Past events

Course on implementing labour principles in global supply chains

The ILO Decent Work Research Prize Award Ceremony 2011

The ceremony and public lectures of the co-winners of the Decent Work Research Prize Award, Jayati Ghosh (India) and Eve Landau (Israel and Switzerland) will take place on Friday 11 November 2011 at 1.30 p.m. Room II, R3-South, ILO Headquarters,...

Special meeting of leading CIS centres

New OSH information management strategy and global OSH knowledge sharing cooperation.

Latin America and "International Geneva" during the Interwar Period: The beginning of regional and international integration

International conference on Latin American participation in the League of Nations and the ILO. Organizers: Swiss Society of Americanists (SSA) and the University of Geneva, with the support of the ILO Century Project.

Tanzania:High-Level Seminar on Promoting Freedom of Association and the Effective Recognition of the Right to Collective Bargaining

The High-Level Seminar Promoting Freedom of Association and the Effective Recognition of the Right to Collective Bargaining was organised by the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) projects Global Project on promoting freedom of association...

Webinar on Eradicating Forced Labour from Global Supply Chains

Wednesday 26 October 2011 - Webinar convened by the ILO and the UN Global Compact Office

Enterprise workplace training sessions on risk assessment and management in Malawi

The on-site enterprise workplace training sessions disseminated knowledge and built capacities on risk assessment and management and enhanced the trainers’ capacity to deliver trainings in this field.

One day enterprise workplace training sessions on risk assessment and management in Zambia

The one day risk assessment and management workshops organized in three enterprises enhanced the capacity of occupational safety and health (OSH) inspectors in carrying out trainings on risk assessment and management and built capacities in the...

2011 Asia Regional Conference on “Advocacy towards the Ratification and Implementation of ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Workers”

The 2011 Asia Regional Conference on “Advocacy towards the Ratification and Implementation of ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Workers” brought together again domestic workers’ unions, trade unions, civil society groups and other social movements in...

Tripartite Meeting on Promoting Social Dialogue on Restructuring and its Effects on Employment in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries

Training workshop for occupational safety and health and labour inspectors in Ukraine

The workshop enabled to build capacities in occupational safety and health (OSH) inspection and to foster collaboration between the Ukrainian labour and OSH inspection services.

ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA

The conference will focus on the application of international tools on occupational safety and health (OSH) strategic approach at national and enterprise levels. Good practice in construction and health sectors, which face high and emerging risks to...

Global Dialogue Forum

The Role of Private Employment Agencies in Promoting Decent Work and Improving the Functioning of Labour Markets in Private Services Sectors

Regional Conference on the Contribution of Indigenous Peoples to Local and National Development

The Regional Conference on the Contribution of Indigenous Peoples to Local and National Development will gather multi-sectoral convergence partners and stakeholders in the development and protection of ancestral domains in the Caraga region.

Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Working Time Arrangements

This meeting was the first international policy discussion of working time issues in nearly 20 years. The purpose of the meeting was to review and advise on modern working-time arrangements, which includes identifying the main policy issues that...

Maritime Industry Tripartite Council Plenary Meeting

On 17 October 2011, the Philippine Summit on the Maritime Labour Convention, (MLC) 2006 was conducted at the Associated Marine Officers' and Seamen's Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) Convention Hall in Intramuros, Manila. International Labour...

Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 Summit

This event will be an occassion for the Maritime Tripartite Industry Council to endorse the ratification of MLC, 2006 to the President of the Philippines.

Risk assessment and management training of trainers in Zambia

The course provided occupational safety and health professionals with detailed guidance and methodology on the use of risk assessment as a tool to identify, evaluate and control risks in the workplace in the mining region of Kitwe.

12th African Regional Meeting

The proposed agenda of the Meeting is to discuss progress made by the countries in the region towards achieving the targets set by the Decent Work Agenda in Africa, 2007-15, adopted by the 11th African Regional Meeting, as well as to set out future...

Interactive Talkshow: “The Long Journey of Justice for Indonesian Migrant Workers”

As the second largest sending country, some 700.000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers. In 2009,...