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Regional Technical Workshop on Labor Standards
ADB HQ Manila, Main Auditorium D
18-19 September 2002

Agenda, papers, and presentations

Day 1 (Wednesday, 18 September 2002)
Time	Activity
8:30 – 9:00	Registration
9:00 –09:20	Opening Ceremony Welcome Remarks Akira Seki, Director General, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank Inaugural Speech [ PDF: 18kb \| 3 pages ] Yasuyuki Nodera, Regional Director, Asia Pacific Region, International Labour Organization
9:20 – 9:45	Keynote Address The Importance of Labor Standards for Development Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Lee Swepston, Chief, Equality and Employment Branch, International Labour Organization
9:45 – 10:00	Break
10:00 –12:00	Panel Presentation: Labor Standards and Development Institutions Chair: Brahm Prakash, Director, Poverty Reduction and Social Development Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB ILO’s Mandate and Fundamental Conventions [ PDF: 30kb \| 23 pages ] Werner Blenk/Alain Pelce, International Labour Organization Labor Standards and Development Institutions: A Contribution from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Carlos Añonuevo, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Labor Issues in ADB Operations [ PDF: 283kb \| 29 pages ] Isabel Ortiz, Asian Development Bank
12:00 –13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00	Presentation of Regional Findings Chair: Lee Swepston, Chief, Equality and Employment Branch, International Labour Organization Child Labor Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Frank Hagemann, ILO and Joseph Lim, UNDP/RETA Consultant Gender Discrimination [ PDF: 387kb \| 40 pages ] Constance Thomas, ILO; Nirmala Banerjee, RETA Consultant Occupational Health and Safety Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Konstantin Novikov; Douglas Hay, RETA Consultant
15:00 –15:15	Break
15:15 – 17:30	Working groups on recommendations for ADB and its DMCs Group 1: Child Labor (F. Hagemann, ILO/J. Lim, UNDP/I.Ortiz, ADB) Group 2: Gender Discrimination (C. Thomas, ILO/N. Banerjee/S. Lateef, ADB) Group 3: Occupational Health and Safety (K. Novikov/D. Hay/M. Mitra, ADB)
17:30	Cocktails Hosted by Akira Seki, ADB
Day 2 (Thursday, 19 September 2002)
9:00- 10:00	Administrative Matters for Participants
10:00-12:00	Panel Presentation: Social Accountability and Corporate Social Responsibility Chair: Cedric Saldanha, Senior Director, Governance and Regional Cooperation, Regional and Sustainable Development Department,ADB Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Need for Planetary Bargain Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Ivor Hopkins, MHC International The UN Global Compact and other Initiatives [ PDF: 18kb \| 6 pages ] Michael Urminsky, International Labour Office SA8000: A Systematic Approach for Pursuing a High Road to Development Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Martin Ma, Social Accountability International Introduction to the SA Audit Process [PDF: 1,131kb \| 20 pages ] Rosario Ortiz, SGS Philippines
12:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:30	Conclusion - The way forward: Recommendations to ADB from the Working Groups Chair: Lee Swepston, Chief, Equality and Employment Branch, International Labour Organization General Labor Standards [ PDF: 27kb \| 5 pages ] Child Labor [ PDF: 41kb \| 8 pages ] Occupational Health and Safety [ PDF: 31kb \| 6 pages ] Gender Discrimination [ PDF: 68kb \| 12 pages ]
14:30 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 16:00	Conclusion - The way forward: Recommendations from the Working Groups (Continuation)
16:00 - 16:15	Closing Remarks Kunio Senga, Director General, Strategy and Policy Department, Asian Development Bank

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