Meeting of Experts to Adopt Guidelines on the Training of Ships’ Cooks
The Meeting of Experts to Adopt Guidelines on the Training of Ships’ Cooks was held from 23 to 27 September 2013 at the International Labour Office in Geneva.
The Meeting of Experts to Adopt Guidelines on the Training of Ships’ Cooks was held from 23 to 27 September 2013 at the International Labour Office in Geneva, in accordance with a Governing Body decision at its 310th Session (March 2011).
At its 316th Session (November 2012), the Governing Body decided that the Meeting would be composed of 18 experts – six experts nominated by the Employers’ group of the Governing Body; six experts nominated by the Workers’ group of the Governing Body; and six experts nominated by the Governments of Brazil, Cyprus, Ghana, Indonesia, Norway and the Philippines. The Meeting was open to all governments as observers, with those that had already ratified the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), being particularly encouraged to consider sending observers.
The Meeting was attended by six Government experts, 1 five Shipowner experts, and six Seafarer experts accompanied by three advisers. There were 44 observer experts from interested governments, and seven observers from international governmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
