Promoting Policy Integration at the National Level: Country Strategies on Decent Work
9 - 11 July 2003, ITCILO, Turin

 

Welcome
Introduction
Participants
Resources
 
Programme
Wed. 9 July
Thu. 10 July
Fri. 11 July



Wednesday 9 July
8.00
Travel by bus from Geneva to Turin
12.30
Lunch
14.00

Session 1 - opening

Introduction to the Workshop

Chair: T. Rifai
14.30
Integration of Economic and Social Policies in a Globalizing World
 
G. Rodgers

Discussion
16.00
Group Photo
Coffee break
16.30

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18.00
The Decent Work Pilot Programme: Review of Issues and Experience
 
A. Berar

Discussion
Thursday 10 July
8.30

Session 2 - Policy Integration: Key Themes

Panel 1

Decent Work as Productive Factor: National Policies for Promoting Employment, Workers' Rights, Productivity and Competitiveness
 
Discussion

Chair: R. Amjad
Panelists: D. Lamotte, M. Del Cid, D. Kucera
DWPP Philippines, Panama, regional overviews
10.00
Coffee break
10.30

Panel 2

Decent Work Indicators: Regional and National Strategies
 
Discussion

Chair: G. Strachan
Panelists: P. Peek, F. Mehran, E. Brú
12.00
Panel 3
 
Global Values and Agendas / National Application
 
Discussion

Chair: A. Trebilcock
Panelists: L. Swepston, R. Amjad, A. Bonilla
13.00
Lunch
14.30
Panel 4
 
The Flexibility Debate from an Integrated Perspective: Rights, Social Protection and Employment
 
Discussion

Chair: L. Swepston
Panelists: P. Auer, C. Vargha, P. Poschen
Industrial countries, countries in transition, DWPP Denmark and Ghana
16.00
Coffee break
16.30



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18.00
Panel 5
 
Social Dialogue and National Ownership: The Experience of Pilot Programmes
 
Discussion

Chair: P. O'Donovan
Panelists: I. Awad, W. Blenk, R. Mehrotra
DWPP Morocco, Philippines, Bangladesh, Bahrain
Friday 11 July
8.30

Session 3 - Promoting Integration: Managing National Policy Processes and ILO Response

Panel 6

Integrating Decent Work in National Policy Frameworks
 
Discussion

Chair: F. Buttler
Panelists: A. Pereira, K. Andoh, C. Coenjaerts, V. Levaggi
DWPP Brazil, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Latin America
10.00
Coffee break
10.30

Panel 7

Working Towards an ILO Integrated Response
 
  • Country programming (P. Egger, PROGRAM)
  • Country examples (A. Pinerúa, Argentina)
  • Turin / ILO integration: feedback from 8 July consultations (F. Lenglet, ITC)
  • Follow up on Pilot Programmes and implementation of "Shared Policy Objectives (NPG)
 
Discussion

Chair: D. Skerrett
12.15
Formation of working groups
12.30
Lunch (Working Groups)
14.00

Parallel Working Groups

  1. Policy integration: key themes
  2. Policy integration: key themes
  3. DW indicators
  4. Social Dialogue / national ownership
  5. ILO integrated response
  6. ILO integrated response
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
Session 4 - Concluding Session
  • Feedback from working groups
  • Conclusions / Next step

17.00

Closure
17.30
Departure of bus

 


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Fred Fluitman, Employment and Skills Development Programme, ITCILO, Turin,
or the webmeister, Nicolas Serrière

Last update: 16-Sep-2003