Past events

Washington launch of the book "Making Globalization Socially Sustainable" at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

In collaboration with the International Labor Office (ILO), the Peterson Institute held a conference on October 4, 2011, to present key findings from the new ILO-WTO co-publication Making Globalization Socially Sustainable. The edited volume...

Technical Seminar on Impact and Lessons Learnt on School to Work Transition (The Closing Seminar of the ILO-EAST Project)

ILO EAST is a four-year project (2007 – 2011) funded by the Government of Netherlands and executed by the International Labour Organization that aims (a) at improving the employability and capacity for entrepreneurship among young women and men...

ACTRAV Symposium on Precarious Work (4-7 October, 2011)

Worldwide, millions of workers suffer from precarious working conditions. They work, but lack decent jobs, security, protection and rights. The universality and sheer numerical dimension of the problem call for regulation on the international level....

ILO High-Level Brainstorming Conference on economic, employment and social prospects in Europe

The ILO High-Level Brainstorming Conference, jointly organized by the ILO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the ILO International Institute for Labour Studies, will bring together fifteen prominent international experts as well as...

Post-graduate course on Occupational Safety and Health at the Workplace (6th edition)

This postgraduate course was designed to contribute to the development of competent occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals. The general objective is to facilitate the knowledge and skills required for effectively dealing with safety and...

Photo Exhibition on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the ILO in collaboration with Sim Chi Yin, a Singaporean photojournalist who is now based in Beijing, China, have developed a photo essay titled...

Launch of Photo Essay on Migrant Workers - “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers”

As an effort to document the lives and migration experiences of Indonesian migrant domestic workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is going to launch a photo essay titled “The Long Road Home: Journeys of Indonesian Migrant Workers” in...

Joint ILO/IMO Working Group on Medical Fitness Examinations of Seafarers and Ships’ Medicine Chest

JCCU–ILO Joint Study Programme for African Cooperative Leaders in Japan

The Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) and ILO, especially the Regional Office for Africa (ROAF), the Cooperative Facility for Africa (ILO/COOP Africa), and ILO-Tokyo, have been exchanging information on their activities and exploring...

Global Dialogue Forum on the Needs of Older Workers in relation to Changing Work Processes and the Working Environment in Retail Commerce

Pro-employment macroeconomic frameworks, sectoral strategies for employment creation and the informal economy - Employment Policy...

The Employment Policy Department’s 2011 annual retreat took place between the 20th and 23rd of September at the ILO premises in Geneva. Its goal was to share knowledge on progress made in five key work areas of the department: pro-employment...

Launch of the joint ILO-WTO publication: Making Globalization Socially Sustainable

Globalization is widely seen as a powerful engine that has the potential to promote growth and development. For many years, however, concerns have also been raised about the effects of globalization on jobs and wages. This has led to questions about...

XIXth Meeting of European Labour Court Judges (Sevilla, Spain)

Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification in Macedonia: Enhancing local skills policies for the tourism and agro processing sectors...

A workshop with representatives from relevant government and education institutions as well as employers' and workers' representatives from the respective sectors was organized in Skopje in September 2011 to discuss and validate initial findings of...

Innovations in Public Employment Programmes International Course

Organized by ILO-ITC, in collaboration with the Employment- Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP)

Training course on "Analysing child labour data"

Training course for Government officials with responsibility for producing or analysing data on child labour; social partners working with data on child labour; staff from international organizations responsible for the monitoring of child labour.

Risk assessment and management training of trainers in Moldova

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.

49th annual meeting of CIS centres

The meeting addressed the current activities, the new information management strategy, the development of information resources, and the communication within the network.

XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

Building a Global Prevention Culture for a Healthy and Safe Future

Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification in Bangladesh: The Case of Agro Food and Pharmaceuticals Workshops

Workshops with representatives from relevant government and education institutions as well as employers' and workers' representatives from the respective sectors were organized in Dhaka in September and December 2011 to discuss and validate initial...