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

Partnerships launching ceremony of Advocacy Challenge Fund

The main objective is to launch the partnership between the Advocacy Challenge Fund (ACF) grantees and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The event will also serve to provide an opportunity to share the importance and relevance of the...

Skills and trade

Book launch: "Investing in Skills for Inclusive Trade"

This publication, co-published by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labour Office (ILO), is to be launched at the WTO on 4 July. Building on previous collaboration between the WTO and the ILO, this publication focuses on the...

Workshop on Media Content Management for the Advocacy Challenge Fund Grantees

The workshop aims to enhance the knowledge of ILO's constituents, value chain actors and media organizations to develop advocacy contents for the media.

Orientation and Planning Meeting for the Advocacy Challenge Fund Grantees

The meeting was organized as a learning-sharing event to identify space for collaboration and creation of synergy to achieve the overall goal of promoting responsible business practices and labour rights, and good corporate governance.

Launching and inception workshop

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...

Regional conference

American regional conference: Women in business and management

A regional conference for Latin America and the Caribbean organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the National Confederation Private Business Institutions (CONFIEP) on 23rd of May 2017 in Lima. A closed door workshop for...

One-Day Study Visit to Export Companies in Agro-Processing Value Chain

Technical Training Workshop

ILO Conference on Wages, Work and Trade: the Future for Pakistan

The ILO hosted a two day conference on “Wages, Work and Trade: The Future for Pakistan” attended by over 100 representatives of the federal and provincial government, international buyers, employers’ organisations, workers’ organisations, civil...

Training

Multinational enterprises, development and decent work: the approach of the MNE Declaration

This five-day course will look at how governments, enterprises and the social partners are encouraged to each put policies in place and engage with each other through dialogue to maximize the positive contribution of multinational enterprises to...

Launch the Labour Inspection Campaign aimed at further enhancing corporate social responsibility and improving conditions of work at the...

This year, MOLISA in partnership with the workers' (VGCL) and employers' organizations (VCCI) will be launching a labour inspection campaign with an aim to raising the awareness of corporate social responsibility and improving labour law compliance...

The Third Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Conference

The ILO Cairo Office and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) in cooperation with USAID will hold the Third Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Conference in Cairo on 10 April 2017, titled "Impact of CSR...

Trade and Employment

Assessing the effects of trade on employment

The ILO STRENGTHEN Project in the Philippines will hold a technical training workshop to enhance skills through use of tools, methods and models for an empirical analysis of the effects of trade on employment.

Workshop on MNE Declaration and Fundamental Principles & Rights at Work

A three day workshop on MNE Declaration and Fundamental Principles & Rights at Work is being organized for the ILO’s constituents (government, employers and workers organizations), trade bodies/business associations, representatives of...

Business and human rights: role and prospects for the EU

A panel discussion in the European Parliament will reflect on the role of the EU in the protection of human rights.

Trade and Employment

Tripartite Working Group Meeting on Trade and Employment

The ILO’s STRENGTHEN Project has convened government, employers’ and workers’ representatives to discuss trade and employment and to provide updates on the project status and progress in the Philippines.

ILO Seminar on Labour Dimension of CSR Trends of global supply chains and the challenges facing Japanese corporations

Summary of the keynote speech & closing remark of Ms. van Leur are updated.

16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting

Special Session - Promotion and Application of the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social...

Seminar

Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements: design, implementation and stakeholder involvement

This seminar presents the final report of a comprehensive ILO Research Department project that assesses the impact of labour provisions on labour market outcomes.