Past events

August 2013

  1. Vínculos entre migración laboral, género y desarrollo en América Latina

    19 - 23 August 2013

    Este programa de formación es organizado de manera conjunta por el Centro Internacional de Formación de Turín, del Programa para las Migraciones Internacionales de la OIT (MIGRANT) y de la Ofi cina Regional de la OIT para América Latina y el Caribe, en el marco del Proyecto Políticas de Migración Laboral Sensibles al Género en los corredores de Nicaragua-Costa Rica-Panamá y Haití-República Dominicana, fi nanciado por la Unión Europea.

  2. Panel discussion - Youth migration and development: Moving Development forward

    12 August 2013

    For this year’s International Youth Day 2013, the United Nations Secretariat (DESA) and the International Labour Office (ILO), with the support of the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund Secretariat (MDG-F), are co-organizing an event to celebrate the Day. The event will bring together young people, civil society organizations and UN and other experts to discuss issues relating to youth migration.

  3. International Youth Day

    12 August 2013

    The 2013 observance of International Youth Day aims to raise awareness of the opportunities and risks associated with youth migration, share knowledge and information stemming from recent research and analysis on this topic, and engage young people in discussions on their migration experiences.

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    2013 International Youth Day: Youth Migration, Moving Development Forward

    12 August 2013

July 2013

  1. Abuja +12 Special Summit on HIV/AIDS in Africa

    15 - 16 July 2013

    The Africa Union Abuja +12 Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (A.T.M.) will be held in Abuja, Nigeria from 15 to 16 July 2013. In response to this challenge, the ILO/AIDS is organizing key awareness-raising events to highlight the new VCT@work initiative in line with the overall theme:'Ownership, Accountability and Sustainability of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Response in Africa: Past, Present and the Future'.

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    Launch of DFID-ILO “Work in Freedom” programme

    15 July 2013

    The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will launch the new “Work in Freedom” programme to fight trafficking of women and girls from South-Asia.

  3. ILO High-Level Panel on Skills for Competitiveness

    9 July 2013

    The side event, organized by the ILO at the WTO Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade on 9 July in Geneva, provided an opportunity for sharing research findings and policy approaches on the role of skills development in translating trade openness into sustainable growth of productive and decent work. Diverse research and survey data show that many firms rank finding adequately skilled workers as a major constraint to their business. New research from the WTO documented that, in particular, such difficulties impede small and medium sized enterprises from connecting to and benefitting from global value chains.

  4. Responding to the Call for Action on the youth employment crisis through partnerships and strategic alliances

    5 July 2013

    On the occasion of the 2013 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council, a side event has been organized to discuss the role of partnerships in the implementation of the Call for Action on youth employment crisis, present recently established partnerships targeting youth employment at national and regional level.

  5. 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

  6. 3rd Conference on Regulating for Decent Work: Regulating for Equitable and Job‐Rich Growth (RDW)

    3 - 5 July 2013

    The 2013 RDW Conference will centre on the role of labour market regulation when job creation is the paramount objective. Papers are invited to address labour market regulation's ideal post‐crisis form, with a special focus on four thematic issues: (a) Comparing and evaluating labour regulation systems; (b) regulating informal work; (c) industrial and employment relations for inclusive growth; (d) new patterns of segmentation and new challenges for promoting inclusive labour markets.