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External event

The Future of Work We Want: Workers’ Perspectives from the Caribbean (Trinidad & Tobago)

Date: 
14 February, 2019 to 15 February, 2019

On 14-15 February, a sub-regional conference will take place in Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, within the Caribbean context in order to reflect on the current developments in the world of work and discuss how the countries can develop appropriate strategies to face the expected changes in future work. The role of unions in achieving this will be of particular focus in this conference.

UN Commission for Social Development (New York)

Date: 
11 February, 2019

The Commission for Social Development will hold its fifty-seventh session from 11 to 21 February 2019 under the priority theme of “Addressing Inequalities and Challenges to Social Inclusion Through Fiscal, Wage and Social Protection Policies”.

World of Work meeting (New Zealand)

Date: 
17 March, 2019

On 17 March, previous to the five-day ILGA world conference, a meeting titled "World of Work" will be held on the role of trade unions defending LGBTI rights. Both events will take place in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Opening of "ILO100" celebrations and launch of the report on the Future of Work (Geneva)

Date: 
22 January, 2019

The ILO will be celebrating its 100th anniversary throughout 2019 with a series of global, regional and national events. 22 January, 2019 will see the official start of the “ILO100” celebrations, with the launch of the report by the Global Commission on the Future of Work in Geneva. PSI General Secretary will be participating.

CGIL Congress

Date: 
21 January, 2019 to 25 January, 2019

Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration (Marrakesh)

Date: 
10 December, 2018 to 11 December, 2018

Led by PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli, PSI comes to Marrakesh with a 45-member strong trade union delegation of activists from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, Nigeria, USA and the Philippines.

63rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (New York)

Date: 
11 March, 2019 to 22 March, 2019

The 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW63) will take place at the UN Headquarters, in New York, from 11th to 22nd March 2019.

Third Development Partners Meeting of the ILO’s Global Flagship Program on Building Social Protection Floors (Geneva)

Date: 
24 October, 2018

The Third Meeting of the Multi-stakeholders Partnership for Social Protection Systems and Floors (SDG 1.3) will take place on Wednesday 24 October 2018 at the International Labour Office in Geneva. The meeting will bring together over 100 participants.

6th International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector (Toronto, Canada)

Date: 
24 October, 2018 to 26 October, 2018

The 6th biennial International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector takes place in Toronto, Canada on 24-26 October 2018, with the theme “Advancing the Delivery of Positive Practice”. The Conference series was inspired by the publication of the Framework Guidelines for Addressing Workplace Violence in The Health Sector jointly published in 2002 by the Public Services International (PSI), International Council of Nurses (ICN), World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Global Unions strategy meeting on the care economy (Nyon, Switzerland)

Date: 
22 October, 2018 to 23 October, 2018

The Global Unions strategy meeting on the “care economy” will take place on 22 & 23 October at Nyon, Switzerland. The meeting is being organised by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in conjunction with global union federations.