Decision on the 14th item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Record of decisions | 02 April 2012

Decision on the 14th item on the agenda: Composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

New appointment

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers and in order to fill two of the four vacant seats, appointed the following persons as members of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations for a period of three years:

– Dr Dierk Lindemann (Germany);

– Justice Francisco Pérez de los Cobos Orihuel (Spain).

(Document GB.313/INS/14, paragraph 2.)

101st Session of the International Labour Conference (Geneva, 30 May–15 June 2012)

Invitation of intergovernmental organizations

The Governing Body noted that, in addition to the intergovernmental organizations for which standing arrangements, approved by the Governing Body, provided for their automatic invitation to the International Labour Conference, its Officers had authorized the Director-General to invite the following intergovernmental organizations and institutions to be represented at the Conference as observers:

– Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC);

– African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC);

– Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC);

– Centre Arabe pour l’Administration du Travail et de l’Emploi (ACLAE);

– Centre régional africain d’administration du travail (CRADAT);

– Commonwealth;

– Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);

– International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (IAESCSI);

– International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);

– Latin American Economic System (SELA);

– North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA);

– Nordic Council (NC);

– Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR);

– Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC);

– Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE);

– Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC);

– West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU);

– World Trade Organization (WTO).

Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics on the Advancement
of Employment and Unemployment Statistics (Geneva, 28 January–1 February 2013)

Composition

The Governing Body approved the composition formula for this Meeting, which would be attended by 12 Government experts, nominated after consultations with Governments, six Employer experts nominated after consultation with the Employers’ group, and six Worker experts nominated after consultation with the Workers’ group of the Governing Body; the experts nominated should be well acquainted with the items of the agenda.

The Governing Body took note that, in order to obtain the government nominations, the Director-General intended to approach the Governments of: Brazil, France, India, Ireland, Morocco, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, Uganda and United States; a reserve list would also be established which would include the Governments of: Colombia, Mauritius, Norway, Turkey and Spain.

(Document GB.313/INS/14, paragraph 6.)

Agenda

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the proposed agenda of two interrelated topics for the Meeting, as follows:

– Revision of the international standards on statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment.

– Measures of labour underutilization to supplement the unemployment rate.

(Document GB.313/INS/14, paragraph 8.)

Invitation of intergovernmental organizations

The Governing Body noted that, in addition to the intergovernmental organizations for which standing arrangements, approved by the Governing Body, provided for their automatic invitation to the Meeting, its Officers had authorized the Director-General to invite the following intergovernmental organizations and institutions as observers:

– Asian Development Bank (ADB);

– Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);

– Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);

– Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);

– Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);

– Inter-American Development Bank (IADB);

– International Monetary Fund (IMF);

– Observatoire Economique et Statistique d’Afrique Subsaharienne (AFRISTAT);

– Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT);

– United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);

– United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD);

– World Bank (WB);

– World Trade Organization (WTO).

Nineteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Geneva, 2–11 October 2013)

Composition

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the composition formula for this Conference. According to the established practice for International Conferences of Labour Statisticians, the governments of all member States would be invited to nominate participants who would attend at the expense of their respective governments; it was expected that a great majority, if not all, would be statisticians. In addition, the Director-General proposed to invite three experts nominated by the Employers’ group of the Governing Body and three nominated by the Workers’ group. The experts nominated should have adequate knowledge to enable them to participate actively in the Conference.

(Document GB.313/INS/14, paragraph 13.)

Agenda

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, approved the proposed agenda for this Conference as follows:

– General report on past and planned statistical activities of the ILO and on the functioning of the ICLS.

– Revision of the international standards on statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment, including measures of labour underutilization to supplement the unemployment rate.

The Governing Body took note that the reports prepared by the Office would examine concepts, statistical definitions and measurement methods and, except for the general report, would provide a draft resolution for examination and adoption by the Conference.

(Document GB.313/INS/14, paragraph 16.)

Invitation of intergovernmental organizations

The Governing Body noted that, in addition to the intergovernmental organizations for which standing arrangements, approved by the Governing Body, provided for their automatic invitation to the Conference of Labour Statisticians, the Officers of the Governing Body had authorized the Director-General to invite the following intergovernmental organizations and institutions as observers:

– Africa Union Commission (AUC);

– Andean Community of Nations (CAN);

– Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics;

– Asian Development Bank (ADB);

– Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA);

– Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);

– Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);

– Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);

– Inter-American Development Bank (IADB);

– International Monetary Fund (IMF);

– Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS);

– Observatoire Economique et Statistique d’Afrique Subsaharienne (AFRISTAT);

– Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC);

– Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT);

– United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);

– United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD);

– West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA);

– World Bank (WB);

– World Trade Organization (WTO).

Invitation of international non-governmental organizations

The Governing Body decided to defer the decision to invite the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) to be represented at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians as an observer until such a time as the Governing Body might be able to review the status of the Confederation in greater detail.

(Document GB.313/INS/14, paragraph 18, as amended.)