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The workshop held on October 20 and 21 was called to raise awareness of the ILO Private Employment Agencies Convention No. 181, exchange views on its benefits, present good practice on its implementation and encourage further ratifications.



The workshop participants heard presentations from social partners and discussed six points:

- Private employment agencies’ contribution to labour markets (and cooperation between public and private employment services -- good practices);

- Private employment agencies - regulation, monitoring and controls;

- Agency workers’ rights and working conditions;

- How to support further ratifications, case studies on the benefits of ratification (and challenges to ratifying C 181 - case examples and possible solutions);

- Points of consensus and suggestions for future ILO action.



The workers’ group, lead by its spokesperson Margriet Kraamwinkel (FNV Bondgenoten), made a great contribution to the final document emphasizing the importance of ratification, implementation and monitoring of the Convention thus ensuring decent employment and working conditions for the private agency workers worldwide.



Maria Riboni (FILCAMS-CGIL Italy), one of UNI's delegates in the workshop, was interviewed by ILO media team. Please see the interview (in French) at;

http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Broadcast_materials/Videointerviews/lang--en/docName--WCMS_116352/index.htm



The main workshop document – points of consensus – has been adopted by three parties and it will be up for approval at the ILO Governing Body on 9 November:







The ILO Meeting website is available at;

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/wpeac09/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/public/spanish/dialogue/sector/techmeet/wpeac09/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/public/french/dialogue/sector/techmeet/wpeac09/index.htm