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The main and most important meeting organized by the ILO Bureau of Statistics is the International Conference of Labour Statisticians. It also organizes Meetings of Experts in preparation to the International Conference of Labour Statisticians. In addition to these meetings, the ILO Bureau of Statistics regularly participates in Meetings organized by the various City Groups , informal groups of experts from national statistical agencies that meet informally to address selected problems in statistical methods.

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18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
The 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office in its 300th Session (November 2007) to discuss and adopt international statistical standards on two topics, Child Labour and Working Time. ...
Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work
The meeting of experts is expected to discuss and make recommendations on a methodology to measure progress toward decent work that involves the identification of quantitative and qualitative indicators.
- Report of the Director-General: Third Supplementary Report. Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work - [GB.303/19/3 - pdf 147 KB]
- Report of the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work - [pdf 380 KB]
Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics - Part I: Child Labour Statistics, Part II: Measurement of Working Time
The meeting of experts is expected to discuss and make recommendations on two topics, under Report I: Statistics of Child Labour and Report II: Measurement of Working Time, with a view to advising the Office on its preparation of proposed standards for submission to the 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Geneva, 24 November- 5 December 2008).
- Report of the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics: Part I. Child labour statistics, Part II. Measurement of working time - [pdf 412 KB]
Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics: The Updating of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88
The meeting of experts is expected to discuss and adopt ISCO-08, the updated version of ISCO-88. It is expected that ISCO-08 will be incorporated by countries in their preparations for the 2010 round of Population Censuses. ISCO-08 will be made available in English, French and Spanish.
- Report of the Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics Geneva, 3–6 December 2007 - [MELS/2007/2 - pdf 237 KB]
17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
The Conference adopted three resolutions concerning: household income and expenditure statistics, consumer price indices, and further work on the International Standard Classification of Occupations.
- Final report of the 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians - [pdf 679 KB]