Decision on the 20th item on the agenda: Programme, composition and agenda of standing bodies and meetings

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Reappointments

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, reappointed the following members of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations for a period of three years:

– Mr Shinichi Ago (Japan);

– Ms Lia Athanassiou (Greece);

– Mr Lelio Bentes Corrêa (Brazil);

– Mr Rachid Filali Meknassi (Morocco);

– Mr Abdul Koroma (Sierra Leone);

– Mr Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand);

– Mr Paul-Gérard Pougoué (Cameroon);

– Ms Deborah Thomas-Felix (Trinidad and Tobago);

– Mr Bernd Waas (Germany).

(Document GB.331/INS/20, paragraph 1.)

Meeting of Experts in Preparation for the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Geneva, 5–9 February 2018)

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations to be represented at the meeting as observers:

– International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers’ Cooperatives (CICOPA);

– Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO).

(Document GB.331/INS/20, paragraph 5.)

Meeting of Experts to adopt Guidelines on Social Dialogue in Public Emergency Services (Geneva, 16–20 April 2018)

The Governing Body, on the recommendation of its Officers, authorized the Director-General to invite the following international non-governmental organizations to be represented at the meeting as observers:

– African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD);

– Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA);

– Association of Labour Relations Agencies (ALRA);

– Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE);

– Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR);

– European Public Administration Employers (EUPAE);

– European Public Administration Network (EUPAN);

– European Public Service Union (EPSU);

– Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR);

– International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC);

– Latin American State Workers’ Confederation (CLATE);

– Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF);

– Public Services International (PSI);

– Save the Children International;

– Trade Unions’ National and European Administration Delegation (TUNED);

– United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG);

– World Vision International;

– World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

(Document GB.331/INS/20, paragraph 9.)

Programme of meetings for the remainder of 2017 as well as for 2018 and 2019 and advance information for 2020

The Governing Body took note of the Programme of Meetings set out in Part II of document GB.331/INS/20, as approved by its Officers, subject to decisions yet to be adopted, as described in the footnotes.

(Document GB.331/INS/20, paragraph 10.)