Best practices in ILS reporting
Key features
Self-paced course
Set aside five hours per week during working hours
MULTIMEDIA
Learn with videos, screencasts and key publications and reports
PRACTICAL WORK
Draft a detailed report on the application of an ILO Convention
FORUM
Share your experience and raise your questions on the forum
Apresentação do curso
This course provides knowledge and skills for improving reporting on the application, in law and in practice, of ratified ILO Conventions.
Perfil dos participantes
Government officials responsible for reporting on the application of ratified ILO Conventions; representatives of employers' and workers' organizations involved in reporting activities.
What topics does this course cover?
- ILO reporting background.
- Reports on ratified Conventions: types, forms, content, communication to and consultations with representative organizations of employers and workers, periodicity, exceptions, calendar of action and challenges.
- Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR).
- Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS).
What will I learn?
- Background knowledge of the ILO and its ILS system.
- Detailed and updated knowledge of the role and operation of reporting in the ILS system.
- Capacity to use the NORMLEX databases, the Managing ILS Reporting Website and other resources relevant to ILS reporting.
- Capacity to prepare (or participate in the preparation of) the reports on the application, in law and in practice, of ratified ILO Conventions.
How is the course organized?
- 16 sessions, with two sessions to be completed each week.
- A tutor following participants’ progress.
- Knowledge assessment at the start and at the end of the training.
- A unique assignment consisting in the drafting of a detailed report on the application of a ratified ILO Convention, which is then commented in order to improve quality.
- Course content relies on downloadable pdf files with the substance of the sessions, Internet-based quizzes for return to tutor, videos, screencasts of NORMLEX database, a forum with topics for discussion, and a library with a collection of relevant publications and documents.
