The purpose of the forum was to assess the impact of the crisis on workers in the financial sector and to propose ways to alleviate and mitigate that impact. The forum’s discussions and its adopted consensus points revolved around the issues of: (1) the employment impact of the crisis on financial services; (2) how to help finance sector workers cope with the crisis; and (3) lessons from the crisis, policy options, and the role of constituents and the ILO in mitigating the effects of the crisis on finance sector workers and preventing future recurrences of the crisis.
In addition to Government representatives from Austria, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 16 Employer and 43 Worker participants attended. Representatives of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Union Network International (UNI), and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) also participated at the Forum which was opened by the Director-General of the ILO, Mr. Juan Somavia.
In addition to Government representatives from Austria, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 16 Employer and 43 Worker participants attended. Representatives of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Union Network International (UNI), and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) also participated at the Forum which was opened by the Director-General of the ILO, Mr. Juan Somavia.
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