Sectoral meetings

Consensus building: international tripartite meetings

Several times per year, representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations from different countries and regions meet at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, to participate in tripartite sectoral international meetings and global dialogue fora. Based on the most up-to-date research produced by the ILO, the tripartite representatives meet to debate emerging issues, main trends and challenges of their sector.
 
Consensus reached during such sectoral meetings results in recommendations for policy and action in the sectors. These recommendations, adopted at the end of the meetings, serve as a basis for the development of national policies and programmes, and provide guidance to constituents at international as well as country level.

Global sectoral meetings for 2022-23

2021

  1. Sectoral Advisory Bodies 2021

    13 - 15 January 2021

    The Sectoral Advisory Bodies (SABs), composed of tripartite constituents engaged in economic sectors, were established at the 298th Session of the ILO Governing Body (March 2007) to review sectoral developments and to make recommendations to the ILO's constituents on priorities for sectoral work. Sessions of the SABs are held every two years, and they are chaired by a representative of the Government group of the Governing Body. Following the session held in January 2021 the SABs are to make recommendations on sectoral meetings to be held in the biennium 2022–23 and on preparatory work for sectoral meetings in future biennia. These recommendations will be submitted to the Governing Body at its 341st session in March 2021.

2015

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    Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Telecommunications Services and in the Call Centre Industry

    27 - 28 October 2015

    The purpose of the Forum was for tripartite constituents to discuss employment relationships in telecommunications services and in the call centre industry.

2011

  1. Global Dialogue Forum on the Role of Private Employment Agencies in Promoting Decent Work and Improving the Functioning of Labour Markets in Private Services Sectors

    18 - 19 October 2011

  2. Seminar on Sustainable Development in Postal Services in African countries

    26 - 28 September 2011

    Organized by the Universal Postal Union, Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) and La Poste (France), in cooperation with UNI Global Union and the ILO (Yaoundé and SECTOR).

2010

  1. Seminar on Sustainable Development in Postal Services in the Americas

    6 - 9 April 2010

2009

  1. Sub-regional Seminar on Social Dialogue in Postal Services in Francophone Central and Western Africa

    23 - 25 November 2009

  2. National Seminar on Skills and Employability in Telecommunications Services in Central Africa

    14 - 17 September 2009

2007

  1. Training Seminar on Skills and Employability in Telecommunications Services

    20 - 31 August 2007

  2. Regional Training Seminars on Skills and Employability in Telecommunications Services

    30 July - 4 August 2007

2006

  1. ILO Tripartite Regional Seminar on Skills and Employability in Telecommunications Services in Africa

    4 - 6 December 2006