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The last few days have been difficult and troubled. Like everyone else, we are being forced to redefine activities and rethink strategies.  But we continue to move forward with the projects we believe in. This story shows that the ACTION/Portugal Project, to take one example, is still in action!

The Centre has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European University Institute (EUI).

Throughout this week, a delegation from the Manchester Metropolitan University, (seven participants in the Manchester Master's Course in Occupational Safety and Health and their coordinator) has been attending a series of joint sessions with participants in the ITCILO Master of OSH .

The students of the Master in Management of Development visited the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva this week.

The Turin School of Development, part of the ILO’s International Training Centre, runs all the post-graduate training activities organized by the ITCILO, in conjunction with the University and Polytechnic of Turin.

This week students of the ITCILO’s Master in Management of Development analyzed the nexus between natural resources, conflict and development. Expert Oli Brown explored theoretical aspects and shared from his own experience, as well as guiding the students in solving a complex case study, working in teams.

As part of UNCTAD’s cooperation with the Master on Management of Development, expert Jean-Philippe Rodde, from UNCTAD’s Technical Cooperation Service, this week introduced students to the UN Development System in general and the role of UNCTAD in particular.
 

This was the theme of the talk given on 28 January by Mr Giuseppe Casale, Director of the Turin School of Development, to mark the opening, on the ITCILO campus in Turin, of the Master on Management of Development course.

20 January 2020 saw the opening on campus of four of the ten Masters organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO in partnership with the University and Polytechnic of Turin. The welcome address was given by Mr Giuseppe Casale, Director of the Turin School of Development and Deputy Director of the Centre.
 

The Decent Jobs for Youth Knowledge Facility, the ILO’s inclusive global initiative to improve youth employment through the sharing of knowledge resources and tools on the topic is being launched on 11 December 2019.

Several UN Agencies are participating in the Forum on UN Capacity Development for Training Institutions, scheduled for 10 and 11 December 2019.

Nver Sargsyan, Head of Programme at the UNHCR country office in Armenia, and participant in the TSD Master in Management of Development, shares his success story with us.

On 19 November 2019, during the opening ceremony of the activity  entitled “Négocier des accords bilatéraux de sécurité sociale” (Rabat, Morocco), the ITCILO signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Moroccan Ministry of Labour and Professional Integration.

The purpose of this 2-year MOU is to provide a framework for future collaborative projects and activities in areas of common interest.

The Minister of Labour, Migration and Social Security of the Government of Spain, Magdalena Valerio, opened the 11th edition of the “Social and Solidarity Economy Academy: The Social Economy in the Future of Work ", held on 14–18 October in Madrid, to highlight the importance of this model of economy, which places people at the centre of its activity without losing sight of the enterprise dimension.

A tripartite SafeYouth@Work results and sustainability workshop was held on campus from 14 to 16 October 2019

It is the task of the Board to approve the general lines of the Programme of the Centre and its budget. A report of its meeting is submitted to the Governing Body of the ILO.

More than 250 people attended a meeting with Ms Kim Phúc Phan Thi, on campus, on 5 October 2019

ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, addressed and exchanged ideas with participants attending the training activity on “Promotion of youth employment in fragile settings”.

A group of trade-union officers from Norway and Finland, members of the Nordisk Genèveskole Forbund, visited the campus on Friday 27 September 2019

Twenty journalists and media professionals from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia will gather in Turin this week to explore the relevance of international labour standards (ILS) – which set out basic principles and rights at work – to accurate and responsible media reporting. The training will provide an opportunity to learn about the uses of ILS and the work of the ILO supervisory bodies in covering issues related to the world of work, thus raising public awareness of internationally recognized human and labour rights.

The International Forum on Youth Education and Leadership is taking place from 25 to 27 September 2019 in Xi’an (China) on the impressive new campus of the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU). 

Massive Open Online Courses have progressed beyond the experimental phase and are becoming an integral part of the learning and training offer of capacity-building agencies.

The Minister, Hon. Dr Sekai Nzenza, accompanied by Ms Victoria Sigauke, Mr Liberty Taurai Mudima and Mr Itai Sydney Chivhunga, visited the Centre on 30 August and 2 September 2019

The 2019 GYLA Summer Programme* was inaugurated at the Centre on 5 August 2019 in the presence of Mr Moussa Oumarou, Deputy Director-General of the ILO. The Centre was represented by its Director, Mr Yanguo Liu, together with Mr Giuseppe Casale, Deputy Director, Mr Andreas Klemmer, Director of Training, Ms Yordanka Tzvetkova, Programme Manager and Mr Liangrong Zu, Manager of the GYLA.

As part of the SURE project (Promoting the social and professional reintegration of migrants returning to North Africa), the ITC-ILO in collaboration with FIERI (Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull'Immigrazione) has published three new research papers on return migration and social and professional reintegration mechanisms in Morocco and Tunisia.

As part of the ILO Skills-21 project, the ITCILO is training a group of Career Guidance Officers (CGOs) in Dhaka, from 28 July to 5 August 2019.

This summer, the Centre is pleased to welcome over 230 college students and tutors from China to join the Global Youth Leadership Academy (GYLA) Summer Programme on Building on Youth Talent: Developing the Next Generation of Global Leadership for the UN 2030 Agenda. 

Six ILO constituents from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan are participating in a study visit, from 15 to 18 July 2019

The contribution of international labour standards (ILS) adopted by the International Labour Organization and covering all work-related matters is not limited to their impact on labour legislation. Indeed, ILS can also contribute to strengthening domestic case law on labour matters.