Addis Ababa to host the 2015 ILO African Regional Meeting
The 13th African Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, home to the African Union Commission and to the UN Economic Commission for Africa, from 30 November to 3 December 2015.
12 July 2014
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the holding of the 13th African Regional Meeting (ARM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 30 November to 3 December 2015, announced the Office of the Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chapinga Chuma.
Promoting an inclusive and job-rich growth through decent work in Africa will be at the heart of the Meeting which brings together – every four years - the political, economic and social actors of the world of work in Africa.
With more than 18 million new jobs needed every year in Africa, creating quality jobs for young African men and women is one of the most urgent post-2015 challenges, stated Mr Chuma with an urgent need to embark upon inclusive growth paths that create decent jobs and reduce poverty.
The 2015 Addis Ababa meeting will review, on the basis of the Report of the Director-General, progress on the implementation of the “Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007–15” since the 12th African Regional Meeting (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11–14 October 2011) and adopt the strategic orientation of the ILO’s support to its tripartite African constituents for the next decade.
Half of Africa’s population is under 35 years of age and according to the ILO Department of Statistics, between 2014 and 2020, the African labour force aged 15 and over will grow annually by about 13.3 million.
For further information, please contact the ILO’s Communication team at the Regional Office for Africa: Guebray Berhane (251-11) 544-4415 [email protected] ; Rahel Kebede (251- 11) 544-4454 [email protected]
The ILO is dedicated to promoting jobs and protecting people. For more information, please visit www.ilo.org/africa
Promoting an inclusive and job-rich growth through decent work in Africa will be at the heart of the Meeting which brings together – every four years - the political, economic and social actors of the world of work in Africa.
With more than 18 million new jobs needed every year in Africa, creating quality jobs for young African men and women is one of the most urgent post-2015 challenges, stated Mr Chuma with an urgent need to embark upon inclusive growth paths that create decent jobs and reduce poverty.
The 2015 Addis Ababa meeting will review, on the basis of the Report of the Director-General, progress on the implementation of the “Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007–15” since the 12th African Regional Meeting (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11–14 October 2011) and adopt the strategic orientation of the ILO’s support to its tripartite African constituents for the next decade.
Half of Africa’s population is under 35 years of age and according to the ILO Department of Statistics, between 2014 and 2020, the African labour force aged 15 and over will grow annually by about 13.3 million.
For further information, please contact the ILO’s Communication team at the Regional Office for Africa: Guebray Berhane (251-11) 544-4415 [email protected] ; Rahel Kebede (251- 11) 544-4454 [email protected]
The ILO is dedicated to promoting jobs and protecting people. For more information, please visit www.ilo.org/africa