The Governing Body:

(a) endorsed all the activities listed in paragraphs 2–30 of GB.304/STM/1;

(b) endorsed the activities in paragraph 31 of GB.304/STM/1, subject to availability of resources;

(c) decided to instruct the Office to invite the governments of all member States to sectoral meetings in 2010–11.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraph 20.)

(a) Sectoral overview of the follow-up to the Social Justice Declaration

(b) The current global economic crisis:
Sectoral aspects

The Governing Body took note of these parts of the report.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraphs 21–41.)

(a) Global Dialogue Forum on Vocational Education and Skills Development for Commerce Workers, 24–25 November 2008

The Governing Body:

(a) authorized the Director-General to communicate the final report containing the texts mentioned in paragraph 2 of GB.304/STM/3/1 to:

(i) governments of member States, requesting them to communicate the report to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned;

(ii) the international employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned;

(iii) the international organizations concerned;

(b) requested the Director-General to bear in mind, when drawing up proposals for future work of the Office, the wishes expressed in paragraphs 25, 26 and 29 of the points of consensus.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraph 46.)

(b) Global Dialogue Forum on Decent Work in Local Government Procurement for Infrastructure Provision, 17–18 February 2009

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraphs 47–49.)

(c) Global Dialogue Forum on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Finance Sector Workers,
24–25 February 2009

The Governing Body:

(a) authorized the Director-General to communicate the attached conclusions to governments of member States; to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned; and to the international organizations concerned;

(b) requested the Director-General to bear in mind, when drawing up proposals for future work of the Office, the wishes expressed in the attached conclusions.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraph 55.)

(d) Tripartite Technical Workshop on the Impact of the Food Price Crisis on Decent Work,
5–6 March 2009

The Governing Body took note of this part of the report.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraphs 56–58.)

(e) Joint ILO/IMO/Basel Convention Working Group on Ship Scrapping (Third Session),
29–31 October 2008

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the report of the Third Session of the Joint ILO/IMO/Basel Convention Working Group on Ship Scrapping;

(b) endorsed continued work of the ILO in relation to the IMO Convention on ship recycling (to be adopted) and the development of accompanying guidelines.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraph 64.)

(a) Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission, 12–13 February 2009

(b) Outcome of the Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on Liability and Compensation regarding Claims for Death, Personal Injury and Abandonment of Seafarers, 2–5 March 2009

The Governing Body took note of these parts of the report.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraphs 65–70.)

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the report of the Conference;

(b) requested the Director-General to consider the recommendations of the Conference in carrying out the future programme of work of the Office;

(c) authorized the Director-General to distribute the report of the Conference to:

(i) the governments of member States and, through them, to the national employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned, drawing particular attention to the six resolutions contained in Appendix I to the report;

(ii) the international employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned;

(iii) the United Nations and other international organizations;

(iv) non-governmental organizations represented at the Conference.

(Document GB.304/12, paragraph 79.)