February 2007

1. Documentation for Seminar on Decent Work and a Fair Globalization: National Policy Responses

   15 February 2007

   This staff seminar brought together 50 participants from HQ and the field in order to share information, knowledge and country experiences, as well as to brainstorm around how to operationalise the decent work strategy for a fair globalization.

2. Documentation for seminar on Global Goals and National Challanges: MDGs, PRSPs and Decent Work - Where are we? What next?

   15 February 2007

   The seminar's objective was to share new information, knowledge and to exchange experience on Global Goals and National Challenges: MDGs, PRSPs and Decent Work, as well as to brainstorm on the next steps. The website contains relevant resource materials.

3. Documentation for Seminar on Decent Work, Poverty Reduction and PRSPs - Thematic Review

   15 February 2007

   The Staff Seminar brought together some 50 participants from the field and headquarters to exchange views and experiences on integrated approaches to decent work, poverty reduction and PRSPs at the country level.

4. Documentation for the Workshop on the follow-up to the ILC Conclusions on decent work and the informal economy

   15 February 2007

   The purpose of the staff workshop was to develop a coherent framework for pursuing work in follow-up to the Conclusions on decent work and the informal economy, adopted by the International Labour Conference in June 2002. This served as the basis for integrated technical cooperation proposals.

5. Documentation for the Conference on Decent Work Issues and Policies

   15 February 2007

   ILO Conference to take stock of the Decent Work concept/approach/strategy

6. Documentation from ILO Workshop on decent work and poverty reduction

   15 February 2007

   Provided an opportunity for ILO staff to reflect on ILO strategy for poverty reduction, using a decent work framework, and relating it to the broader international setting of MDGs and PRSPs.

7. Documentation for staff seminar on Promoting policy integration at the national level: Country strategies on decent work

   15 February 2007

   This staff seminar brought together participants from field and Headquarters to exchange views and experience on integrated appraoches for promoting decent work at the country level.

8. Report of the Presentation of databases on trade by International Trade Centre of UNCTAD and WTO

   15 February 2007

   A presentation of databases on trade, country competitiveness and market access developed by the International Trade Centre of UNCTAD and WTO took place at ILO Headquarters on 21 October 2005. The ITC representative shared lessons learned in setting up these data portals and associated products; these provide much food for thought for the ILO.

9. Final report of the ILO international seminar on the use of national labour force surveys for collecting additional labour-related statistics

   15 February 2007

   This seminar was organized by the Statistical Development and Analysis Group of the Policy Integration Department in collaboration with the ILO Bureau of Statistics. Its main objectives were (a) to review the ILO experience in expanding the use of labour force surveys and collect information not only of employment/unemployment but also of other aspects of the labour market (formal/informal employment, social security, etc.) and (b) to draw on the experience in other countries with multiple-task labour force surveys.

10. Agenda for Decent Work Forum - Do labour market regulations hinder or help small enterprise development?

    15 February 2007

11. Report of the Decent Work Forum on promoting decent work for young women and men, Geneva, 30 November 2004.

    12 February 2007

    Presentations by four staff members and general discussion.

12. Report of the Workshop on Developing a Model-of-change for the informal economy.

    12 February 2007

    The purpose of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for ILO staff to analyse the challenges associated with the informal economy and how the ILO could address them through developing models-of-change using the theory-of-change methodology. Four models were developed, one overview model and three sub-models. The models took the form of outcome trees which demonstrate the linkages between various aspects and various levels of operation.

13. Report of the workshop on Good practices - Decent work and the informal economy, Turin Centre,30-31 August 2004

    12 February 2007

    The purpose of the workshop was to identify criteria for good practices in relation to decent work and the informal economy and to exchange views and gain capacity on how to show impact of ILO projects in this area. The selection of participants ensured a broad representation across sectors and regions, as well as relevant experience from the informal economy and/or knowledge sharing initiatives.

14. Report of the ILO Reflection No. 1: Regional Integration, Geneva, 6 February 2004.

    12 February 2007

    This is the first of a series of reflections on regional integration, organized in follow-up to a recommendation made by the World Commission in the Social Dimension of Globalization.

15. Report of the ILO Reflection No. 2: Regional Integration, Geneva, 4 May 2004.

    12 February 2007

    This is the second of a series of reflections on regional integration, organized in follow-up to a recommendation made by the World Commission in the Social Dimension of Globalization.

16. Report of the ILO Reflection No. 3: Regional Integration, Geneva, 24 May 2004.

    12 February 2007

    This is the third of a series of reflections on regional integration, organized in follow-up to a recommendation made by the World Commission in the Social Dimension of Globalization.

17. Report of the workshop on Understanding globalization, employment and poverty reduction, Divonne, France, 3-4 October 2002.

    12 February 2007

    In this paper, three aspects of globalization are addressed: trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and financial liberalization. The consequences of globalization in terms of employment, income inequality and poverty reduction are mainly considered within countries, with minor attention to the between-country dimension.

January 2006

1. Beyond Employment/Unemployment Dichotomy: Measuring the Quality of Employment in Low Income Countries

   05 January 2006

   A discussion paper on how to better empirically capture the concept of job quality in order to inform development policies, particularly in the case of developing countries.

November 2005

1. Growth, Investment and Jobs: The international financial dimension

   14 November 2005

   Powerpoint presentation by Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization

June 2005

1. Synopsis of informal meeting on policy coherence

   01 June 2005

   This is a summary of the Policy Coherence Initiative meeting on growth, investment and employment creation that was held in the ILO on 8 June 2005.