Meeting documents

February 2013

  1. Meeting document

    Final report - Global Dialogue Forum on the Effects of the Global Economic Crisis on the Civil Aviation Industry

    22 February 2013

    The report of the Forum, will be submitted to the October 2013 session of the Governing Body of the ILO for its consideration.

  2. Meeting document

    Requests from international non-governmental organizations wishing to be represented at the 102nd Session (2013) of the International Labour Conference

    22 February 2013

  3. Meeting document

    Approved symposia, seminars, workshops and similar meetings

    21 February 2013

  4. Meeting document

    Programme of meetings as approved by the Officers of the Governing Body: Meetings for the remainder of 2013 and advance information for 2014

    21 February 2013

  5. Meeting document

    Update on the high-level tripartite mission to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    21 February 2013

    Update on the organization of a high-level tripartite mission to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in accordance with the Governing Body’s decision of March 2011.

  6. Meeting document

    Tackling the global economic and employment crisis

    21 February 2013

    The document summarizes the latest forecasts, examines in particular the prospects of emerging and developing countries, highlights the challenges and opportunities that economic interdependence poses for policy coordination and concludes with a discussion of the role that employment and social policies could play to counteract the global slowdown and lingering unemployment. The Working Party is invited to review the current global economic and employment outlook and the contribution that employment and social policies could make to a coordinated recovery effort in 2013.

  7. Meeting document

    Agenda of the International Labour Conference

    20 February 2013

    To submit to the Governing Body proposals for the agenda of the 103rd (2014) and 104th (2015) Sessions of the Conference and beyond, in light of the decision taken at the 316th Session (November 2012). The Governing Body is invited to provide the relevant guidance to the Office (see the draft decisions in paragraphs 12 and 17).

  8. Meeting document

    Report of the Director-General

    20 February 2013

  9. Meeting document

    Reference document concerning the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration): Operational plan for promotional activities and proposal for the new survey (GB.317/POL/8)

    18 February 2013

    Proposed operational plan and survey instrument to evaluate the effect given to the ILO MNE Declaration: Report to the International Labour Office, Geneva, by Dr Henning Best and Dr Lars Kaczmirek (15 January 2013)

  10. Meeting document

    Choice of Conventions and Recommendations on which reports should be requested under article 19 of the Constitution in 2014

    15 February 2013

    In the present document, the Governing Body is invited to decide on the theme of the General Survey that should be prepared by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations in 2014 and discussed by the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards in 2015, and the instruments that would be covered in this General Survey (see the draft decision in paragraph 13).

  11. Meeting document

    Legal protection of the ILO in its member States, including the status of its privileges and immunities: Update

    14 February 2013

    This document provides an update to GB.313/LILS/1 (March 2012) and invites the Governing Body to review the status of the ILO’s legal protection in its member States, including its privileges and immunities and further consider measures to secure legal protection where needed (see draft decision in paragraph 16).

  12. Meeting document

    Recurrent discussion report on employment (2014)

    14 February 2013

    The Governing Body is invited to comment on the issues presented to inform the preparation of the Office report for the recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of employment for the 103rd Session (2014) of the Conference (see draft decision in paragraph 31).

  13. Meeting document

    Report of the Chief Internal Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2012 - Report of the Chief Internal Auditor on significant findings resulting from internal audit and investigation assignments undertaken in 2012

    14 February 2013

    This paper contains the report of the Chief Internal Auditor on significant findings resulting from internal audit and investigation assignments undertaken in 2012 for consideration by the Governing Body.

  14. Meeting document

    Convocation of the 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference (June 2013)

    13 February 2013

  15. Meeting document

    Regional perspectives on technical cooperation: Asia and the Pacific

    13 February 2013

    The paper focuses on the trends in technical cooperation during the last ten years, results achieved in the priorities agreed on for the Asia–Pacific Decent Work Decade, expenditure rates, key donors for the region and an outlook for resource mobilization through new modalities, including South–South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). This is the second in a series of reviews on technical cooperation in the regions, following one on Africa submitted to the Governing Body in March 2012 (GB.313/POL/8). The Governing Body is invited to request the Office to submit at its 319th Session (October 2013) a regional resource mobilization strategy and action plan for Asia and the Pacific (see draft decision in paragraph 39).

  16. Meeting document

    UN system coordination and common services: Financial implications for the ILO

    13 February 2013

    The Governing Body is invited to consider the implications for the ILO of participation in UN system operational development activities and provide guidance to the Office (see draft decision in paragraph 25).

  17. Meeting document

    Programme and budget for 2012–13 - Position of accounts as at 31 December 2012

    12 February 2013

    This paper provides information on the position of 2012–13 income and expenditure as at 31 December 2012. For the 12-month period ending 31 December 2012, contributions received were US$494,673,310 and expenditures recorded were US$388,926,269. In accordance with article 21.2(a) of the Financial Regulations, arrears of contributions received in 2012 were used to reimburse the Working Capital Fund and internal borrowings, to cover the 2010–11 deficit of US$59,242,192. The excess of income received over expenditure as at 31 December 2012 is US$16,504,849 at the budget rate of exchange of 0.84 Swiss francs to the US dollar.

  18. Meeting document

    Composition and structure of the staff

    12 February 2013

    This document provides information on the composition and structure of the staff of the Office.

  19. Meeting document

    Reference document concerning “Technical cooperation approaches and capacity development of constituents" (GB317/POL/6)

    12 February 2013

  20. Meeting document

    Report of the Director-General - Third Supplementary Report: Mid-term stocktaking of implementation of the ILO Action Plan for Gender Equality 2010–15

    12 February 2013

    The Governing Body is invited to assess progress and gaps in implementation, from January 2010 to January 2012, of the Action Plan for Gender Equality, which is aligned to the Strategic Policy Framework 2010–15. Guidance is sought at this mid-term milestone of the Plan on continuing implementation prior to an independent evaluation scheduled for the end of the Plan in 2015, as well as on reporting on the Plan under the United Nations (UN) System-wide Action Plan (SWAP) for implementation of the UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) policy on gender equality and the empowerment of women (see the draft decision in paragraph 34).