Events on informal economy
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World Day against Child Labour
Generation Safe and Healthy Children’s Summit
The ILO Caring Gold Project, funded by the United States Department of Labor, will bring the World Day against Child Labour in Camarines Norte to address child labour and to promote decent work, including occupational safety and health in small-scale gold mines. Over 250 children, parents and partners will join the campaign and children’s summit.
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Child labour
Philippine Fashion Week: Compassionate Gold Brand Launch
Innovative solutions are crucial to address child labour and to promote decent work in small-scale gold mines. The ILO Caring Gold Project, funded by the United States Department of Labor, and implemented with BAN Toxics, will launch the Compassionate Gold brand in partnership with the Philippine Fashion Week. Compassionate Gold ensures responsible mining practices.
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Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
Innovations for Decent Jobs for Youth
The event provides a platform for governments, social partners, youth and civil society, private sector, foundations, UN entities and beyond to explore collaboration on innovations that work for decent jobs for youth under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean Breakfast Meeting
This event will showcase in a concise, high-impact manner how the ILO is preparing with the Caribbean for the future of work through the presentation of the two aforementioned documents. This aims to reinforce ILO’s voice and visibility as the world’s expert agency for the world of work, and indeed the future of work, in this case focusing on training.
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EMPLOYMENT Research symposium
Jobs and Skills Mismatch – Job-rich growth for Sustainable Development
On 27-28 November 2017, the Employment Policy Department will bring together researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and other stakeholders to review and discuss on-going research on demand for jobs and bottlenecks in developed and developing countries.
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The Future of Work in the Caribbean: What do we know? What do we need to know?
A report on the findings will contribute towards the ILO global Initiative, including a constituent meeting to be convened by the ILO in 2018.
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International Day of Cooperatives: Cooperation among workers in the informal economy
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Child labour
Validation of Gap Analysis on Laws on Child Labour and Working Conditions in Small-Scale Gold Mining
The ILO CARING Gold Project will hold a roundtable discussion to validate the gap analysis and recommendations on laws covering child labour and working conditions in artisanal and small scale gold mining.
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10th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour: Realizing Decent Work under the 2030 Agenda
This year the Meeting will present an opportunity to have an exchange on the continuing challenge to promote a more inclusive and sustainable growth process with more and better jobs, as well as allow the Ministers to articulate and share their perspectives around the Future of Work, drawing from the national level dialogues that have occurred in the past year.
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Academy on the transition to the formal economy - Take action