for the twenty-first century, edited by E. Date-Bah, 1997, Zed Books, United Kingdom (in English).

Public sector pay and adjustment: Lessons from five countries, edited by C. Colclough. Routledge

Studies in Development Economics, 1996, Routledge, United Kingdom (in English).

Regulation and the informal economy: Microenterprises in Chile, Ecuador and Jamaica, by V.E. Tokman and E. Klein, 1996, Lynne Rienner, Boulder, Colorado, United States (in English).

Relaciones laborales en Brasil. Informe RELASUR, 1996, Centro de Publicaciones, Spain (in Spanish).

Road maintenance and regravelling (ROMAR) using labour-based methods, by C.-A. Andersson, A.Beusch and D. Miles. Handbook and Workbook, 1996, Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., United Kingdom (in English).

Russian unemployment and enterprise restructuring: Reviving dead souls, by G. Standing. The Macmillan Series of ILO Studies, 1996, Macmillan Press, United Kingdom (in English).

Statistics for emerging labour markets in transition economies: A technical guide on sources, methods, classifications and policies, edited by I. Chernyshev with a contribution by G. Standing. The Macmillan Series of ILO Studies, 1997, Macmillan Press, United Kingdom (in English).

Translations

Collective bargaining. Workers' education manual. Second (revised) edition (in Bahasa Indonesia: Indonesian Human Resources Foundation, Indonesia; in Croatian: Seafarers' and Dockers' Union of Croatia, Croatia).

Effective conciliation: A practical guide and Effective negotiation: A practical guide (in Vietnamese: Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Viet Nam).

Employers and the environmental challenge (in Thai: National Research Council, Thailand).

Employing foreign workers: A manual for policies and procedures of special interest to middle- and low-income countries, by W.R. Böhning (in Spanish: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Spain; in Russian: Federal Migration Service, Russian Federation; in Czech: Research Institute of Labour and Social Affairs, Czech Republic; in Hebrew: Kav La'Oved -- Protection of Workers' Rights, Israel).

Employment prospects for disabled people in transition countries (in Romanian: Study Group of the Problems of the Disabled, Romania; in Polish: Interart, Poland).

Financial and economic analysis of enterprises. Workers' education manual (in Russian: Finansy i Statistika, Russian Federation).

Guide to safety and health in dock work (in Korean: Korean Industrial Safety Corporation, Republic of Korea).

Handbook of procedures relating to international labour Conventions and Recommendations, 1995 (in Finnish: Ministry of Labour, Finland).

How to read a balance sheet. Second (revised) edition (in Chinese: China Financial and Economic Publishing House, China).

How to select and use consultants: A client's guide, by M. Kubr (in Polish: Alfa-Wero Sp., Poland).

Industrial development through small-firm cooperation: Theory and practice (in Spanish: Editorial Galac, Venezuela).

International Construction Management Series. Vol. 1: International project accounting, by A.D.F. Price; Vol. 2: International bidding case study, by A.Baldwin, R. McCaffer and S. Oteifa (forthcoming); Vol. 3: Financing international projects, by A.D.F. Price; Vol. 4: International bid preparation, by A. Baldwin, R. McCaffer and S. Oteifa; Vol. 5: Constructive change: Managing international technology transfer, by D. Miles; Vol. 6: International project marketing, by D. Miles; Vol. 7: Managing international construction projects: An overview, edited by R. Neale (in Chinese: China International Contractors Association, China).

International labour Conventions and Recommendations 1919-1993, and supplements (in Polish: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Poland).

International labour standards and women workers. Information kit (in German: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Austria).

International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88 (in Catalan: Departament de Trebail, Spain).

An introduction to social security. Third edition (in Russian: Social Insurance Fund, Russian Federation).

Labour statistics based on administrative records: Guidelines on compilation and presentation (in Vietnamese: Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Viet Nam).

Labour statistics for a market economy: Challenges and solutions in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (in Russian: Finstatinform, Russian Federation).

Major hazard control: A practical manual (in Korean: Korea Industrial Safety Corporation, Republic of Korea).

Management development: A guide for the profession (in Czech: Grada Publishing, Czech Republic).

Management self-development: A guide for managers, organizations and institutions (in Russian: PREMIER, International Information Agency on Productivity, Russian Federation).

Minimum wage fixing: An international review of practices and problems (in Bahasa Indonesia: Indonesian Human Resources Foundation, Indonesia; in Chinese: China Economic Management Publishing House, China).

Multinationals and employment: The global economy of the 1990s (in Spanish: Centro de Publicaciones, Spain).

Preventing stress at work. Conditions of Work Digest, Vol. 11 (in Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Spain).

Productivity management: A practical handbook, by J.Prokopenko (in Bahasa Indonesia: Indonesian Human Resources Foundation, Indonesia; in Bulgarian: NIB-A Consult, Bulgaria).

Safety and health in construction: An ILO code of practice (in Greek: Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, Greece).

Safety and health in the use of agrochemicals: A guide (in Korean: Korea Industrial Safety Corporation, Republic of Korea).

Safety and health in the use of chemicals at work: A training manual (in Korean: Korea Industrial Safety Corporation, Republic of Korea).

Safety in the use of chemicals at work. International Labour Conference, 76th Session, 1989. ReportVI(1) (in Korean: Korea Industrial Safety Council, Republic of Korea).

Sending workers abroad: A manual for low- and middle-income countries, by M. Abella (in Russian: International Organization for Migration (IOM), Switzerland).

The use of lasers in the workplace: A practical guide. Occupational Health and Safety Series, No. 68 (in Arabic: Arab Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, Syrian Arabic Republic).

Wages. Workers' education manual, Third edition (in Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesian Human Resources Foundation, Indonesia).

We can make it: Stories of disabled women in developing countries, by S. Epstein (in Spanish: Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Spain; in Serbian: OXFAM, Yugoslavia)

The work of strangers: A survey of international labour migration, by P. Stalker (in Russian: Federal Migration Service, Russian Federation).

Working hours: Assessing the potential for reduction (in Japanese: Azusa Publishing Co., Japan).

World Employment 1995: An ILO Report (in Portuguese: Conselho Economico e Social, Portugal).

World Labour Report. Vol. 8: Controversies in labour statistics (in Russian: Institute of Labour, Russian Federation).

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ANNEX VIII

States Members of the ILO at 30 January 1998 (174)

 

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova, Republic of Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe

 

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