Sectoral meetings

Consensus building: international tripartite meetings

Several times per year, representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations from different countries and regions meet at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, to participate in tripartite sectoral international meetings and global dialogue fora. Based on the most up-to-date research produced by the ILO, the tripartite representatives meet to debate emerging issues, main trends and challenges of their sector.
 
Consensus reached during such sectoral meetings results in recommendations for policy and action in the sectors. These recommendations, adopted at the end of the meetings, serve as a basis for the development of national policies and programmes, and provide guidance to constituents at international as well as country level.

Global sectoral meetings for 2022-23

2023

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    Technical meeting on digitalization in the retail sector as an engine for economic recovery and decent work

    25 - 29 September 2023

    While digitalization has the potential to support employment creation, sustainable development and inclusive growth, it has also brought to light challenges to ensuring decent work in the retail sector. Representatives from governments, employers and workers in the retail sector met at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on 25-29 September 2023 to discuss how to harness the full potential of digitalization; to ensure it is sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and that it effectively promotes decent work.

  2. Sectoral Advisory Bodies 2023

    18 - 20 January 2023

    At its session in January 2023, the SABs are requested to make recommendations on global sectoral meetings to be held in the biennium 2024–25, and on preparatory work for sectoral meetings in future biennia.

2021

  1. Sectoral Advisory Bodies 2021

    13 - 15 January 2021

    The Sectoral Advisory Bodies (SABs), composed of tripartite constituents engaged in economic sectors, were established at the 298th Session of the ILO Governing Body (March 2007) to review sectoral developments and to make recommendations to the ILO's constituents on priorities for sectoral work. Sessions of the SABs are held every two years, and they are chaired by a representative of the Government group of the Governing Body. Following the session held in January 2021 the SABs are to make recommendations on sectoral meetings to be held in the biennium 2022–23 and on preparatory work for sectoral meetings in future biennia. These recommendations will be submitted to the Governing Body at its 341st session in March 2021.

2015

  1. Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Retail Commerce: Their impact on Decent Work and Competitiveness

    22 - 23 April 2015

    The tripartite participants discussed how the diversification of employment relationships in retail commerce is impacting decent work and the competitiveness of the enterprises in the sector.

2011

  1. Global Dialogue Forum on the Needs of Older Workers in relation to Changing Work Processes and the Working Environment in Retail Commerce

    21 - 22 September 2011

2009

  1. Workshop to promote ratification of the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181)

    20 - 21 October 2009

2008

  1. Global Dialogue Forum on Vocational Education and Skills Development for Commerce Workers

    24 - 25 November 2008

2006

  1. Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Implications of the Increased Use of Advanced Retail Technologies

    18 - 20 September 2006

2005

  1. ILO Regional Seminar on Social Dialogue on Structural and Technological Change in Asian Retailing

    29 November - 1 December 2005