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

2018 Global Commodities Forum, "Building skills for sustainable development"

The Global Commodities Forum is part of the UNCTAD Technical Cooperation programme, Breaking the Chains of Commodity Dependence. The event will include the participation of the ILO Director of the Employment Policy Department and representatives of...

Training

Effective investment facilitation and sustainable development

This five-day course will help investment promotion agencies to strengthen their investment promotion and facilitation capacities, expand their after-care services and, more broadly, enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their...

Training course on Social Responsible Labour Practices in the electronics sector in Viet Nam

Under the framework of the project “More and Better Jobs Through Socially Responsible Labour Practices in Viet Nam” International Labour Organization Viet Nam and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizes the training course on Social...

Sialkot sports goods sector promotes a level playing field

The Employers Federation of Pakistan in collaboration with Baidarie and with the technical assistance of the Japan funded Project on “ More and Better Jobs in the Sports Goods Sector through Socially Responsible Enterprises” will hold a...

Consultation on Responsible Business Conduct and Competition in Supply Chains

The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), invites Employer Organizations and Sectoral Associations to join with Small and Medium Enterprises for a...

ILO seminar on labour dimension of Corporate Social Responsibility

Training to strengthen the technical skills of specialists in the empirical analysis of the effects of trade employment.

Export Processing Zones

Tripartite Meeting of Experts to identify possible action to promote decent work and protection of fundamental principles and rights at...

The agenda of the Meeting is 1) to discuss possible action to promote decent work and fundamental principles and rights at work for workers in export processing zones (EPZs); and 2) to adopt conclusions which will provide guidance on the content and...

Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2017: A New World of Opportunities

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, the ILO Cairo Office and the Middle East Council for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (MCSBE) will hold the third Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit in Red Sea...

Factory Based Workshops (FBW) on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

The ILO in collaboration with Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PSGMEA) will conduct a 5 day training on OSH to sports goods industry in Sialkot under the Project on “More and...

Launching of a Business Coalition to promote socially responsible labour practices in the electronics industry in Viet Nam

The Business Coalition is an initiative of Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Viet Nam Electronics Industry Association (VEIA) with technical assistance from ILO, starting with the existing cooperation framework of the ILO MNE...

Stakeholders’ Dialogue on EFP’s National Business Agenda and MNE Declaration

Employers’ Federation of Pakistan with the technical assistance of ILO is raising awareness among stakeholders on key elements of the ILO’s Declaration on Multinational Enterprises & Social Policy through a panel discussion focusing opportunities &...

Strategic Policy Working Group Meeting

Supply chains

ILO – Sweden Regional Meeting on Promoting Decent Work in Garment Sector Supply Chains in Asia

Consultation meeting with ILO Constituents (Governments, Employers and Workers) from leading garment producing countries and key stakeholders from the sector, convened by the ILO and the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok.

Training

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

24 participants from 14 countries from the Latin American and Caribbean region gathered in the ILO Regional Office in Lima for a one-week training on the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

Child Labour Platform (CLP) Meeting

Forum on Tackling child labour in supply chains

The Child Labour Platform will hold the Annual Meeting on 5-6th October 2017 in Geneva.

Training

International Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility: Understanding workers’ rights in the framework of due diligence

This five-day 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...

Training Workshop: Spotting potential for employment in Myanmar.

Training workshop on assessing the employment impacts of trade in Myanmar for technical specialists and policy working group​ member.

The first meeting of the series of sectoral consultations and social dialogues within policy working group members and representatives from...

9th Meeting of the Pakistan Buyers’ Forum

The 9th meeting of the Pakistan Buyers’ Forum will be held at Avari Hotel in Lahore on 23 August 2017. The meeting will cobe co-convened by the ILO, IFC and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Pakistan. The key features of the meeting are sessions...