Every four years the ILO African Regional Meeting brings together ILO's tripartite constituents from its 53 Member States in Africa to discuss developments in the world of work in Africa and provide guidance for the work of the ILO in the region in the following years. The 11th African Regional Meeting will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23 to 27 April 2007. MORE
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The power of dialogue: When words combine with actions
The old adage goes "actions speak louder than words", but when it comes to governance, words are essential. A new report (Note 1) prepared for the ILO's African Regional Meeting on 24-27 April, shows how an ILO project targeting seven enterprises in two areas with high unemployment and HIV/AIDS combined skills development with social dialogue to improve performance and meet the challenge of growing textile imports. MORE
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/features/07/afrm_dialogue.htm
From child soldier to entrepreneur
Potentially one of the richest countries in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently one of the poorest. Eighty per cent of the population live on less than a dollar a day. Anarchy and violence that swept across the east of the country between 1996 and 2003 had turned at least 30,000 children into soldiers, and caused millions to flee their homes. Today, the majority of Congolese just want to see their country back on its feet. This is the story of one of them, a former child soldier, and his friends who successfully started a business with support from the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). MORE
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/features/07/afrm_childsoldier.htm
Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Venue UNCC, UNECA
P.O.Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel. +251-115-517200
International Labour Organization http://www.ilo.org
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/afpro/addisababa/arm/index.htm
The power of dialogue: When words combine with actions
The old adage goes "actions speak louder than words", but when it comes to governance, words are essential. A new report (Note 1) prepared for the ILO's African Regional Meeting on 24-27 April, shows how an ILO project targeting seven enterprises in two areas with high unemployment and HIV/AIDS combined skills development with social dialogue to improve performance and meet the challenge of growing textile imports. MORE
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/features/07/afrm_dialogue.htm
From child soldier to entrepreneur
Potentially one of the richest countries in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently one of the poorest. Eighty per cent of the population live on less than a dollar a day. Anarchy and violence that swept across the east of the country between 1996 and 2003 had turned at least 30,000 children into soldiers, and caused millions to flee their homes. Today, the majority of Congolese just want to see their country back on its feet. This is the story of one of them, a former child soldier, and his friends who successfully started a business with support from the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). MORE
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/features/07/afrm_childsoldier.htm
Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Venue UNCC, UNECA
P.O.Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel. +251-115-517200
International Labour Organization http://www.ilo.org