Events and courses

June 2023

  1. Research Seminar

    Global value chain and labour rights: problems and new regulatory perspectives

    Exploring the intricate dynamics between global value chains and labour rights

May 2023

  1. Training Course

    Trade, Investment and Decent Work for Asia

    The aim of this course is to better understand the trade, investment and labour market nexus and its implications for the Asian region in terms of decent work, responsible business practices and sustainable development.

  2. ILO Research Department Training

    International training on evidence-based policy making for decent work

    It is widely recognized that evidence (data, research, best practices) is essential for decision and policy making. In practice, the use of evidence in the policy-making touching the world of work is still at its early stages and unevenly practiced.

  3. Joint event

    Women, Work, and the Platform Economy: A Global South Perspective

    The International Labour Organization and the Just Jobs Network are partnering to have a conversation about Women, Work and the Platform Economy in the Global South.

  4. ILO Research Department Training

    Evidence Based Policy Making: Is it always easy to distinguish evidence from opinion?

    The ILO will provide a five days-training for its constituents; government, trade unions and employers’ associations on Evidence Based Policy Making where participants will learn analytical tools and methods to evaluate evidence on several topics of the world of work.

  5. Research Seminar

    The Blue Commons: How Privatising the Sea expands the Precariat by Guy Standing

    The Blue Commons peels back the veil of the boundless exploitation and inherent criminality in the ocean economy.

April 2023

  1. Research Seminar

    Digitalization during the Covid-19 Crisis: Implications for Productivity and Labor Markets in Advanced Economies

    Discussion note: The pandemic accelerated digitalization and triggered a partial catch-up by less digitalized entities in advanced economies

  2. Research Seminar

    The Good Jobs Challenge in Developing Countries by Kunal Sen

    Prof. Sen will outline the challenges that developing countries are facing in creating good jobs, and to discuss key policy options that could create productive employment for unskilled and semi-skilled workers.

  3. ILO Research Department Training

    South Asia regional training on evidence-based policymaking for building with a human-centred approach

    The COVID-19 pandemic and its short- and long-term implications has turned the world of work upside down.

March 2023

  1. ILO Knowledge Conversations

    The future of worker-manager relations: Does cooperation lead to better outcomes and just rewards?

    This Knowledge Conversation will focus on the role of managers/leaders in engendering worker-management cooperation.