Past events

February 2012

  1. Joint ILO/IFAD/FAO side event at 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

    28 February 2012

    During this side event, three powerful speakers ─ Ms Ronnie Goldberg (Vice-President of the US Council for International Business), Ms Rehana Riyalawala (Secretary of the Indian Self-Employed Women's Association/SEWA) and Ms Shireen Lateef (Senior Adviser on Gender of the Asian Development Bank/ADB) ─ addressed the topic "Rural Employment and Agriculture" in an active dialogue with some 85 women and men participants.

  2. Breaking ground: Partnerships for more and better jobs for young people

    27 February 2012

    An event co organized by the ILO, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) to strengthen the partnership between governments and the private sector in advancing youth employment and decent work.

  3. Decent Work Forum No. 61 - Trade and sectoral productivity

    22 February 2012

  4. Awareness raising seminar on occupational safety and health for members of Parliament

    22 February 2012

    The objective of the seminar was to motivate members of parliament to promote occupational safety and health as a priority issue with regards to resource allocation and inclusion in national development plans.

  5. Global Dialogue Forum on Conditions of Personnel in Early Childhood Education

    22 - 23 February 2012

  6. Webinar on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development: ILO experiences in assisting women entrepreneurs in starting-up a productive business with growth potential

    21 February 2012

    Tuesday 21 February 2012 - Webinar convened by the ILO and the UN Global Compact Office

  7. ECOSOC 2012 e-discussion: Jobs, Decent Work and Inclusive Growth

    8 February - 14 March 2012

    On line discussion on “Jobs, Decent Work and Inclusive Growth” organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO),the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). In order to register, follow the discussion and contribute your comments, please send an email to support.amr@unteamworks.org.

January 2012

  1. Decent Work Forum No. 60 - China: From an active employment policy to employment promotion law

    26 January 2012

  2. Workshop on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Barbados

    16 - 17 January 2012

    A workshop is to be organized to present and validate a draft report on an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Barbados. The draft paper includes secondary data, the results of a national survey conducted in November 2011 by the Barbadian social partners led by BWU, as well as supplementary information collected by ILO and the Barbadian social partners.

December 2011

  1. Decent Work Forum No. 59 - MEASURING THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

    15 December 2011