This year’s 110th International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in Geneva, Switzerland, will attract representation from its 187 member states, including Sierra Leone.
The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Alpha Osman Timbo, and the ministry technical team are participating in the ongoing session of ILO in Switzerland from Friday, May 27, to Saturday, June 11, 2022.
The International Labour Conference is the ILO’s highest decision-making body. It meets annually in June, bringing together the tripartite delegations from the organization’s 187 member states. The conference is composed of a plenary and technical committee.
At the conference, the government workers’ and employers’ representatives from member states are expected to discuss the world of work issues at the International Labour Conference (ILC). This year, representatives will discuss issues of occupational safety and health, apprenticeships, as well as the social and solidarity economy, among other items on the agenda of the conference.
Over the years, the ILO has found out that the many Member States have used apprenticeships to abuse the rights of workers—over time, and volunteerism, among others.
It is against this background that during the 334th Session back then in October-November 2018, the Governing Body of the ILO office decided to place a standard-setting item on apprenticeships on the agenda of the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference to address the numerous challenges of.
Sierra Leone, in this respect, is one of the progressive Member States of the ILO under the leadership of President Julius Maada Bio, ahead of the many countries to develop good labor policies, laws, and their implementation in protecting and promoting employees and employers for a productive environment.
This year’s Labour Conference, on the theme "Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)", will discuss global strategies on the reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and the Director-General; the report on the application of conventions and recommendations; standard-setting on apprenticeship; and amendments to the code of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, including program and budget, among other things.
At the high-level segment of the opening of the conference, statements were made by the Chairperson of the Governing Body, the Director-General, and other key speakers.
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Labour and Social Security, Alpha Osman Timbo, is expected to speak in the plenary dissuasion of the reports of the Director-General and the Chairperson of the Governing Body to make a case for the country at the 110th Session of the progress made so far regarding productive policies and laws.
Minister of Labour, and Social Security, Alpha Osman Timbo
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