Side Event "Combating child labour through South-South Cooperation - IPEC’s experiences and prospects for future development"

The “Global South-South Development Expo 2010” will take place in Geneva from 22 to 26 November 2010. It is organized by the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, a division directed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The International Labour Office has the privilege to host The Expo 2010 and welcomes various partner countries and organizations to showcase and exchange successful South-South development solutions. Solution forums include social protection and decent work, food security, climate change and environment, HIV/AIDS, global health, and education.

The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) will participate in the Solution Forum “Social Protection and Decent Work” organised by the ILO. IPEC’s stakeholders will share their experiences presenting South-South Cooperation initiatives that merge from two ongoing IPEC projects covering Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Haiti and Paraguay.

During The Expo, IPEC will organise a Side Event "Combating child labour through South-South Cooperation – IPEC’s experiences and prospects for future development” on 24 November 2010. IPEC will present its approach to South-South Cooperation and give an overview of the experiences in the different regions in several thematic areas. Furthermore, Brazil and the United States of America will share their experiences in South-South and Triangular Cooperation and will seal partnerships in new projects in this domain.

Participants

The Expo and Side Event will bring together:

  • UN agencies
  • International NGOs
  • Donor community
  • Embassies
  • National Governments from North and South
  • Key experts and academics
  • ILO staff

Links

  • For IPEC’s Side Event programme please click here.
  • To participate in IPEC’s Side Event, contact: ipec@ilo.org.
  • For registration and further information on The Expo please visit The Expo website.

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