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Council for
Multilateral Business
Diplomacy
October 2013
Webinar Agenda
 Main outcomes of the ILO Governing Body
 New strategy on outreach to private sector
 Linkages of ILO to global migration issues
 Launch of Child Labour Platform at the UN Global
Compact
Key GB Items
 Technical Cooperation
 Youth Employment
 Domestic Workers
 Formalization of Informal Sector in Labor Market
 Freedom of Association
 Administrative Development
 Post 2015 MDG Goals
 Addressed separately: Migrant Workers and WIDER
Engagement with the Private Sector
Technical Cooperation:
Trends and Perspectives since 2000
1. increase awareness in decent work for
migrant workers
2. attention to development effectiveness
and accountability of results
3. UN system of coherence at country
level
4. development partners: new and old,
including private sector
Technical Cooperation:
Outreach
• Private Sector: key for
development and investment
- Small and Medium Enterprises
• G20 relationship
- G20 countries commit to recovery in
employment
• World Bank
• UN system
Youth Employment
•Issues:
-population of youth is rising
-lack of skills/ vocational training
provided
-youth are first to lose jobs during
economic crises
•Key needs:
-technical cooperation
-multilateral support
-trade
-establishment of decent work
-education and vocational training
-fiscal consolidation?
Formalization of Informal Sector in
Labor Market
 Will stimulate economy
 Creates transparency
 Addressing wage gap
between two sectors
 Aids in eradicating poverty
 Stimulated by vocational
training
Domestic Workers
 too early to measure
significant impact of new
standards
 formalization of informal
sector and protection of
workers (especially children
and women)
 consensus for developing a
global conference:
- global awareness
-sharing best-practices
 labor inspections must
impose sanctions for validity
to ensure law compliance
Freedom of Association
• Countries of Focus:
-Cambodia, Fiji,
Philippines, Bahrain,
Myanmar
• Issues Addressed:
-unfair treatment of
trade unions
-disregard of workers’
rights
-disregard of basic
human rights
-recruitment of
underage children
Administrative
 Improved use of
technology
 Establishment of sub
committee reviews
prior to conferences
 Discussion on
privileges and
immunities of ILO
on mission
 Establishment of
next agendas
Direction of the
ILO Conference Agendas
 2015: Discussion on
small and medium
enterprises and
employment creation
 2016: Discussion on
global supply chains
and decent work
Post 2015 Agenda: Goals
 Decent work: especially for youth and
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Promote open markets
Promote best practices in domestic
policy
Match supply and demand
Increase private sector investment
Informal to Formal Economy
Create sustainable jobs
Establish social floor
Migrant Workers –
UN High-Level Dialogue and ILO Role
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Migrants stimulate economy
Changing demographics
Technological changes
Fight against stigmatization
Costs of Migration must be reduced:
-transferring money home
-health care
-general cost of living
Setting the Stage for the ILO Role
 Chair of Global Migration Group
(UN agencies)
 Swedish Preparations for Global
Forum on Migration and
Development in 2014
 First ever Business Roundtable
 Important civil society role
Search for Policy Coherence
 Improved global governance on migration
 Enlightened labour market practices
 Ethical recruitment practices
 Universal certifications and qualifications
 Mobility of skills to meet demand and
supply
 Pension and retirement benefits
 Options for migration management
 Better integration into second countries
 Circular migration policy options
The Need for WIDER
Private Sector Engagement
 Growth and diversification of supply chains
 Global corporate initiatives
 Growth in demand for ILO knowledge and
outreach
 Moving beyond traditional ILO tripartism
 Supply chain policies and practices
 Knowledge and outreach on CSR and
socially responsible investment
 More active support from the ILO for
international initiatives
ILO
Governing Body Debate
 Broad consensus among all three groups
 Direct contact with business can be
useful
 Global Compact and Ruggie Principles
 Employers:
 Management principles of global
operations
 Channel through Employers’ Bureau
 Interest in joint technical projects
 Workers:
 Channel through both Employers and
Workers Bureaus
 Coherent system of advice
Governing Body Debate
 Government Views
 Role in development and job creation
 Can help promote small and medium
enterprises
 Also transition from informal to
informal economy
 Skills and lifelong learning will benefit
Guy Ryder, ILO Director General
 Reducing costs of doing business
Photo: UN Multimedia
 Streamline opportunities for joint
technical projects
Child Labour Platform
 Multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral
forum
 Hosted by the UN Global Compact
 Stimulated by business interest in
eradicating extreme forms of child labour
 Agricultural sector (cocoa, coffee, sugar
cane)
 Textiles and apparel
 But also other sectors (mining, retail,
domestic work)
 Leveraging change through global supply
chains
Photo: ILO
Child Labour Platform Services
 Information exchange on best
practices
 Alignment with ILO
Conventions
 Peer learning and capacity
building
 Guidance tools
 Due diligence and
remediation
 Linking global initiatives with
local initiatives
 Industrial coalitions and
global action networks
 Mobilizing for better laws and
labour inspections
 Cooperative community
approaches
Child labour Index 2012 – UN Global Compact/Maplecroft
Katherine Hagen
Alexandra Hall
Livia Beidermann
Photography and layout: R. Doggett, CMBD