Hemispheric Conference on the Rapid and Widespread Ratification and Effective Implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 - ILO Presentations

HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE ON THE RAPID AND WIDESPREAD RATIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION, 2006

Hilton Barbados, Bridgetown Barbados, 7-10 September 2009

PRESENTATIONS BY RESOURCE PERSONS

DAY ONE:

Introduction to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, International Labour Office, Geneva

Overview of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)
Ms. Elizabeth Tinoco, Director, Sectoral Activities Department International Labour Office, Geneva

Overview of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Articles
Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, International Labour Office, Geneva

DAY TWO:

Title 1: Minimum requirements for seafarers to work on a ship
Mr. Dani Appave, Maritime, Fishing and Ports Specialist, Sectoral Activities Department, ILO, Geneva

Title 2: Conditions of Employment: Regulations 2.1- 2.8
Dr. Moira L. McConnell, Special Adviser to the Director of the International Labour Standards Department, ILO

Title 3. Accommodation, recreational facilities, food and catering
Mr. Dani Appave, Maritime, Fishing and Ports Specialist, Sectoral Activities Department, ILO, Geneva

DAY THREE:

Title 4: Health protection, medical care and welfare and social security
Mr. Dani Appave, Maritime, Fishing and Ports Specialist, Sectoral Activities Department, ILO, Geneva

Title 4 (Cont'd): Social protection - Regulation 4.2 and 4.5
Dr. Moira L. McConnell, Special Adviser to the Director of the International Labour Standards Department, ILO

Title 5: Compliance and Enforcement
Mr. Neil Atkinson Marine Surveyor, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, United Kingdom

DAY FOUR:

The Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188): Conditions of work on board fishing vessels
Mr. Dani Appave, Maritime, Fishing and Ports Specialist, Sectoral Activities Department, ILO, Geneva

The Seafarers' Identity Document Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185)
Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, International Labour Office, Geneva