15.-17. juni- 09, ILO Summit on Global Jobs Crisis

The ILO summit will provide a first-of-its-kind opportunity to discuss policies that are being implemented at the national and international level to address the global jobs crisis.

The three-day ILO summit, which is part of ILO’s International Labour Conference, will include four high-level panels on the following topics: global and regional coordination, development cooperation, fundamental principles and rights at work, and industry enterprise-level strategies.

Da er vi klar for oppsummeringsdager her i ILO. Under ser dere mandagensprogram og som dere ser er det mange prominente gjester som er invitert til anledningen, og som skal holde innlegg. Har også lagt inn årets gjesteliste. Vi delegater er allerede blitt informert om at det blir strenge(ere) sikkerthetstiltak og at vi må regne ekstra god tid for å bli klarert å komme seg inn i FN-paleet:


Monday 15 June 2009
09:00 – 9:55 Opening Session

· Opening address by the Director-General
· Statements by Chair and Vice-Chairs of Committee of the Whole on work to date
10:00 – 13:00 Addresses
· Address by His Excellency Mr Lech Kaczyński, President, Republic of Poland
· Address by Her Excellency Ms Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
· Address by His Excellency Mr Armando Guebuza, President, Republic of Mozambique
· Address by His Excellency Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President, Federative Republic of Brazil

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:40 – 14:55 Statements by tripartite constituents

15:00 – 17:50 Addresses

· Address by Son Excellence Monsieur Nicolas Sarkozy, Président de la République française
· Address by Her Excellency Ms Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President, Argentina
· Address by Son Excellence Monsieur Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, Président de la République
togolaise
18:00 – 19:30 Panel on “Global and regional coordination to address the jobs crisis”
Moderator: Mr. Charles Hodson, CNN
Participants:
· Mr Jonathan Shaw, Parliamentary Undersecretary, Department for Work and Pensions, United
Kingdom
· Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President, South Africa
· Ms Sudha Pillai, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, India
· Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
· Mr Vladimir Spidla, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
· Professor Maria João Rodrigues, EU Special Advisor on the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs
Key questions:
· Do the various coordination initiatives adequately address the need for active labour market and social
protection aspects of the crisis?
· Are the coordination initiatives global enough?
· Are the measures proposed adequately addressing the needs of developing countries?
· How do we ensure that the initiatives build towards a sustainable and inclusive long-term development
path?
· What role should be played by ILO tripartite constituents?
· What needs to happen next?

The following 9 Heads of State and Government have been confirmed:

· Her Excellency Ms. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina
· His Excellency Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
· Son Excellence Monsieur Tertius Zongo, Premier Ministre du Burkina Faso
· Her Excellency Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
· Son Excellence Monsieur Nicolas Sarkozy, Président de la République française
· The Honourable Mr. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica
· His Excellency Mr. Armando Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique
· His Excellency Mr. Lech Kaczyński, President of the Republic of Poland
· Son Excellence Monsieur Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, Président de la République
togolaise

Four high-level panels
Vice-Presidential Panel on “Managing the national jobs agenda in times of crisis”
(Tuesday 16 June)
· Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Nigeria
· Mr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya
· Mr. Jose Luis Guterres, Timor-Leste
· Mr. Kgalema Motlanthe, South Africa
· Mr. Rafael Alburquerque de Castro, Dominican Republic
· Mr. Yves Sahinguvu, Burundi
Panel on “Global and regional coordination to address the jobs crisis”
(Monday 15 June)
· Mr. Jonathan Shaw, Parliamentary Undersecretary, Department for Work and
Pensions, United Kingdom
· Mr. Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President, South Africa
· Ms. Sudha Pillai, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, India
· Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization
· Mr. Vladimir Spidla, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities
· Professor Maria João Rodrigues, EU Special Advisor on the Lisbon Strategy for
Growth and Jobs

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Panel on “Coordination, development cooperation and the global jobs crisis”
(Tuesday 16 June)
· Mr. Guy Ryder, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
· Mr. Yogendra Kr. Modi, Indian Chamber of Commerce
· Mr. Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, OECD, Development Committee
· Mr. Kemal Dervis, Vice President, Brookings Institution
· Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
· Mr. Marco Farani, Director, Brazilian Agency for Cooperation (ABC)
Panel on “Rights at work, social dialogue and enterprise survival in times of crisis”
(Tuesday 16 June)
· Ms. Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, United States
· Mr. Wiseman Nkuhlu, President of International Organisation of Employers (IOE),
South Africa
· Mr. Michael Sommer, President, Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)
· Mr. Carlos Tomada, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina
· Ms. Aisha Abdel Hadi, Minister of Manpower and Migration, Egypt
· Mr. Javier Lozano Alarcón, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Mexico