The APRM brings together government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States. The APRM will discuss concrete steps to drive job-rich growth that is inclusive and transformative and offers a timely opportunity to...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Cooperatives Unit (COOP), the ILO aims to bring together scholars and practitioners working with governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, as well as cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) for a two-day international...

Under the general theme Reflecting 100 years of ILO – Shaping the rules for a new century of labour the XIV GLU Conference will debate these challenges with a focus on five sub-themes: 1. Instruments for Strengthening Global Labour 2. Representation of Informally or Precariously Employed...

Universal Child Grants (UCG) are increasingly discussed as a policy instrument to achieve universal social protection and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The conference organisers invite research paper proposals based on evidence from the implementation of cash transfers...

Thematic plenary sitting: - Policies for sustainable, productive development for sustained and inclusive growth, with more and better decent jobs. - Policies to promote the transition from the informal to the formal economy and to respond to accelerating technological change and to diverse forms...

Under the general theme Future of Work: Democracy, Development, and the Role of Labour the XIII GLU Conference will debate these challenges with a focus on four sub-themes: 1. Structural Changes and Impacts on Labour 2. Trade Union Organization and Strategies 3. Labour Regulation 4....

Sub-­themes: 1. Socially and economically just alternatives, 2. Global supply chains and implications for labour, 3. Changing technology and the world of work, 4. Building Movements against Neoliberalism and Neo-­nationalism.

The 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting will review progress made towards building a future with Decent Work since the 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (held in Japan in 2011). It will bring together national political, economic and social stakeholders from throughout the...

The International Labour Conference is the ILO’s highest decision-making body. It meets annually in June, bringing together the tripartite delegations from the Organization’s 187 member States. The Conference is composed of a plenary and of technical committees.

The conference will bring together researchers, students, practitioners, advocates, policy makers and representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations working in areas of cooperative enterprises and social and solidarity economy organizations, as well as labour research and themes...