Decision on the eighth item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings

Nineteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians
(Geneva, 2–11 October 2013)

Revised composition

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved increasing from three to six the number of experts from the social partners attending the Nineteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians, thus inviting six experts nominated by the Employers’ group of the Governing Body and six nominated by the Workers’ group of the Governing Body.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 2.)

Tripartite technical meeting on Labour Migration
(Geneva, 4–8 November 2013)

The Governing Body took note of this section of the document.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 3.)

Workers’ Symposium on Income Inequality, Labour Market Institutions and Workers’ Power
(Geneva, 19–22 November 2013)

Composition

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the composition formula for this Symposium, which will be attended by 35 trade union representatives, nominated after consultation with the Workers’ group of the Governing Body and coming from both industrialized and developing countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Arab region. Efforts will be made to ensure that at least 30 per cent of the participants selected were women, in compliance with the Workers’ group’s policy on gender equality.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 6.)

Agenda

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the following agenda proposed for this Symposium:

– Inform trade union leaders about global trends in wage and income inequality and the concepts that are relevant when discussing and measuring income inequality.

– Discuss the various causes of widening income inequality including globalization, technological change and the weakening of labour market institutions.

– Develop policy proposals to promote the relevant international labour standards and strengthen labour market institutions such as collective bargaining systems and minimum wages.

– Review and expand upon policies designed to tackle precarious work and raise incomes.

– Consider strategies to expand union membership and strengthen the ability of workers and their organizations to influence the political decision-making process.

The Symposium will provide an opportunity for trade union leaders and legal experts to develop strategies to strengthen the capacity of trade unions to influence socio-economic policies and promote policy initiatives at national, regional and international levels.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 9.)

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, authorized the Director-General to invite the following non-governmental organizations to be represented at the Symposium as observers:

– Building and Woodworkers International (BWI);

– Education International (EI);

– European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC);

– IndustriALL Global Union;

– International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);

– International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF);

– International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF);

– Public Services International (PSI);

– Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC);

– Union Network International (UNI);

– Union Syndicale des Travailleurs du Maghreb.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 11.)

Employers’ Symposium on the Future of Work: The impact of globalization, technology, demographics and climate change on how people earn livelihoods(Geneva, 5–6 December 2013)

Composition

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the composition formula for this Symposium, which will be attended by 20 representatives of employers’ organizations from both industrialized and developing countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Arab region, nominated after consultation with the Employers’ group of the Governing Body.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 13.)

Agenda

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the following agenda for this Symposium:

– The polarization of the labour market: Causes, trends and implications.

– The future of employment relationships and labour market regulations.

– The role of work in access to livelihoods and social mobility: Are there alternatives?

– Preparing for the future.

(Document GB.318/INS/8, paragraph 15.)