Events and meetings
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.
November 2020
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Digitalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Union Documentation Centres
On the occasion of the launch of the new ILO’s workers‘ collection, the Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) will organize a webinar to discuss the challenges and opportunities regarding the digital transformation of Trade Union documentation centres, during which experts will discuss potential strategies as well as best practices to address this digital transformation...
January 2016
August 2015
July 2015
April 2015
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Communication: Tools and skills for mobilizing and organizing workers
This workshop aims to strengthen the technical skills and organizational capacities of unions in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of communication.
December 2013
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Call for application to Global Labour University Programmes
The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to its Masters programmes in ‘Labour Policies and Globalisation’ at the University of Kassel and the Berlin School of Economics and Law (Germany) and the newly launched Masters in ‘Labor and Global Workers’ Right’s’ at Penn State University (USA).
April 2013
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Call for application to Global Labour University Programmes (Deadline: 1 April 2013)
The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply until 1st April 2013 to the following programmes.
January 2012
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Workshop on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Barbados
A workshop is to be organized to present and validate a draft report on an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Barbados. The draft paper includes secondary data, the results of a national survey conducted in November 2011 by the Barbadian social partners led by BWU, as well as supplementary information collected by ILO and the Barbadian social partners.
November 2011
April 2011
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Call for Papers - A Green Economy that Works for Social Progress (Deadline: 15 may 2011)
The Global Union research Network (GURN) is organizing its second workshop on climate change and green jobs in October 2011 and trade unionists and researchers are invited to present papers and discuss the challenges these issues pose for organised labour.
December 2010
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Visiting Scholar at the ILO: Expression of Interest until 7th January 2011
The International Labour Office, the secretariat of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is offering university professors and senior academics the opportunity to spend time as visiting scholars with the Bureau for Workers’ Activities, part of the ILO Social Dialogue Sector.
August 2010
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Global Labour University Conference, 14-16 September 2010, Berlin, Germany
The two days Global Labour University Conference has been providing a space for generating progressive responses to this unprecedented global crisis and the challenges labour is facing. The Global Labour University invited trade unionists and academic scholars to explore ideas for a progressive alternative to the failed globalisation regime. Fundamental change is required to protect people and societies against the current economic disorder. Democratic decision making needs to be the master of the market and not vice versa. The leaflet below (pdf) describes the Conference in more detail and under Key Resources you will find additional documents from the Conference.
February 2010
January 2010
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Six Month Training Programme: 01 April - 30 September 2010, in Germany
ENGAGE is a short term Diploma Course on Labour Policies and Globalization. It is designed to help labour activists and trade unionists to acquire additional knowledge and tools that enable them to take an active part in public . debate and the process of policy formulation and implementation.
October 2009
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International Journal of Labour Research: Trade Union Strategies Towards Global Productions Systems
The ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication, the International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR).
