Events and campaigns
Global Campaign "Decent Work for All"
The ILO is launching a new multi-media global campaign called “Decent Work for All” that aims to inject decent work messages into the global knowledge base and bridge the gap between policy and practice. The campaign focuses on people and their view of decent work. ...
Ongoing and upcoming
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1 January - 31 December 2009, Global
90 years working for social justice
In 2009 the ILO celebrates its 90th Anniversary, against a backdrop of financial crisis and critical levels of unemployment around the world. Looking to the future means understanding the past, and as such the ILO's 90th anniversary celebrations world wide focus on the theme of "90 years working for social justice" with a strong forward looking element, asking how the ILO's experience working through crisis can add a unique voice to the present day response to economic crisis. (Campaign) -
1-3 December 2009, Malang (Java), Republic of Indonesia
Routes out of the Crisis: Strategies for Local Employment Recovery and Skills Development in Asia
Since September 2008, the global economic and financial crisis has reverberated across all sectors and geographic regions, with much of the effect still emerging. While no country has been spared from the effects of the crisis, each country will be affected differently at the different stages. ... (Meeting) -
15-17 December 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
ILO-ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) Sub Regional Seminar on Regional Integration
ASEAN as a regional grouping of 10 countries in the East Asia region is fast developing into a strong sub regional economic and political block. In order to strengthen economic and political cooperation it has develop a number of policies including favourable schemes export-import tariffs and relaxed visa requirements for travel within the block. ... (Seminar) -
8-9 February 2010, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Tripartite High-Level Meeting: Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific
This High-Level meeting will take into account developments in the region and discuss a Regional Implementation Plan for decent work. It will serve as a platform to identify existing constraints and opportunities for promoting/accelerating implementation of ILO Decent Work Country Programmes, in particular in light of the global economic crisis and climate change. (Meeting)
Recent events and campaigns
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19 November 2009, Room V, 13.00 - 15.00
Presentation of report on “The social impact of globalization in Argentina”
The presentation of the report will take place under the aegis of the International Institute for Labour Studies and the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. (Presentation) -
17 November 2009, Room II, 18.30 - 20.00
Lecture on “Financial Crises: 1929-2008”
Professor Youssef Cassis, the head of the Department of Economic History at the University of Geneva, will give a lecture on the subject, within the framework of the ILO Century Project, sponsored by the International Institute for Labour Studies. (Presentation) -
13 November 2009, ILO Library
Town Hall Meeting on Greening the ILO (Meeting) -
12 November 2009, Governing Body Room, 14.00-15.30
Panel Discussion on People with Disabilities in Times of Economic Crisis
A panel presentation, featuring the Academy Award-winning actress, Ms. Marlee Matlin, will be followed by a discussion. The aim of the event is to examine how the current economic downturn is affecting women and men with disabilities and to advocate that they be included in measures to tackle the crisis. ... (Presentation)