Good Practices and challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure Projects
Issues paper for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on Good Practices and Challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure Projects (Geneva, 19-20 November 2015)
This paper is intended to serve as a basis for discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on Good Practices and Challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure Projects. At its 322nd Session (November 2014), the ILO’s Governing Body decided that the Forum would: be held on 19 and 20 November 2015; be composed of six Worker and six Employer participants, selected after consultations with the respective groups of the Governing Body; and be open to all interested governments, while representatives of certain intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations would be invited to attend.
The Forum’s purpose is for tripartite constituents to discuss good practices in promoting decent work in the construction sector, including in large-scale infrastructure projects such as mega sporting events, with a view to adopting points of consensus that would encourage future programme development and inform policy-making on this topic at the international, regional and national levels. The structure of the paper has been decided on the basis of consultations with representatives of the constituents for the sectoral advisory bodies. The paper includes separate chapters on different issues that will be discussed during the Forum: employment trends, skills,occupational health and safety, and corporate social responsibility.
