Past events
October 2011
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Webinar on Eradicating Forced Labour from Global Supply Chains
26 October 2011
Wednesday 26 October 2011 - Webinar convened by the ILO and the UN Global Compact Office
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Second Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy
24 - 28 October 2011
The second edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy will be held in Montreal, Canada, 24 - 28 October 2011 to strengthen the impact of such economy through the creation of a community of practice. Participants from Africa, Asia, America's, Europe and Arab States will further share experiences on employment creation, social protection, social dialogue, green jobs, legal and policy frameworks, informal economy and Local economic development.
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Training workshop for occupational safety and health and labour inspectors in Ukraine
24 - 27 October 2011
The workshop enabled to build capacities in occupational safety and health (OSH) inspection and to foster collaboration between the Ukrainian labour and OSH inspection services.
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Tripartite Meeting on Promoting Social Dialogue on Restructuring and its Effects on Employment in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
24 - 27 October 2011
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ILO International Safety Conference 2011 in cooperation with ISSA
20 - 21 October 2011
The conference will focus on the application of international tools on occupational safety and health (OSH) strategic approach at national and enterprise levels. Good practice in construction and health sectors, which face high and emerging risks to occupational accidents and diseases, will be highlighted. Under the theme "Promoting a preventative safety and health culture: International instruments, national strategies and good practices", the conference will offer an excellent forum to share the experience of different stakeholders and learn how to put it in practice at each level.
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Decent Work Forum No. 55 - MEASURING DECENT WORK: Challenges and Opportunities
19 October 2011
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Global Dialogue Forum on the Role of Private Employment Agencies in Promoting Decent Work and Improving the Functioning of Labour Markets in Private Services Sectors
18 - 19 October 2011
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Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Working Time Arrangements
17 - 21 October 2011
This meeting was the first international policy discussion of working time issues in nearly 20 years. The purpose of the meeting was to review and advise on modern working-time arrangements, which includes identifying the main policy issues that would need to be addressed to develop future ILO guidance for advancing decent work in the area of working time.
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Evaluation Clinic: Taqeem Fund for Evaluation in Youth Employment
11 - 14 October 2011
The Clinic will provide a venue for evaluation specialists to collaborate with youth employment and enterprise project teams from the Middle East and North Africa for the development of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plans. The 4-day event will include a series of interactive “consultation” sessions, lectures from technology, data, and evaluation experts, and the launch of a series of innovative Monitoring&Evaluation systems. Collaborating with Youth and Employment Network (YEN)on the delivery of the Clinic will be Silatech, 3ie, the Middle East Youth Initiative, Innovations for Poverty Action and the World Bank.
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12th African Regional Meeting
11 - 14 October 2011
The proposed agenda of the Meeting is to discuss progress made by the countries in the region towards achieving the targets set by the Decent Work Agenda in Africa, 2007-15, adopted by the 11th African Regional Meeting, as well as to set out future priority actions for the region to achieve the Decent Work Agenda in Africa.