ILS - DOLE

Labor think-tankInstitute for Labor Studies (ILS) will hold the 3rd Strategic Conversations on 18 October 2011, at the Bayleaf Hotel in Intramuros, Manila. The event coincides with the celebration of World Day on Decent Work held every October each year.

The Strategic Conversations is an annual research conference by the ILS, an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), that gathers its social partners such asemployers, unions and other workers’ association and government agencies to present and enrich the Institute’s research findings over the past year.

This year’s theme is “Policy Pathways to Inclusive Growth through Decent and Productive Work.” DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is scheduled to keynote the Conference in the morning. 

“At the Strategic Conversations, we hope to find policy innovations on the pressing labor and employment issues of the day,” said ILS Executive Director Cynthia Cruz.

“Consistent with the Labor and Employment Plan 2011-2106, weare constantly searching for the policy options that will enable inclusive growth through decent and productive work. Our researches show that this can be done in the areas of employment, workers’ rights, social protection and social dialogue,” said Cruz.

“The Conference is expected to stir strategic conversations that will identify research gaps and craft urgent policy initiativesbased on emerging best practices that support increased support for decent work,” she added.

Sessions of the Strategic Conversations will be on four thematic areas on Expanding Partnerships and Improving Systems for Social Dialogue; Improving Social Protection; improving Employment Outcomes thru Adaptation Initiatives and Increasing Mobility; and, Promoting Workers’ Rights.

Representatives of the business community,national labor centers, federations and community-based organizations that promote decent work, international development partners, the academe, DOLE bureaus, attached agencies and regional offices nationwideand other government agencies are expected to take part in the conference.

TheILS was created in July 1987 by virtue of Executive Order No. 257. Formerly known as the Institute for Labor and Manpower Studies (ILMS), the Institute has always been at the forefront of labor and employment policy research and advocacy providing strategic policy research for the Department of Labor and Employment.

Contact:

LINARTES M. VILORIA
OIC-Chief, Advocacy & Publications Division
Institute for Labor Studies
Department of Labor and Employment
Telephone No.: 5273490 / 5273447