DESA/ILO e-Forum: Employment Generation and Decent Work for All
18 May - 02 June 2006
Welcome to the E-forum on Employment Generation and Decent Work for All. The E-Forum is meant to engage experts, civil society representatives and academia in informal discussions on this topic, in order to enrich the ECOSOC deliberations in July with the insights of a broader group of stakeholders. A summary of the e-Forum will be circulated among participants to the high-level segment, to be held in Geneva from 03 to 05 July 2006.
We would like to seek your views on some of the key aspects addressed in the report of the Secretary-General:
° The role of macroeconomic and trade policies in employment creation
° Labour market policies: balancing flexibility and social security
° Rural employment: linkages between agricultural productivity and non-farm activities
° The role of small and medium enterprises and industrialization
° Employment and sustainable development
° Labour market policies: balancing flexibility and social security
° Rural employment: linkages between agricultural productivity and non-farm activities
° The role of small and medium enterprises and industrialization
° Employment and sustainable development
Issues notes for each of the above aspects contain key questions that aim to stimulate the discussion.
Mr. Duncan Campbell, director of the International Policy Group at ILO, will moderate the discussions.
Other invited participants include Prof. Dani Rodrik, Harvard University; Mr. Martin Wolf, the Financial Times; Mr. Thomas Friedman, The New York Times.
The Forum is scheduled from 18 May to 02 June 2006.
To join the discussions, please send a blank email to employment-forum-subscribe AT unicttaskforce DOT org.
