Decision on the fourth item on the agenda: Sectoral and technical meetings 2013–14 and Sectoral Activities Programme for 2014–15

Record of decisions | 10 November 2014

Decision on the fourth item on the agenda: Sectoral and technical meetings 2013–14 and Sectoral Activities Programme for 2014–15

Meetings held in 2013 and 2014

Group of Experts for the revision of the IMO/ILO/UNECE Guidelines for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (4–6 November 2013)

Global Dialogue Forum on Initiatives to Promote Decent and Productive Work in the Chemical Industry (26–28 November 2013)

Global Dialogue Forum on Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the Public Service (2–3 April 2014)

Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in the Media and Culture Sector (14–15 May 2014)

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units;

(b) authorized the publication by the IMO of the Code as a joint IMO/ILO/UNECE publication;

(c) authorized the Director-General to communicate the above decisions to the IMO and UNECE;

(d) authorized the Director-General to communicate the final reports of the Global Dialogue Forum on Initiatives to Promote Decent and Productive Work in the Chemical Industry, the Global Dialogue Forum on Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the Public Service and the Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in the Media and Culture Sector to governments, requesting them to communicate the reports to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned, and to the international employers’ and workers’ organizations and other international organizations concerned; and

(e) 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 three Forums.

(Document GB.322/POL/4, paragraph 20.)

Interim report of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the situation and findings set out in the CEART’s interim report and the recommendations contained in paragraphs 9, 26 and 31 therein; and

(b) authorized the Director-General to communicate the CEART interim report to the governments and organizations concerned, and invited them to take the necessary follow-up action recommended in it (CEART/INT/2014/1).

(Document GB.322/POL/4, paragraph 25.)

Upcoming meetings

The Governing Body endorsed the proposals made in the table in the appendix to document GB.322/POL/4, relating to the dates, duration, official title, purpose and composition of the meetings listed therein.

(Document GB.322/POL/4, paragraph 28.)