The 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians has been convened by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office in its 300th Session (November 2007) to discuss and adopt international statistical standards on two topics, Child Labour and Working Time. It will also discuss...

This seminar has been organized because 26 years after the adoption of the Resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment by the 13th ICLS (1982), time may have come to start reflecting upon a possible revision or update of...

Conference Theme: “Global Governance for Sustainable Development: The need for Policy Coherence and new Partnerships”.

The goal of this conference is to bring together economists, social scientists working in the area of agricultural policy, policy makers and representatives of farms and food industries in order to discuss and assess the economic and policy implications of the design of pubblic support for...

The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference, held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, in the month of June. Reports submitted to the Conference: I - Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General II - Programme and budget and other...

The overall purpose of the High-Level Conference is to address food security issues in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of climate change and energy security. The objective is to assist countries and the international community in devising sustainable solutions to the food...

Topic: "The Economics of Agriculture as Source and Victim of Environmental and Climate Change" The Review Committee cordially invites contributions dealing with environment-related subjects, with the impact of agricultural production on greenhouse gas emissions and with the effect of global...