This Program is part of the ILO Decent Work National Agenda.

The Decent Work Imperative

Mr. Ndjonkou (International Labour Organization (ILO)) said that the 2005 World Summit had put decent work and employment firmly back on the national and global development agenda.

To incorporate aspects of decent work into poverty reduction strategy papers.

Linkages between the ILO decent work agenda and the Millennium Development Goals are being developed.

These measures demonstrate the ILO commitment towards fundamental principles and rights at work and towards a fair globalization based on decent work for all.

Decent work for all is not a policy option, but an imperative.

In order for globalization to benefit all, the global economy must deliver decent work.

At the country level, ILO works for the inclusion of decent work in poverty reduction strategy papers and carries out decent work pilot programmes, aiming to show how decent work can reduce poverty in practice.

Work schedule the yearly schedule of work consists of three terms of 13 weeks each.

Agenda and programme of work

The development of decent work agendas for indigenous peoples offers an opportunity for ILO constituents (workers' and employers' organizations) to work in partnership with indigenous peoples.

ILO contributes to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 2 by promoting quality and universally accessible, free and compulsory education in the context of its decent work agenda.

This also requires the right regulatory framework to ensure that the private sector contributes responsibly to a decent work agenda.

Evaluation of technical cooperation activities

Promoting participation of developing countries in dynamic and new sectors of world trade

Annotated provisional agenda and organization of work

Improving the competitiveness of SMEs through enhancing productive capacity

The process provides a good entry point for promoting decent work for indigenous peoples in the national development context.

Access to decent work and an education for all are the key to lifting individuals and nations from poverty to prosperity.

Decent work is at the centre of the ILO mandate and activities, bringing together the goals of rights at work, employment and income, social protection, and social dialogue.

It was proposed that an additional development goal on ensuring decent work and increasing employment opportunities be established.

Decent work promoted by the International Labor Organization since 1999 means productive, rewarding, and secure jobs that provide safe working conditions, fair income, and social protection for the employed and their families.

Biofuel production shall not violate human rights or labor rights, and shall ensure decent work and the well being of workers.

Agenda and Programme of Work for the 2005 Session

(a) Appropriate housing

ILO has begun a pilot initiative to integrate indigenous and tribal people issues into the national decent work programme for Nepal.

Adoption of the agenda, timetable and programme of work.

The workshop adopted its agenda on the basis of the draft agenda submitted by the Secretariat (see annex I).

Employment policies should promote decent work under conditions of equity, security and dignity, and incorporate job creation into macroeconomic policy.

A more integrated approach to economic and social policies was critical and the Decent Work Agenda could contribute to such an approach.

Right to adequate housing

With the right policies and a global framework, we can generate economic growth and steer it in a low carbon direction.

This gives ILO a mediating and facilitating role between the various involved stakeholders, while serving the ILO objective of promoting decent work for women and men.

Getting Corruption Right

Secure and decent employment is surely at the top of most personal agendas, as it should be with respect to national agendas.

Denying young people their rights such as the right to decent work or the right to seek and express their sexual or cultural identity places our future at risk.

It also affects girls' school attendance, leading to a higher level of dropouts, and has decimated the female labour force in sub Saharan Africa, including in the public sector.14 At the same time, access to education does not automatically translate into decent work and well paid employment, if gender discrimination in the workplace persists through occupational segregation or unequal pay for work of equal value.

Following the development of a national plan of action for decent work in Nepal in January 2005, which also highlights the needs of disadvantaged groups, including indigenous peoples, in all policies and programmes, the main elements of a decent work agenda for indigenous groups will now be identified.

INDISCO programme promotion of decent work for indigenous and tribal peoples

Inadequate housing in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Report of Committee II agenda item 5 and Workshops 1, 2 and 3

This fully applies to the challenges on the agenda of the humanitarian community.

Provisional agenda, organization of work and working methods for the thirty eighth session of the Commission

Provisional agenda, annotations, list of documents and work plan (DP 2005 L.3)