Speeches

2020

  1. Health sector has a key role in rebuilding from the COVID-19

    28 October 2020

    Ms. Dagmar Walter, Director ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, spoke at the inaugural session of Virtual Conference: Healthcare During and Beyond Covid organized by CII

  2. SIYB can play a key role in livelihood recover post COVID-19

    12 October 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and Country Office for India provided opening remarks to ‘Online Training of Trainers (ToT) for Trade Unions on Short Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) course

  3. ILO to actively support in establishing a fair migration agenda

    08 October 2020

    Special address by Ms. Dagmar Walter, Director ILO DWT/CO-New Delhi, at the inaugural session of Digital Conference - People on the Move: Impact & Way Forward organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

  4. Post COVID-19 we need safer, fairer and more sustainable workplaces

    05 October 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and Country Office for India gave an inaugural address at the 86th Annual General Meeting of All India Organization of Employers having theme of Labour Reforms: Meeting the Challenges during and Post-COVID

  5. ‘Building back fair’ with gender equality at the centre of the recovery policies

    25 September 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India at the CII IWN Women Nation Summit, Impact on Women in the Informal Economy

  6. Social dialogue brings forwards the realities of world of work

    14 August 2020

    Ms. Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and Country Office for India provided her opening remarks at the Virtual meeting with Trade Unions on Draft Wage Rules

  7. Safe and healthy working conditions are fundamental to decent work

    16 July 2020

    Opening remarks of Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT South Asia/CO India, at the Training Programme on “Promoting Health and Safety and COVID-prevention in Micro, Small & Home Based Enterprises and Workers in Lower Tiers of Supply Chains”.

  8. Together we will be able to build back better

    06 July 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter provided keynote address at the webinar on ILO’s response to the pandemic - Learning and sharing of global practices organized by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises.

  9. Rebooting Fundamentals- Keeping employees at the heart of the transformation

    19 June 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter was a key speaker at the 3rd Edition of the Economic Times Virtual Conference on ‘Workforce of the Future Summit’.

  10. Prioritize safety to ensure safe return of workers

    18 June 2020

    Inaugural speech of Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India, at webinar on COVID Preventive Measures in Natural Stone Industry.

  11. Evidence-based and inclusive policy responses is the need of the hour

    08 June 2020

    Opening remarks by Ms Walter Dagmar, Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India at the webinar on ‘Implications of the Covid-19 Crisis for Labour and Employment in India: Impact, Strategies and Perspectives’.

  12. TU's play critical role in minimizing workers’ occupational health and safety risks

    27 May 2020

    Inaugural speech from Dagmar Walter, Director ILO DWT South Asia and India, at the Refresher Training Programme on Promoting Health and Safety of Informal and Home Based Workers in Lower Tiers of Supply Chains including the Post COVID 19 Response For Trade Unions and Membership based Organizations.

  13. Standards setting is our priority

    30 April 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India leads spoked at the virtual meeting - Reflections of the Indian Information Technology Industry on opportunities within the EU Legal Migration Framework.

  14. Innovation is the key to manage challenges of the future

    15 February 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter, Director DWT for South Asia and India, provided a keynote lecture at VIASHVIK 2020, an annual event of the MA Globalization and Labour course at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai.

  15. Thank you India for the partnership in promoting peace

    22 January 2020

    Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India, paid vote of thanks at the ILO Centenary Celebrations organized by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

  16. India and the ILO will together conquer challenges of future of work

    22 January 2020

    Mr Moussa Oyumarou, Deputy Director General of the ILO, represented as a special guest at the ILO Centenary Celebrations organized by Ministry of Labour and Employment of Government of India

2019

  1. Lets renew commitments to improve OSH for all workers in India

    23 December 2019

    Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India, appealed at the Workshop on National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Profile organized by DGFASLI and MoLE.

  2. Skilling is the answer to challenges of future

    10 December 2019

    Special address by Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, DWT South Asia and India at CII’s National Conference on Skill Development and Livelihood – Skills4Jobs: Driving Convergence.

  3. Social Dialogue offers voice to everyone

    09 December 2019

    Inaugural address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, DWT South Asia and India at National Tripartite Social Dialogue Workshop in Mumbai organized jointly by the ILO and V V Giri National Labour Institute.

  4. No social justice without achieving Target 8.7

    20 November 2019

    Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, DWT South Asia and India, addresses the gathering on behalf of ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto at the inaugural session of the Asia Regional Conference on Alliance 8.7