ILO
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 August 2012: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is sponsoring efforts to help people in Haiti transition from livelihoods that degrade the environment to “green jobs” that restore it, following the 2010 earthquake in the country. Project outcomes are expected to address food insecurity, create jobs and restore the environment.
The ILO project provides skills training in: the use of debris from the quake to build homes, pavements and flood protection structures; urban...
07 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 August 2012: The Microfinance Innovation Facility of the International Labour Organization (ILO) underscores that larger insurance schemes are more likely to be effective in covering impoverished people against weather-related disasters and the impacts of climate change.
In an ILO press release, Facility Head Craig Churchill highlights that insurance schemes to reduce the vulnerability of the poor to weather disasters and climate change may need to go beyond the “micro” format to work at “...
16 Jan 2012
This symposium is organized by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is based on the ILO's Global Jobs Pact and is organized around the theme "Addressing the effects of the global economic crisis on labour markets in the Caribbean and preparing for sustainable and decent employment: the role of the Global Jobs Pact." [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/cdb-and-ilo-regional-symposium-on-economic-and-labour-market-recovery-...
16 Jan 2012
Organized by the UN annually since 2008, the Global South-South Development Expo provides a forum to enable developing countries and their development partners, including donor agencies, organizations of the UN system, and private-sector and civil society organizations, to showcase their evidence-based South-South development solutions. Solution forums include social protection and decent work, food security, climate change and environment, HIV/AIDS, global health, and education. This third...
16 Jan 2012
US President George W. Bush is the host of the 2004 G8 Summit. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/g8-sea-island-summit-2004/ ]
