Past events

Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF

Each Spring, thousands of government officials, the private sector, journalists, civil society representatives, and other interested observers gather in Washington DC for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF.

Development of a National Occupational Safety and Health Programme for Moldova

The main objectives of this national tripartite workshop were to identify and describe strengths and challenges for OSH in Moldova; to identify and to analyze priorities for action in order to improve the OSH system; and to put in place a roadmap...

Global SCORE Knowledge Sharing Conference

The ILO’s Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprise (SCORE) project has been active now for almost 1.5 years. Some of the country project such as China, Indonesia and South Africa have already advance quite far while the projects in...

Validation Workshop on Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work, and launch of the Decent Work Country Profile – Ukraine

2011 World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Ukraine

The period before the World Day for Safety and Health at Work witnessed a number of events held in Ukraine in commemoration of the 28th of April. The events were widely covered by the media.

ILO Policy dialogue: “Transformative Policies for Decent Work in Least Developed Countries”

In preparation for the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the ILO convened a policy dialogue to present a new ILO report, entitled “Growth, Productive Employment and Decent Work in the LDCs”. The event has provided an...

Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value - How do We Get There?

Tuesday 29 March 2011 - Webinar convened by the ILO and the UN Global Compact Office

Promoting Inclusive Vocational Education and Training in the Asian Region – Opening Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

The International Labour Organization is organizing a tripartite-plus regional conference on ‘Promoting inclusive vocational education and training in the Asian Region’ in Bangkok, Thailand, 29-31 March, 2011.The conference will take place in the...

World Water Day 2011: Water for cities

Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. This year UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day in 2011 to the theme of ‘Water and Urbanisation’, reflecting the importance of water in ever-growing urban populations around the...

Training on OSH Improvement for Community Owned Plantation in Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatera

The presence of children working under hazardous conditions in the commercial plantation sector led the ILO to design a programme targeting elimination of child labour in this sector. Findings of the ILO’s OSH assessment in plantation in year 2009...

Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization: highlights for Monday, 21 March

The morning session will consist of a panel discussion on “Challenges and Change in the Arab World”. Taking part will be H.E. Mr Ahmed El-Borai, Minister of Manpower and Migration of Egypt; Mr Habib Yousfi, President of the General Confederation...

MTUC/ILO National Workshop on Labour Law Amendments in Malaysia

The workshop is to review the three Acts, such as the Employment Act, the Industrial Relations Act and the Trade Union Act, with the participating union leaders representing different sectors whether regulations undermine labour rights and trade...

Stakeholder Workshop on Improving the Prevention and Health Treatment Access for Indonesian Prospective/Migrant Workers

HIV and AIDS case findings in Indonesian migrant workers are increasing. The Ministry of Health reported in December 2010 that the AIDS cases have reached 24.131 cases. Meanwhile, a report from Caring for Migrant Workers, an NGO dealing with the...

Improving Vocational and Life Skills of Ex-Child Labourers and at Risk Children Aged 15 to 17 Years - Second Batch

In an attempt to improve the vocational and life skills of the children, and in collaboration with the International Garment Training Centre (IGTC), ILO-IPEC provides vocational and life skill training for 30 ex child laborers and at risk children....

ToT on SIYB for Officers of Employment Development and Expansion Center, Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration

Recently, the Government of Indonesia has committed to revitalize the entrepreneurship as a strategy in employment creation. It clearly manifested among the priorities in the Medium Term Development Planning (RPJMN 2010-2014) which emphasizes the...

Development of a National Occupational Safety and Health Programme for Zambia

The tripartite participants identified and described the strengths and challenges for OSH in Zambia; identified and analyzed the priorities for action in order to improve the OSH system; and put in place a roadmap that would lead to the development...

8 March 2011

ILO celebrates International Women's Day

The year 2011 marks the centenary of International Women’s Day, and the theme of the ILO’s celebrations is: "Making the crisis recovery work for women!" as we will endeavour to show the importance of including women in recovery policies after the...

A Series of Business Continuity Planning Programmes

Business Continuity Planning Program (Business/Operational Continuity Planning) is an ILO program implemented through the activities of advocacy, promotion and education related to business continuity planning efforts at the level of decision-making...

Global Dialogue Forum on Safety in the Supply Chain in Relation to Packing of Containers

ToT on SIYB for Officers of Productivity Improvement Center, Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration

Recently, the Government of Indonesia has committed to revitalize the entrepreneurship as a strategy in employment creation. It clearly manifested among the priorities in the Medium Term Development Planning (RPJMN 2010-2014) which emphasizes the...