Selected ILO publications

Sectoral Joint Meeting reports and Notes on the proceedings

• Public emergency services: Social dialogue in a changing environment (pdf, 1.3MB)
  Note on the Proceedings (pdf, 295k).
  Report for and of the Joint Meeting, Geneva, 2003.
• The impact of decentralization and privatization on municipal services (pdf, 478k)
  Note on the Proceedings (310k)
  Report for and of the Joint Meeting, Geneva, 2001.
• Human resource development in the public service in the context of structural adjustment and transition
  Note on the proceedings
  Report for and of the Joint Meeting, Geneva, 1998.

National Meeting Reports

• Report on the National Workshop in Bulgaria on the ILO Guidelines on Social Dialogue in Public Emergency Services in a Changing Environment, Sofia, 14-15 April 2005 (pdf, 151k).
  
• Report on the National Workshop in Kenya on the ILO Guidelines on Social Dialogue in Public Emergency Services in a Changing Environment, Nairobi, 20-21 January 2005 (pdf, 163k).
  

Social Dialogue Guidelines

• Practical Guide for Strengthening Social Dialogue in Public Service Reform (pdf, 183k)
  Venkata Ratnam and Shizue Tomoda, Sectoral Activities Programme, Geneva, 2005.
  
• Guidelines on social dialogue in public emergency services in a changing environment, 2003 (pdf, 48k)
  

Social Dialogue in Public Emergency Services - case studies

• Public emergency services: Social Dialogue in a Changing Environment: A Study on Japan (pdf, 390k)
  Ebisui, Minawa, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP 217, Geneva, 2004.
  
• Social dialogue in the public emergency services: A case study on Kenya (pdf, 146k)
  Mureithi, Leopold, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP 216, Geneva, 2004.
  
• Social dialogue in the public emergency services in a changing environment (Bulgaria) (pdf, 146k)
  Popova, Pavlina, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP 214, Geneva, 2004.
  
• Case studies in social dialogue in the public emergency services – Argentina (pdf, 199k)
  El Halli Obeid, Laura and Weisenberg, Liliana Beatriz. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.193, Geneva, 2003.
  
• Best practice in social dialogue in public service emergency services in South Africa (pdf, 147k)
  Mgijima, Bobby. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP 192, Geneva, 2003.
  

Public Service Reforms

• Best practice in social dialogue in public service reform: A case study of the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD) (pdf, 258k)
  Olsen, Torunn. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.191, Geneva, 2002.
  
• Social and labour consequences of the decentralization and privatization of municipal services: The cases of Australia and New Zealand (pdf, 267k)
  Paddon, Michael. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.177, Geneva, 2001.
  
• Privatization of municipal services: Potential, limitations and challenges for the social partners (pdf, 323k)
  Martin, Brendan. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.175, Geneva, 2001.
  
• Decentralization and privatization of municipal services: The perspective of consumers and their organizations (pdf, 194k)
  Simpson, Robin. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.176, Geneva, 2001.
  
• Decentralization and privatization in municipal services: The case of health services (pdf, 201k)
  Bach, Stephen. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.164, Geneva, 2000.
  
• Democratic regulation: A guide to the control of privatized public services through social dialogue (pdf, 362k)
  Palast, Gregory, Oppenheim, Jerrold and MacGregor, Theo. Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.166, Geneva, 2000.