Events and meetings

August 2009

  1. WTO-ILO workshop on global trade and employment

    31 August - 1 September 2009

    WTO and ILO co-organized this workshop of leading international researchers to explore the knowledge frontier on the relationship between trade and employment.

  2. Youth and the United Nations - International Youth Day

    12 August 2009

June 2009

  1. Tackling youth employment problems

    29 June - 10 July 2009

    ITC Course A901291

  2. Regional workshop on Formulating National Youth Policies and Action Plans

    10 - 15 June 2009

May 2009

  1. Strategies for local economic development management

    18 - 29 May 2009

    Audience: Local, regional and national government officials concerned with local economic development or planning; experts from international organizations; staff of NGOs and other bodies dealing with local development; representatives of workers' or employers' organizations; private sector consultants advising governments on local development issues; economists; other social scientists.

  2. World Creative Youth Forum 2009 (WCYF 2009)

    5 - 10 May 2009

April 2009

  1. Global Youth Service Day

    24 - 26 April 2009

  2. ILO/WBI Geneva Dialogue on Trade and Labor: Economic slowdown, openness to trade and labor market adjustment

    20 April 2009

  3. Fifth Summit of the Americas

    17 - 19 April 2009

  4. Young Americas Forum - Young People of the Americas: Speaking Loud and Clear

    15 - 16 April 2009

March 2009

  1. Turin training course on: Sustainable enterprise promotion through good workplace practice and human resource management

    16 - 27 March 2009

    ILO constituents; executives and managers with influence on and responsibility for human resource management; enterprise development agencies.

  2. InFocus Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility, During the March 2009 Governing Body

    8 - 20 March 2009

February 2009

  1. Turin training course on "Promoting the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (ILO MNE Declaration)”

    11 - 13 February 2009

December 2008

  1. The Labour Dimension of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): from principles to practice

    10 - 12 December 2008

    Audience: the course is designed for ILO constituents and professionals involved with CSR and labour practices issues, such as project managers, executives and technical experts from: Enterprises of all sectors and sizes, Workers’ and employers’ organizations and Governments

November 2008

  1. Youth Entrepreneurship as Career Option in EAP: Key Components for Success

    14 November 2008

  2. World Urban Youth Forum

    1 November 2008

    More than 500 youth activists from over 50 countries world-wide, gathered for the opening of the UN-HABITAT World Urban Youth Forum.

August 2008

  1. Implementing the right of people with disabilities to vocational training

    25 - 26 August 2008

  2. 4th World Youth Congress

    21 August 2008

    Held every 2 years. This 4th WYC Congress celebrates youth and the role they play in achieving the MDGs

July 2008

  1. 14th UN International Day of Cooperatives: “Confronting climate change through Cooperative Enterprises”

    5 July 2008

June 2008

  1. Sub-regional Meeting "Disability Legislation: Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities in Asia"

    23 - 24 June 2008