Events and meetings

April 2013

1. Experts’ knowledge sharing workshop on Upgrading Informal Apprenticeship

   25 April 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

January 2013

1. Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: Benefits for All

   30 January 2013, Webinar - ILO and UN Global Compact Office

   Tuesday, 12 February 2013 - Webinar convened by the ILO, the UN Global Compact Office and G3ICT

December 2012

1. 

   International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December 2012

   03 December 2012, ILO

   This year’s theme is “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all”. It provides an opportunity to address the exclusion of persons with disabilities by focusing on promoting accessibility and removing all types of barriers in society.
   The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes that the existence of barriers constitutes a central component of disability. Under the Convention, disability is an evolving concept that “results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.”

December 2011

1. 

   International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December 2011

   03 December 2011, ILO

   Observed on the 3rd of December each year, the day aims to encourage better understanding of disability issues. This year’s theme is “Together for a better world for all: including persons with disabilities in development”. It seeks to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities and their communities in development efforts.

May 2011

1. Knowledge-Sharing Workshop on Skills for Employment: Good Practices and Effective Institutions to Bridge Education, Training and Decent Work

   03 May 2011, Turin, Italy - ILO International Training Centre

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing a two-day workshop on skills for employment as part of the G20 Training Strategy to support strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

December 2010

1. International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December 2010

   03 December 2010, ILO

   This year's theme is "Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and beyond". It aims to ensure that disability and the concerns of people with disabilities are included in the commitments to end global poverty made by the international community. The inclusion of persons with disabilities in all development activities is essential to realizing the MDGs and other development goals. This year’s Day will serve as a reminder to governments, global leaders, policy-makers and other stakeholders to keep up their efforts on behalf of disability-inclusive development.

October 2010

1. Abuja Conference launches new guidelines aimed at empowering millions of Africans with disabilities

   27 October 2010, Abuja, Nigeria

   The 4th CBR Africa Network Conference (CAN) launched new guidelines designed to empower persons with disabilities by supporting their inclusion in health, education, employment, social, skills training and other community services.

May 2010

1. Technical validation workshop on Skills for Green Jobs - 17 May 2010

   17 May 2010, ILO

   The purpose of the technical validation workshop was to validate the findings of the global policy-applied research project on Skills for Green Jobs. The Global synthesis report and the European synthesis report were discussed. The workshop aimed to: a) identify environmental challenges and skills response strategies; b) discuss green restructuring processes on the labour market and related retraining needs; c) highlight current and future occupational changes and their implication on vocational training; d) propose specific policy recommendations and suggestions for further steps.

March 2010

1. 

   ILO Conference on "People with intellectual disabilities: Opening pathways to training and employment in the African region"

   09 March 2010, Lusaka, Zambia

   In Africa, some 10 to 15 million people have an intellectual disability. Because of stigma and discrimination, a majority are excluded from education, training and employment and live in poverty and isolation. To help meet the challenge of more equitable access to vocational training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities, the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme organized a sub-regional conference in Lusaka, Zambia in early March on the issue.

2. ILO Conference to promote training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities

   04 March 2010, Lusaka

December 2009

1. International Day of Persons with Disabilities

   03 December 2009, ILO

   This year's theme for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities - "Making the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world" - supports the message of challenging exclusion. It aims to highlight the need to continue to work for the mainstreaming of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society and development if the MDGs of reducing poverty are to be achieved.

November 2009

1. 

   Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis

   12 November 2009, Governing Body Room, 14.00-15.30

   ILO's Employment Sector's Disability Team organized a panel presentation followed by a discussion. The aim of the event was to examine how the current economic downturn is affecting women and men with disabilities and to advocate that they be included in measures to tackle the crisis.

April 2009

1. Implementing the right of people with disabilities to vocational training

   20 April 2009, Quebec, Canada

June 2008

1. Sub-regional Meeting "Disability Legislation: Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities in Asia"

   24 June 2008, Bangkok, Thailand

May 2007

1. Workshop : Apprenticeship in the informal economy in Africa

   04 May 2007, Geneva, Switzerland