All events: Shipping, fishing, inland waterways
Maritime high-level tripartite dialogue
The House of Representatives in the Philippines through the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affair in collaboration with the ILO will hold a high-level dialogue between national and international maritime stakeholders on the crew change crisis,...
Launch of ILO-UK Skills for Prosperity Programme in Indonesia for Batam and Semarang
The ILO’s Skills for Prosperity Programme in Indonesia, funded by the United Kingdom government, launches partnership initiatives with the Batam State Polytechnic (Polibatam) and the Maritime State Polytechnic of Indonesia (PoliMarin) to provide...
Government, employers and workers’ organizations, UN and other partners join hands to support decent work for rural workers
Launch of the Project on Improving Workers’ Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women
The International Labour Organization (ILO), with support from the United States Department of Labor, held a virtual launch the new project on “ Improving Workers' Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women”.
Workshop
Tuvalu seafarers refresher training
Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (April 2021)
Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
Fourth Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) Part I (Online, 19–23 April 2021)
Following a decision adopted by the ILO Governing Body at its 340th Session (October-November 2020), the fourth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee will take place in two parts. Part I was held in a virtual format from Monday, 19 to Friday,...
Webinar on the Opportunities and Challenges of the Ratification of ILO Convention No. 188 on Working in Fishing
Fishing is recognized as a hazardous occupation, with capture fisheries having among the highest incidence of occupational injuries and fatalities. Fishers across the range of commercial fishing operations commonly face long working hours, remote...
UNGA75
High-Level Side Event on COVID-19 and Maritime Crew Changes: A humanitarian, safety, and economic crisis
On the occasion of World Maritime Day, the International Maritime Organization, the ILO and the United Nations Global Compact, collaboration with the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers' Federation, bring...
Covid-19 and Maritime Labour Issues
WEBINAR - COVID-19 and Maritime Labour Issues: Impact and Responses
Co-organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Inaugural Plenary Meeting of the SEA Forum for Fishers
In recent years, the trafficking of workers into fishing has emerged as an issue in Southeast Asia’s fishing and seafood industry, particularly for major seafood and fish exporting nations such as Indonesia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Myanmar, and the...
Sectoral Meeting on the Recruitment and Retention of Seafarers and the Promotion of Opportunities for Women Seafarers
Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (November 2018)
Workshop
Securing Decent Work for Fishers in Indonesia
In Indonesia, an ongoing Government priority is to improve decent working conditions in the fishing sector, including through better enforcement by the labour inspectorate and strengthened coordination with other relevant regulators.
Awareness raising workshop on Child Labour
Viet Nam Association of Seafood exporters and producers (VASEP) in collaboration with ILO will organize a seminar to advocate and to raise awareness on child labour especially in the context of international integration among fishery business sector...
Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)
Third Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
The third meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee established by the Governing Body in accordance with Article XIII of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) will take place at the ILO in Geneva from 23 to 27 April 2018.
Ship to Shore Rights Project
Launch of the baseline research on working conditions in the Thai fishing and seafood industry
ILO issues baseline research findings on labour conditions of fishers and seafood workers in Thailand.
VCT@Work for Port Workers on World AIDS Day 2017
The ILO responds to HIV epidemic by providing technical assistance and support through a range of workplace program. The most recent ILO-UNAIDS joint initiative VCT@Work has been implemented in Indonesia since December 2013.
ILO Training Package on Inspection of Labour Conditions in Fishing: Field Testing Workshop, Indonesia
The inspection of labour conditions of fishers (as opposed to maritime safety inspections focusing only on the seaworthiness of the fishing vessel and on life-saving equipment) has been a challenging problem for many States which may not have in...
Meeting
Ship to Shore Rights Project in Songkla commits to decent work in Thai fishing and seafood sector
The EU-funded ILO Ship to Shore Rights Project is organizing the ‘Tripartite-plus’ meeting
Tripartite Meeting on issues relating to Migrant Fishers