ILO Head of Africa on official visit to Botswana and South Africa
Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, the ILO Regional Director for Africa, is on a tripartite consultation mission in Botswana and South Africa.
18 August 2014
PRETORIA/GABORONE (ILO News) - Tripartite consultations with ILO constituents is at the heart of the official visit undertaken by Aeneas Chuma, the Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa from August 18 - 22, 2014 in Botswana and South Africa.
In Pretoria, Mr Chuma will address the Minister of Labour, Hon Mildred Oliphant, as well as senior Representatives of COSATU and BUSA. He will then move to the Northern Cape to attend the South African Commemoration of the National Child Labour Day on 22 August 2014.
South Africa continues to face a high unemployment rate at around 24%. Young men and women are particularly affected. South Africa's first ever Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP - 2010 - 2014) includes nine outcomes and four priorities. Strengthening fundamental principles and rights at work, promoting employment creation, developing labour market institutions, skills development and sustainable and competitive enterprises are among the goals.
In Gaborone, the ILO Head for Africa will meet Hon. Edwin Jenamiso Batshu, MP, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs as well as the senior delegates of Workers’ and Employers’ organization.
The Botswana 2011-2015 Decent Work Country Programme is centered on four country priorities; namely employment creation, particularly for women, youth, and people with disabilities; social protection (including social security; improved conditions of work and occupational safety and health and strengthening of workplace responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic); promotion of tripartism and national social dialogue and the protection of workers' rights.
The ILO believes that through regular tripartite consultations, governments can ensure that ILO standards are formulated, applied and supervised with the participation of employers and workers.
Such consultations can ensure stronger cooperation and can lead to better governance and a greater culture of social dialogue on wider social and economic issues.
In Pretoria, Mr Chuma will address the Minister of Labour, Hon Mildred Oliphant, as well as senior Representatives of COSATU and BUSA. He will then move to the Northern Cape to attend the South African Commemoration of the National Child Labour Day on 22 August 2014.
South Africa continues to face a high unemployment rate at around 24%. Young men and women are particularly affected. South Africa's first ever Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP - 2010 - 2014) includes nine outcomes and four priorities. Strengthening fundamental principles and rights at work, promoting employment creation, developing labour market institutions, skills development and sustainable and competitive enterprises are among the goals.
In Gaborone, the ILO Head for Africa will meet Hon. Edwin Jenamiso Batshu, MP, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs as well as the senior delegates of Workers’ and Employers’ organization.
The Botswana 2011-2015 Decent Work Country Programme is centered on four country priorities; namely employment creation, particularly for women, youth, and people with disabilities; social protection (including social security; improved conditions of work and occupational safety and health and strengthening of workplace responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic); promotion of tripartism and national social dialogue and the protection of workers' rights.
The ILO believes that through regular tripartite consultations, governments can ensure that ILO standards are formulated, applied and supervised with the participation of employers and workers.
Such consultations can ensure stronger cooperation and can lead to better governance and a greater culture of social dialogue on wider social and economic issues.