All events: responsible business conduct + multinational enterprises + trade + export processing zones + fair trade + free trade + trade liberalization + value chains + supply chains

Discussion on forthcoming book: Exporting Tasks. A New Perspective on Trade, Structural Change and Development

Workshop will present the main messages of a forthcoming book titled “Exporting Tasks. A New Perspective on Trade, Structural Change and Development”, followed by a discussion on the implications of these findings for employment and labour market...

Employment Seminar series

The occupation content of exports

In this next Employment Seminar, Associate professor Gaaitzen de Vries at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, presents a new approach that measures export specialization from a task perspective.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Human rights due diligence for Decent Work

The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) aims to establish a common understanding of the ways in which businesses can contribute through their activities to the realization of decent work and the role different actors can play in promoting responsible...

Research Seminar

Mapping efforts to improve conditions for workers in global value chains

In recent years, concerns for the social sustainability of supply chains have gained prominence. The international fragmentation of production, characterized by multiple border crossings of intermediate inputs, means that final goods consumed in...

Applying Market Systems Development for Decent Work in the Middle East and North Africa

Dive into a unique opportunity to explore job creation, job quality, and decent work with a market systems perspective. Engage with experts and peers in a quest to foster sustainable economic growth and social justice in the region.

Training

Thailand: Training on social dialogue for decent work and human rights due diligence in the automotive sector

The ILO-Japan Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains (RISSC) project in Thailand is organising a training as part of the development of a social dialogue toolkit for decent work and human rights due diligence in the automotive sector.

CLEAR Supply Chains project launch

Global Launch of “Ending Child Labour in Supply Chains" project

Global Launch of “Ending Child Labour in Supply Chains” project during the World of Coffee 2024 event in Copenhagen.

ILO Live

Global Launch of the "Ending Child Labour in Supply Chains (CLEAR Supply Chains)" project

Meeting

Event

From Beans to Brew - A journey into the lives of coffee workers

Integrating Trade and Decent Work

The event seeks to discuss strategies to better align trade and labour market policies to help develop supply chains and achieve decent work outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

METI Programme

Investment and Employment

2nd Regional Technical Training of the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment programme

High-level seminar

Integrating Trade and Decent Work: What Works and Why?

The high-level seminar will present key findings from the SUPPORT project, focusing on aligning trade policies with labour market institutions for sustainable development. The event features a high-level panel, including ILO, UNCTAD, and WTO...

Conclave on Promotion of Sustainable Enterprises for Local Development

The conclave aims to bring together policymakers, industry leaders, MSMEs, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders from India and other emerging economies with the objective of sustainable, resilient and inclusive development and Decent Work for All.

Training

International labour standards and corporate social responsibility: the labour dimension of human rights due diligence

Online course aims to strengthen the capacity of participants to understand the principles of international labour standards as they relate to company operations (including due diligence related to labour rights) and how those principles can be most...

Training

Gender equality, responsible business conduct and human rights due diligence

This one-week course supports practitioners responsible for or with a demonstrated strong interest in policies and programmes related to responsible business conduct, human rights due diligence, gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.

Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts

A technical knowledge-sharing event on engaging and developing the private sector in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus

Responsible Business, Human Rights and Decent Work in Asia

Harnessing synergies between human rights and inclusive growth

Training for Enterprises on Responsible Business and Decent Work

The ILO and the UNDP B+HR Academy in Indonesia are organizing the first joint Training for Enterprises on Responsible Business and Decent Work, targeting mainly the Japanese investment-linked electronic manufacturing sector and its global supply...

Bangladesh government convenes workers’ and employers’ organizations to discuss application of ratified Conventions and implementation of...

Towards more resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains

The aim of the event is to explore opportunities and challenges to advance responsible business conduct and decent work in more resilient, inclusive and sustainable supply chains.