05 September 2008, Oslo, Norway High-Level Forum on “Decent Work: A Key to Social Justice for a Fair Globalization” The High-Level Forum “Decent Work: A Key to Social Justice for a Fair Globalization” held in Oslo on 5 September 2008 was the first public international discussion of the ILO Declaration on “Social Justice for a Fair Globalization” (June 2008), and gave rise to new ideas for policy coherence and global governance. The meeting was organized by the Government of Norway and the Financial Times.
31 October 2007 - 02 November 2007, Lisbon, Portugal ILO Forum on Decent Work for a Fair Globalization The ILO Forum on Decent Work for a Fair Globalization focused on the analysis and promotion of the Decent Work concept and the Decent Work Agenda as the key for economic, social and environmental sustainability and as a contribution to the shaping of a fair and inclusive globalization. ...
April 2007
03 April 2007 - 04 April 2007, New Delhi High-Level Tripartite Meeting
on the Nexus of Growth, Investment and Decent Work for South Asian Subregion The meeting tapped the knowledge of the ILO constituents, other multilateral institutions including the IFIs, the donor community and researchers by focusing on the policy mix, policy coherence and policy sequencing at national and subregional levels to strengthen growth, investment and employment linkages and to formulate a strategy for achieving employment-rich growth for countries in the South ...
April 2006
20 April 2006, Washington Fifth Policy Coherence Initiative Meeting Fifth-Multi Agency meeting held on April 20, 2006 at the World Bank, Washington to discuss labour market diagnostics in low income countries (LICs)
21 October 2005, GENEVA, Switzerland Presentation of databases on trade by International Trade Centre of UNCTAD and WTO - [pdf 51 KB] A presentation of databases on trade, country competitiveness and market access developed by the International Trade Centre of UNCTAD and WTO took place at ILO Headquarters on 21 October 2005. The ITC representative shared lessons learned in setting up these data portals and associated products; these provide much food for thought for the ILO.
September 2005
27 September 2005 - 29 September 2005, Turin, Italy Decent Work and a Fair Globalization: National Policy Responses This staff seminar brought together 50 participants from HQ and the field in order to share information, knowledge and country experiences, as well as to brainstorm around how to operationalise the decent work strategy for a fair globalization.
02 November 2004 - 03 November 2004, Geneva Informal technical Consultations on Policy Coherence Consultations held in Geneva from 2-3 November 2004 to discuss recommendations of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization in order to launch a series of policy coherence initiatives on the subject of growth, investment and employment.
October 2004
25 October 2004 - 27 October 2004, Turin, Italy Global Goals and National Challanges: MDGs, PRSPs and Decent Work - Where are we? What next? The seminar's objective was to share new information, knowledge and to exchange experience on Global Goals and National Challenges: MDGs, PRSPs and Decent Work, as well as to brainstorm on the next steps. The website contains relevant resource materials.
September 2004
01 September 2004 - 03 September 2004, Turin - ILO center, Italy Workshop on Developing a model-of-change for the informal economy This workshop brought together Headquarters and field staff with many years of experience on issues of decent work and the informal economy. The purpose was to provide an opportunity for ILO staff to analyse the challenges associated with the informal economy and how the ILO could address them through developing models-of-change using the theory-of-change methodology. ...
August 2004
30 August 2004 - 31 August 2004, Turin - ILO center, Italy Workshop on Good Practice: Decent Work and the informal economy This seminar brought together ILO staff from both Headquarters and the field who are working with informal economy issues. The purpose of the seminar was to establish criteria for good practice in relation to decent work and the informal economy and to exchange views and gain capacity on how to show impact of the ILO projects in this area.
July 2004
20 July 2004 - 21 July 2004, , Indonesia ILO-ASEAN Joint Study - Regional Coordination Meeting This meeting assembled the country project researchers along with ASEAN and ILO officials to share initial results and to discuss methodological and conceptual issues.
May 2004
24 May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland ILO Reflection No. 3 on Regional Integration This third installment of ILO discussions on regional integration was entitled: The social dimension of regional integration: more than a minimum floor?
04 May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland ILO Reflection No. 2 on Regional Integration This was the second in a series of ILO discussions on regional integration that dealt specifically with ILO initiatives in Africa, the Americas and Asia.
February 2004
06 February 2004, Geneva, Switzerland ILO Reflection No. 1 on Regional Integration These are minutes from the first of a series of discussions held at the ILO in Geneva where staff from across the organization came together to discuss research questions and share knowledge relating to regional integration.
11 February 2004 - 11 March 2004, Geneva Enhancing the Employment Impact of Globalization Inclusion of a dynamic social protection system and redistributive measures as an integral part of a set of policies to enhance the employment impact of globalization. The specific elements of such a system to be worked in a national context as part of a coherent set of policies.
September 2003
16 September 2003 - 19 September 2003, Turin, Italy Decent Work, Poverty Reduction and PRSPs - Thematic Review and Cross-country Experiences The Staff Seminar brought together some 50 participants from the field and headquarters to exchange views and experiences on integrated approaches to decent work, poverty reduction and PRSPs at the country level.