1. Turin 31-01-2007 ILC and the role of workers Monique Cloutier Actrav

2. Turin 31-01-2007 ILC 179 member states 2 government delegates 1 worker delegate 1 employer delegate

3. Turin 31-01-2007 Agenda for 2007 Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations Work in the fishing sector Strengthening the ILO's capacity to assist its Members' efforts to reach its objectives in the context of globalization The promotion of sustainable enterprises

4. Turin 31-01-2007 Information and reports on the application of Conventions and Recommendations Report III (1A) Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations Report III (1B) General Survey: Forced Labour Report III (2) Information document on ratifications and standards-related activities

5. Turin 31-01-2007 Committee on Application of Standards Working methods General survey – forced labour Special sitting on Myanmar - Forced Labour Convention “Automatic cases” of failure to meet obligations Examined 25 individual cases

6. Turin 31-01-2007 Other Events World Day Against Child Labour

7. Turin 31-01-2007 Role of workers representatives Before the ILC During the ILC After the ILC

8. Turin 31-01-2007 Challenges Translate ratification into practical application/Resolve shortcomings in application Make work of the ILO supervisory machinery more widely known to have greater influence on concrete application Make standards more widely known among workers, general population and their relevance to achieving decent work, development, productivity

9. Turin 31-01-2007 Challenges –Standards process - meet the needs of constituents to address challenges such as globalization, regional economic integration, growth of informal economy

10. Turin 31-01-2007 Keeping standards system relevant and up to date

11. Turin 31-01-2007 Policy on Revision of Standards Working Party of the Governing Body: Reviewed ILO Conventions and Recommendations for continued relevance and usefulness and need for revision of outdated standards Aim: Reinvigorate standards system and maintain reputation of the system of standards as relevant and well-adapted to the global situation

12. Turin 31-01-2007 ILO Instruments Categorized Up to date instruments to be promoted (71 Conventions and 73 Recommendations) –Information on obstacles to ratification Instruments to be Revised (24 C, 15 R) Promotion of ratification of revised Conventions (Ex. Employment injury benefits (No. 121 instead of 17) Outdated instruments (55 C, 30 R)

13. Turin 31-01-2007 Policy on Revision of Standards Governing Body calls for strategies for following-up these decisions at the national level - country profiles prepared for all countries Constitutional amendment of 1997 on abrogation of outdated Conventions

14. Turin 31-01-2007 Missing ratifications ot the amendment ASIA : Burma, Fiji, Indonesia, Mongolia AFRICA: Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Swaziland