Technical assistance and training
The supervision of ratified conventions does not just include the examination of their application by the relevant committees. The ILO provides different forms of technical assistance whereby ILO officials or other experts help countries address problems in legislation and practice in order to bring them into line with the obligations under ratified instruments. Forms of technical assistance include advisory and direct contacts missions, during which ILO officials meet government officials to discuss problems in the application of standards with the aim of finding solutions; and promotional activities, including seminars and national workshops, with the purpose of raising awareness of standards, developing national actors' capacity to use them, and providing technical advice on how to apply them to the benefit of all. The ILO also provides assistance in drafting national legislation in line with its standards.
A worldwide network of international labour standards specialists
Many of these technical assistance activities are carried out by the ILO's international labour standards specialists who are assigned to ILO offices located around the world. Standards specialists meet government officials, employers' and workers' organizations to provide assistance with new ratifications of conventions and reporting obligations, to discuss solutions to problems raised by the supervisory bodies, and to review draft legislation to ensure that it conforms with international labour standards. International labour standards specialists are stationed in:
- Africa: Addis Ababa, Cairo, Dakar, Harare, Yaoundé
- Americas: Lima, San José, Santiago
- Caribbean: Port of Spain
- Arab States: Beirut
- East Asia: Bangkok, Manila
- South Asia: New Delhi
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Moscow
ILO International Training Centre
The International Training Centre in Turin, Italy, offers training on international labour standards for government officials, employers, workers, lawyers, judges and legal educators, as well as specialized courses on labour standards, productivity improvement and enterprise development, international labour standards and globalization, and the rights of women workers.
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