Past events

August 2019

  1. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2019

    9 August 2019

    There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across more than 70 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world's population, but account for 15 per cent of the world’s poor. Yet they protect nearly 80 per cent of the Earth’s biodiversity. The ILO has been engaged with indigenous and tribal peoples’ issues since the 1920s. It is responsible for the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), the only international treaty open for ratification that deals exclusively with their rights.

  2. GLOBAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FORUM 2019

    1 - 3 August 2019

    Join three days of lively discussions and thought-provoking activities with young people, governments, and social partners leading to concrete outcomes to advance social justice.

July 2019

  1. An overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in China

    25 July 2019

    CSR has become a global trend. With the growing concern on the economic development and social progress, the CSR situation in China has also aroused people's interests.

  2. Pacific tripartite high level forum on climate change and decent work

    24 - 26 July 2019

    Following the adoption of the ILO's centenary declaration, government, workers and employers representatives from 11 Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand will meet to discuss how to develop a human-centered approach to the future of work in the Pacific region.

  3. GAIN Webinar 6: The Socioeconomic Impacts of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

    16 July 2019

    This session will explore the linkages between the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the Just Transition. In particular, the webinar will shed light on the employment impacts of NDC-related climate action and how can governments use evidence-based research to advise policy.

  4. The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation

    10 July 2019

    Carl Benedikt Frey is the Oxford Martin Citi Fellow and co-director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. He explains In his new book how the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation.

  5. 6th Regulating for Decent Work Conference

    8 - 10 July 2019

  6. 6th Regulating for Decent Work Conference: Work and well-being in the 21st century

    8 - 10 July 2019

  7. Technical Meeting to Promote an Exchange of Views on the Further Development and Implementation of the Integrated Strategy to Address Decent Work Deficits in the Tobacco Sector

    3 - 5 July 2019

June 2019

  1. Celebration of ILO 100: ILO Virtual Run - Running for Decent Work

    30 June - 14 July 2019

    All stakeholders and the public at large are getting together to celebrate ILO 100 years and to acknowledge the collaborative achievements on the employment and labour issues in the country