Events and meetings

Events and meetings

  1. International Symposium on National Qualifications Framework

    8 - 9 September 2011

    The NQF Symposium hosted jointly by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the ILO aimed at building the intellectual project of NQFs ingeneral and the South African NQF in particular. It sought to analyze andevaluate the impact of the South African NQF and the basket of policies of which it is part, on thenational goals of growth and development

  2. Workshop on Conflict Prevention and Negotiation Skills for Trade Union and Management Negotiators

    29 - 31 August 2011

    The ILO organized and facilitated a separate in-house training Workshop on Conflict Prevention and Negotiation Skills for Trade Union and Management Negotiators for the Standard Bank.

  3. Workshop on Conflict Prevention and Negotiation Skills for Trade Union and Management Negotiators

    29 - 31 August 2011

    The ILO organized and facilitated a separate in-house training Workshop on Conflict Prevention and Negotiation Skills for Trade Union and Management Negotiators for the Standard Bank

  4. Regional Summit on Domestic workers

    29 - 31 August 2011

    The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the South African Domestic Service & Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU), together with NACTU and FEDUSA and the ILO, hosted a Summit for Domestic Workers, 27-28 August 2011, at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, South Africa.

  5. ILO’s engagement in the Horn of Africa drought crisis

    25 August 2011

    ILO has established a solid, broad operational basis across the three administrations governing Somalia at present, including through strategic partnerships with UN agencies (UNOPS) as well as local organizations. The ILO has successfully delivered essential social protection and productive cash transfers to conflict-torn areas of Somalia since 2006, mainly through employment-intensive community infrastructure investment projects. The ILO is also very well positioned to operate in the other affected regions of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti.

  6. Month of the women entrepreneur in Lesotho

    1 - 2 August 2011

    The Month of the Women Entrepreneur (MOWE) in Lesotho promoted Women Entrepreneurs as role models through highlighting three obstacles every Micro and Small entrepreneurs faced daily; access to information, access to registration and access to finance

  7. Training course on International Labour Standards and judicial independence and ethics for labour court judges, conciliators, arbitrators and lawyers in Zimbabwe

    25 - 30 July 2011

    The main objective of the course was to equip judges, conciliators, arbitrators and lawyers with the knowledge that will enable them to use international labour law sources to resolve labour disputes, and to carry out this task guided by the principles of judicial independence and ethics.

  8. Training for Zimbabwe State Actors on International Labour Standards

    20 - 22 July 2011

    The workshop is a first in a series of activities that will be aimed at training key state actors for the full respect of human and trade union rights and to enable the elaboration and promulgation of clear lines of conduct in this regard

  9. Women Entrepreneurship Development Training at DoL South Africa

    12 July 2011

    The Women Entrepreneurship Development training is aimed at improving the skills of staff in the Department of Labour (DoL) to enable them to provide effective services to women entrepreneurs.

  10. Training of Trainers on business growth in South Africa

    11 July 2011

    The WEDGE South Africa project rolled out a Training of Trainers for the Action my Business Growth (AMG) tool. The AMG tool is a NEW tool to be used for growth oriented women entrepreneurs (GOWEs).