Decision on the fourth item on the agenda: Sectoral and technical meetings in 2014 and proposals for sectoral work in 2016–17

Record of decisions | 19 March 2015

Decision on the fourth item on the agenda: Sectoral and technical meetings in 2014 and proposals for sectoral work in 2016–17

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the final reports of the meetings referred to in section I of document GB.323/POL/4;

(b) authorized the Director-General to publish the Guidelines for implementing the occupational safety and health provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006;

(c) requested the Director-General to bear in mind, when drawing up proposals for future work, the recommendations for future action by the ILO made by the Global Dialogue Forum on Wages and Working Hours in the Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Footwear Industries (23–25 September 2014); and by the Global Dialogue Forum on the Adaptability of Companies to Deal with Fluctuating Demands and the Incidence of Temporary and Other Forms of Employment in Electronics (9–11 December 2014);

(d) endorsed the proposed programme of global sectoral meetings, global dialogue forums and meetings of experts as well as preparatory work for possible future global meetings for 2016–17 contained in Appendix I of GB.323/POL/4, subject to approval by the 104th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2015 of the corresponding allocations in the Programme and Budget for 2016–17.

(Document GB.323/POL/4, paragraph 27.)