Events and meetings

March 2024

  1. ILO-IOE event on Women in business

    21 March 2024

    Join the International Labour Organization Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) for a dialogue and virtual discussion on Women in business. Join us on 21 March 2024 from 13:00 to 14:30 CET as we delve into the insights of our new report, "Women in Business: How Employer and Business Membership Organizations Drive Gender Equality” launched on 5 March 2024 on the week of International Women’s Day.

  2. Business is not as usual: what Employers' and business member organizations (EBMOs) need to know

    19 March 2024

    A live broadcast focusing on the shape-shifting business landscape and the evolving role of EBMOs.

October 2023

  1. Employment Injury Protection: A global webinar for preparing reports and comments for the General Survey

    18 October 2023

    Co-organized by the International Labour Standards Department (NORMES) and the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO)

  2. The power of small: disability employment in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    18 October 2023

    Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) provide more than two thirds of jobs worldwide and account for the majority of new employment. There are an estimated 1.3 billion people with disabilities in the world, with most of them being in working age. However, persons with disabilities are unemployed at much higher rates than persons without disabilities. SMEs have the potential to offer employment to persons with disabilities.

September 2023

  1. Climbing the career ladder: grooming talent with disabilities

    27 September 2023

    How can companies support employees with disabilities grow professionally and progress their careers?

June 2023

  1. World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All

    14 - 15 June 2023

    The ILO World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All took place on 14 and 15 June and brought together Heads of State and Government, with world of work leaders and heads of international organizations to address how to increase social justice in the world. You can watch the full event in replay.

  2. 111th International Labour Conference

    5 - 16 June 2023

    The ILO will hold its annual Conference in Geneva from 5–16 June 2023. Government, employer and worker delegates from the ILO's 187 Member States will tackle a wide range of issues, including: a just transition towards sustainable and inclusive economies, quality apprenticeships, and labour protection. A high-level World of Work Summit on Social justice for all will take place on the 14 and 15 June.

February 2023

  1. High-Level Tripartite Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in Southeast Asian Countries

    22 - 24 February 2023

    Review current approach to labour relations, build shared understanding on way forward for collaborative industrial relations and promote follow up initiatives at country level for working together for growth, productivity and decent work.

December 2022

  1. 2022 Global Forum on Boosting Youth Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development

    15 - 16 December 2022

    The ILO and All-China Youth Federation, with the support of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, will jointly organize an international Forum on KAB entrepreneurship education for Sustainable Development on 15 and 16 December 2022. The main theme of the Forum is ‘Boosting Youth Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development.

  2. 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting

    6 - 9 December 2022

    The 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) will bring together government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States in Singapore to discuss concrete steps to drive a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.