Events

2013

  1. Launch of national action plan to combat child labour

    7 November 2013

    The National Action Plan aims to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Lebanon by 2016

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    ILO information session on child labour

    24 October 2013

    ILO is organizing an information session on child labour on 24 October 2013. This will be an opportunity to share the findings of the new ILO report and the outcomes of the Brasilia Global Child Labour Conference.

  3. The Heliopolis Orchestra joins the Music Against Child Labour Initiative

    8 - 10 October 2013

    The Heliopolis Orchestra will open the global concert series on 8 October at the opening of the III Global Conference on Child Labour in Brazil.

  4. Third Global Conference on Child Labour

    8 - 10 October 2013

  5. "Music against Child Labour" Initiative

    8 October 2013 - 31 December 2020

  6. Launch of the report: Marking progress against child labour

    23 September 2013

    A launch will be held in Bangkok focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, which hosts the largest number of child labourers. An ILO Specialist on Child Labour will present the new figures, trends and recommendations. It will be held on Monday 23 September, 16.00 hours at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel, Studio R9, 5th Floor, 518/8 Ploenchit Road, Tel. 662.125.5000 (BTS: Chidlom station).

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    Presentation of the ILO-Global Compact Child Labour Platform

    19 September 2013

    A special event during this week’s UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York will offer companies and other stakeholders the opportunity to learn more about the Child Labour Platform (CLP). The CLP - a joint initiative by the ILO, the International Trade Union Confederation, the International Organization of Employers and the UNGC - identifies obstacles to the implementation of ILO Conventions in supply chains and the surrounding communities, as well as solutions to these obstacles and ways to catalyse collective action. Benjamin Smith, the ILO-IPEC’s Senior Officer for Corporative Social Responsibility, explains why CLP’s tools are a winning solution for businesses, working families and communities to address child labour.

  8. Kick-out Child Labour! Lakas-sipa Para sa Batang Malaya Football Clinic

    17 September 2013

    About 200 child labourers will join a football clinic and score a goal against child labour at the McKinley Hill Fort Bonifacio Taguig City, Philippines on Tuesday, 17 September 2013. Teams from the clinic will compete in a tournament in October.

  9. National and Humanitarian Responses to Syrian Child Labour in Jordan

    26 August 2013

    The International Labour Organization is to hold a technical consultation with Jordanian Ministries of Labour, Education and Social Development, UN and other international agencies to examine ways of improving the identification, protection and referral of working Syrian refugee children.

  10. Musica sull'Acqua Concert - Colico (Italy)

    5 July 2013

  11. Evaluation of pilot activities of National Framework to Combat Child Labour

    5 - 6 July 2013

    A meeting to review the progress in the pilot implementation of the National Framework to Combat Child Labour (NFCL) in Zarqa, Mafraq and Amman Governorates

  12. Technical Meeting on labour law amendments relevant to pay equity and child labour

    3 - 5 July 2013

    To discuss possible amendments to the present Labour Law No. 8 of 1996 and its related Interim Act no. 26 of 2010 to be presented to the Government in August 2013.

  13. TACKLE end of project global stakeholders workshop

    2 - 3 July 2013

    'TACKLE', Tackling child labour through education, is a joint project of the European Commission and the ILO with the support of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). Launched in 2008, TACKLE aims at fighting child labour in 12 countries. An end of project global workshop takes place in Brussels on 2 and 3 July 2013.

  14. Panel discussion on child labour and domestic work

    12 June 2013

    This panel discussion will launch a new ILO report on child domestic work and highlight progress made since the ILO Domestic Workers Convention.

  15. Claudio Abbado Concert at Salle Pleyel - Paris (France)

    11 June 2013

  16. Exhibition "The ILO's fight against child labour: Dreaming of Freedom"

    5 - 21 June 2013

    The ILO's fight against child labour: Dreaming of Freedom" is the title of a new exhibition that was launched at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva in view of the 2013 World Day Against Child Labour.

  17. IV International Convention against Child Labour

    21 March 2013

    The main objective of the event is to assist the 2013 Global Child Labour Conference with the support of the work coming from Latin America in the elimination of child labour. To help achieve the overall goal of elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2016, the event will help analyze overall progress and identify remaining challenges.

  18. Briefing session on the 3rd Global Child Labour Conference

    21 March 2013

    Members of the Governing Body and ILO staff are invited by the Ministry of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation and the Ministry of Labour and Employment of Brazil to a briefing session on the 3rd Global Child Labour Conference, to be held in Brasilia on 8-10 October 2013.

  19. ILO and Ministry of Labour hosts a delegation of Brasilian labour inspectors to share experiences in addressing child labour and forced labour and developing labour inspection systems for hard to reach sectors

    19 - 22 February 2013

    The ILO acknowledges that Brazil is well-suited to share its good practices with labour inspectorates around the world through interventions that reflect not only the enforcement of the laws, but also include innovative legal and technical solutions that also work as positive incentives for companies to comply with the laws. Experiences running this scheme as well as other initiatives in the area of child labour and how to organize inspections in hard to reach areas will be shared during the visit. The exchange is supported by the ILO-IPEC and TRIANGLE project working in the area of child labour, forced labour and migrant protection and welfare in Thailand.

  20. Provincial Stakeholder Workshop on Addressing Child Labour in the Shrimp and Seafood Processing Industry in Nakhon Si Thammarat

    15 February 2013

    ILO-IPEC together with its Provincial partners in Nakhon si Thammarat Province will organize a one day Project Stakeholder meetings to review progress made and plan for activities to address child labour in the provinces. These meetings are closely coordinated with Provincial Governor Office and chaired by representatives from Provincial Offices of the Department of Labour and involve both Provincial Government officials, trade union, private sector and civil society representatives.