ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities - Turin

1. ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities - Turin ETUI Project Management Course Turin 10 November 2005

2. ILO: Tripartite Structure • ILO’s mission: promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights • ILO is governed jointly by • Governments • Employers • Workers

3. ILO Instruments ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: • freedom of association, • the right to organize, and collective bargaining, • abolition of forced labour, • equality of opportunity and treatment, • abolotion of child labour • and other standards

4. Workers and Employers ILO promotes the development of independent employers' and workers' organizations and provides training and advisory services to those organizations

5. ACTRAV’s focus Promotion of the development of independent workers' organizations and providing training and advisory services to those organizations

6. ACTRAV Education Staff • Field • Education Advisers (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Carribean) • Project Staff • ITC Turin • Education Staff (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe) • Information Technology for Trade Unions

7. Activities in 2004 Total • 53 training activities • 962 participants from • 150 member countries • 41% women participants • Africa: 11 activities, including 1 course in Arabic) • Asia: 11 activities • Latin America: 14 activities • Europe: 17 activities

8. Training Subjects • International labour standards and workers' rights • Policies for decent employment • Social protection, with a specific focus on social security and occupational safety, health and the environment • Social dialogue, with an emphasis on collective bargaining and labour relations • Gender mainstreaming and women workers' rights • Training methodology, distance education and the use of information technology

9. Information Technology for Trade Unions • Information technology training during residential courses • Establishment of SoliComm: email, web hosting, conferencing, e-library • Distance education courses and workshops (12 in 2004) • Use of information technology for pre- and post-course activities

10. Workers participants in all activities in Turin and field

11. Participants in ACTRAV activities in Turin and the field