PR - The International Labour Organization (I.L.O) will call for greater emphasis on decent job creation as a path to sustainable development at the United Nations Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S) Conference in Apia, Samoa from 1-4 September 2014
The S.I.D.S Conference, convened under the theme Sustainable Development through Genuine and Durable Partnership, will focus international attention on a group of countries that remain a special case for sustainable development in view of their unique and particular vulnerabilities.
I.L.O Deputy Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, will head the I.L.O delegation and is due to participate in a number of S.I.D.S 2014 events.
Two I.L.O reports, Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States – Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Responses and Decent Work in Caribbean Small Island Developing States have been prepared for the Conference.
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The reports argue that decent employment, providing adequate livelihoods, social protection and respect for worker rights, is an essential element of environmental, social and economic sustainability.
The I.L.O will also host two S.I.D.S 2014 side events, with the first on Monday 1 September on Promoting Closer Economic Integration for Full Employment and Decent Work in the Caribbean followed on 3 September by a session with the World Bank on Sustainable development, labour markets and labour migration in the Pacific.
The S.I.D.S Conference will be held from 1-4 September 2014 at the Faleata Sports Complex in Apia, Samoa. Pre Conference activities will take place from the 28th to the 30th of August. This includes a Youth Forum on 28 August, to which the I.L.O will participate.
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