Past events

September 2012

  1. ILO at the 'Jobs for Europe' conference

    6 - 7 September 2012

    The European Commission organized on 6 and 7 September 2012 a major employment policy conference in Brussels. The ILO Director General elect called for an "immediate and urgent change of policy in the EU"

August 2012

  1. Decent Work Forum No. 67 - Trade and Employment in a Vertically Specialized World

    30 August 2012

  2. ILO showcase at International Disaster and Risk Conference: The Multi-hazard Business Continuity Management Guide.

    26 - 31 August 2012

  3. International Youth Day 2012: Interactive online discussions on Google+ and Twitter

    9 - 10 August 2012

    Join us in celebrating International Youth Day 2012 “Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth" by watching and contributing to a Google+ Hangout and a Twitter live Q&A.

  4. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2012: "Indigenous media, empowering indigenous voices"

    9 August 2012

July 2012

  1. International Conference on Child Labour in Agriculture

    28 - 30 July 2012

    Global March Against Child Labour as a part of its strategic targeting of agriculture as a priority is organizing an International Conference on Child Labour in Agriculture.

  2. Launch of the book "Protecting the Poor: Microinsurance Compendium Volume 2"

    12 July 2012

    The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility organized on July 3rd an interactive session that brought the opportunity to meet with key microinsurance stakeholders, to dialogue in small groups around specific topics and to network with peers. By attending, participants got an overview of the major trends of the sector and had the possibility to interact with authors and experts focusing on agriculture, catastrophic risks, client value, health, migration, the role of commercial insurers, regulation, social protection and technology. A Webcast and a Q&A session for onliners were set up to enable remote participation.

  3. Launch of new forced labour estimate for the EU-27

    10 July 2012

    The ILO launches on 10 July 2012 its new estimate of forced labour in the EU-27. The ILO estimate covers thousands of cases of forced labour and human trafficking reported over the period 2002-2011.

  4. ECOSOC high level segment ministerial roundtable breakfast on "Decent work and women’s economic empowerment: Good policy and practice"

    6 July 2012

    Demonstrating their strong joint support for gender equality at work, the Director General of the ILO, Mr Juan Somavia, and the Executive Director of UN Women, Ms Michele Bachelet, co-sponsored the Ministerial Roundtable Breakfast on “Decent work and women’s economic empowerment: Good policy and practice” on 6 July 2012.

  5. Project Steering Committee Meeting of the “Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh Project

    5 July 2012

    The 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of the project titled “Promoting Decent Work through Improved Migration Policy and its Application in Bangladesh” was held under the chairpersonship of Dr. Zafar Ahmed Khan, Secretary, MEWOE on Thursday the 5th of July 2012 at the Conference Room of the MEWOE. The PSC comprises of 18 representatives from the tripartite constituents – Government, Trade Unions, Employers Associations – and other important actors in the area of labour migration, including, the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), who is a donor to this project, migrant workers associations, migration research institutions and other civil society actors.