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with the Director of the European Training Foundation, the Vice Mayor of the City of Turin, and the Coordinator for Regular Migration and International Mobility, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy

Sabrina Rocca

curated by Monica Trigona

United Nations Headquarters, Delegates’ Entrance

Monday 5 - Friday 16 December 2022

The challenge of participatory prevention

Local authorities and NGOs will host on-campus activities and workshops

ARPEJ is a 15-month project that will benefit youth in 12 countries and support economic recovery

The fellowship will honor a friend of the ITCILO and one of the most important global experts in the field of VET policies and systems

The ITCILO has just published the substantive Report of the Forum on UN Capacity Development for Training Institutions, a joint event organized by the ITCILO and the UNSSC.

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.