Objectives of the Seminar [top]
This year’s Annual Decent Work Staff Seminar ( Turin , 27-29 September 2005) will bring together 50 participants from the field and headquarters, to share information, knowledge, and experience, and to brainstorm together on the way forward, around the theme of Decent Work and a Fair Globalization: National Policy Responses.
The Director General’s Report to the 2004 ILC and its discussion by constituents analysed the potential role of the ILO in a fair globalisation and identified six broad areas for follow-up drawing on the recommendations of the report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. The development of integrated local, national and regional policiesto address globalisation is the first of such action areas and one which is at the crossroad of the international and national policy concerns and one which brings together all strategic components of the decent work agenda.
In this year’s Staff Policy Seminar, we are proposing to brainstorm together on how we are operationalizing the decent work strategy for a fair globalisation, one of the five mainstream strategies in the 2006/07 Programme. Since 2003, a series of national and regional dialogues on decent work and globalisation have been held. Initiatives at the multilateral levels have been launched including by the ILO. A few country programmes started to address national follow- up actions and articulate policy responses in specific areas. These initiatives are carried out in different parts of the ILO. The Staff Seminar is the opportunity to share information and experience across field and headquarters, across technical sectors and across regions and to foster further cross-cutting work, analytic as well as action oriented.
We propose to review together concepts, research findings and concrete initiatives that are being developed linking the globalization and the world of work, especially with respect to coherence of national policies, national and international interaction, challenges of globalization to the ILO agenda on decent work and its policy instruments. We will look at the good practices and policy responses in specific areas that have started to emerge including some with the support of ILO programmes (such as in Argentina, Morocco, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Madagascar). We will introduce new and integrated policy tools being developed.
Looking forward : we will brainstorm together about the knowledge gap. How should our research and policy agenda evolve? How to mainstream the strategy in the DWCPs? What policy tools do we have or need to develop? How to promote dialogue at the national and international levels on cross-cutting objectives? How to strengthen our capacities to respond to the fast evolving context of world of work? How to link better the research, dialogue and operational work? And how to foster cross-office collaboration.
As usual, the Seminar will bring in a few external speakers from a variety of institutions and perspectives to stimulate the discussion and joint reflection with the ILO Staff. As in the previous seminars, we are aiming at having an equal representation from the field and headquarters. We also hope that all those who currently work on these issues or who have responsibility to plan and implement ILO action will be able to join and to share their thoughts. The Programme has been drawn to reflect the different interests. Further feedback and proposals for contributions are welcome and will be accommodated to the extent possible.
Documentation [top]
This website will be used as a repository for all documents pertaining to the seminar.
All panelists are requested to place their presentation on the website sending their contributions to Nicolas Serrière copying Martha Tirelli. Participants wishing to contribute documents are requested to do the same.
Venue and Date [top]
The International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin , 27-29 September 2005.
Participants traveling by bus from Geneva will arrive on Monday 26 September 2005 in the evening. The Seminar starts at 9 AM on 27 September 2005 and ends on 29 September 2005 at 2 PM .
Participants [top]
Participants include staff, managers and specialists, from all technical sectors in Geneva , directors and technical specialists from all regions, GENDER, CODEV, PROGRAM, INSTITUTE, TURIN and INTEGRATION.
Organization [top]
The National Policy Group, Policy Integration Department (INTEGRATION/NPG) and the International Training Center (ITC) jointly organize the Seminar.
The Programme attached encourages active participation of all through plenary discussions panel presentations, and working groups, addressing both substantive and process related issues.
Logistics and cost-sharing [top]
For ILO participants traveling from Asia , Africa , Latin America , the Arab States and Europe , up to 50% of the travel cost; board and lodging in Turin for all participants, as well as transport by bus for participants traveling from Geneva are covered by INTEGRATION.
The originating units will bear the 20% extra DSA cost of all participants.
All logistics and organizational matters are handled by ITC, Turin (Martha Tirelli).
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