Events and meetings

One of ACTRAV’s main events is the bi-annual International Workers’ Symposium. This is a meeting gathering trade unionists and other specialists from all over the world to discuss a given topic.

In addition ACTRAV organizes other events, meetings and workshops, both at headquarters and in the field, focusing on the areas of activities of the bureau.

ACTRAV is at the service of workers representatives as they participate in different meetings at the ILO. Colleagues do also assist in preparing case files that will help worker representatives develop their positions and arguments for the Annual Conference of the ILO, the Governing Body, regional and sectoral conferences and in the Office's various activities.

January 2022

  1. Trade Union Discussion on Social Protection #5: The roles of trade unions in governance of social protection system

    Fifth session of the Webinar series "Trade Unions Discussions on Social Protection"

November 2021

  1. Trade Union Discussion on Social Protection #4: Workers’ perspectives on reformation of social protection system

    Fourth session of the Webinar series "Trade Unions Discussions on Social Protection"

October 2021

  1. Trade Union Discussion on Social Protection #3: Feasibility for implementing maternity benefit scheme

    Third session of the Webinar series "Trade Unions Discussions on Social Protection"

September 2021

  1. Trade Union Discussion on Social Protection #2: Policy Options for Old-age Pension Reform

    Second session of the Webinar series "Trade Unions Discussions on Social Protection"

August 2021

  1. Trade Union Discussion on Social Protection #1: Benefits and Challenges in JKP Implementation

    First session of the Webinar series "Trade Unions Discussions on Social Protection"

  2. Trade Unions Discussions on Social Protection

    Recent study shows that social dialogue has “a significant and positive impact on trade union membership”.

May 2017

  1. Regional Seminar for Strengthening Governance in Global Supply Chains by Promoting Global Framework Agreements and Other instruments

    Global supply chains have contributed to economic growth, job creation, poverty reduction and entrepreneurship and can contribute to a transition from the informal to the formal economy. They can create opportunities for suppliers to move to higher value products and enabled workers to access to high skilled employment with better working conditions and higher pay.

September 2016

  1. Training of Trainers on Evidence-Based Collective Bargaining

    Garment is one of the priority industries for employment creation in Indonesia, along with other labour intensive industries, including textile, footwear, electronic industries, and infrastructure projects. Contributing around 10-12 percent of employment, garment is among the top five contributors to employment in manufacturing sector.

August 2016

  1. Organizing and Decent Work for Domestic Workers and Elimination of Child Labour in Domestic Work

    Domestic work is one of the largest sectors of informal sector work in urban areas in Asian countries and an important source of employment of migrant workers, predominantly women and children. Globally, one in every 13 female wage worker is employed in domestic work. Developing countries in Asia are a major source of international migrants working as domestics both within Asia and beyond.

June 2016

  1. Trade Union Workshop on Sustainable Development, Green Jobs and Decent Work in Indonesia

    This initial training workshop is aimed at providing an overview and common understanding among key trade union representatives in Indonesia, on the concepts of ‘Sustainable Development, Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs & relevance of Decent Work mechanisms to achieving these.

February 2016

  1. Conference on Indonesia’s Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals: Toward Decent Work for All

    Two-day Conference demonstrating the commitment and responses of Indonesia to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Conference will be attended by key Indonesian labour actors and will be facilitated by ILO's experts and specialists.

December 2014

  1. Trade Union Regional Workshop on Capacity Building of Domestic Workers Organizations and Elimination of Child Domestic Work

    The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum for trade unions, domestic workers’ organisations and other stakeholders to discuss and share innovative approaches to reduce child domestic work through the promotion of decent work for domestic workers.

April 2013

  1. ILO ACTRAV Regional Seminar on Wage Policy

    Extremely low wages for many workers in the formal and the informal economy are keeping millions of workers and their families in poverty. Wage growth in many countries has been lacking productivity growth. Policies in favour of systematic trade surpluses have deprived workers from their fair share of the wealth creation in money countries.