16-31 October 2013
ILO Governing Body to discuss major world of work issues
Executive body meets to review global economic and social policies.
14 October 2013
GENEVA ─ The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) opens its 319th session on 16 October with the aim of discussing a series of employment and social issues that are affecting the world of work today.
The meeting, scheduled for 16-31 October, will review basic labour rights, social protection issues, technical cooperation approaches and sectoral activities around the globe.
The Governing Body will discuss the follow-up to the Oslo Declaration adopted by the ILO’s 9th European Regional Meeting in Oslo last April, including ILO assistance to Eurozone countries recovering from the crisis. It will also examine complaints about violations of freedom of association around the globe.
It will also discuss a strategy for a wider engagement of the ILO with business and the private sector; the outcome of the recent United Nations General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on International Migration; progress in making decent work for domestic workers and seafarers a reality; and the contribution that employment and social policy can make to global economic recovery.
The Governing Body is the executive body of the International Labour Office (the Office is the secretariat of the Organization). It meets three times a year, in March, June and October and takes decisions on ILO policy, the agenda of the International Labour Conference and the draft Programme and Budget of the Organization for submission to the Conference.
It is composed of 56 titular members (28 Governments, 14 Employers and 14 Workers), and 66 deputy members (28 Governments, 19 Employers and 19 Workers). Ten of the titular government seats are permanently held by States of chief industrial importance (Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States). The other Government members are elected by the Conference every three years.
For more information, please contact the Department of Communication at +4122/799-7912, [email protected].
The meeting, scheduled for 16-31 October, will review basic labour rights, social protection issues, technical cooperation approaches and sectoral activities around the globe.
The Governing Body will discuss the follow-up to the Oslo Declaration adopted by the ILO’s 9th European Regional Meeting in Oslo last April, including ILO assistance to Eurozone countries recovering from the crisis. It will also examine complaints about violations of freedom of association around the globe.
It will also discuss a strategy for a wider engagement of the ILO with business and the private sector; the outcome of the recent United Nations General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on International Migration; progress in making decent work for domestic workers and seafarers a reality; and the contribution that employment and social policy can make to global economic recovery.
The Governing Body is the executive body of the International Labour Office (the Office is the secretariat of the Organization). It meets three times a year, in March, June and October and takes decisions on ILO policy, the agenda of the International Labour Conference and the draft Programme and Budget of the Organization for submission to the Conference.
It is composed of 56 titular members (28 Governments, 14 Employers and 14 Workers), and 66 deputy members (28 Governments, 19 Employers and 19 Workers). Ten of the titular government seats are permanently held by States of chief industrial importance (Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States). The other Government members are elected by the Conference every three years.
For more information, please contact the Department of Communication at +4122/799-7912, [email protected].