Projects

Summary: The convention provides for the adoption of a coherent national occupational safety and health policy, as well as action to be taken by governments and within enterprises to promote occupational safety and health and to improve working conditions. Adopted: 22/06/1981 Sanctioned and promulgated: 04/07/2008 International ratification: 28/02/2011 Entry into force: 28/02/2012 pdf file475_Agreement in English.pdf (89 KB) pdf file475_Decreet.pdf (80 KB)  

Summary: The Convention sets minimum requirements for seafarers to work on a ship and contains provisions on conditions of employment, hours of work and rest, accommodation, recreational facilities, food and catering, health protection, medical care, welfare and social security protection. Signed: 23/02/2006 Sanctioned and promulgated: 04/05/2012 International ratification: 20/08/2013 Entry into force: 20/08/2014 pdf file474_Agreement in English.pdf (1.07 MB) pdf file474_Decreet.pdf (35 KB)  

Summary: The convention recognizes the importance of protecting fundamental rights at work for this particular category of workers, which often finds itself in situation of inequality and lack of protection. Adopted: 24/06/1994 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/03/2004 International ratification: 08/06/2016 Entry into force: 08/07/2017 pdf file455_Agreement in English.pdf (51 KB) pdf file455_Decreet.pdf (64 KB)        

Summary: For the purposes of this Convention, each Member shall consider the purpose of vocational rehabilitation as being to enable a disabled person to secure, retain and advance in suitable employment and thereby to further such person's integration or reintegration into society. Adopted: 20/06/1983 Sanctioned and promulgated: 21/12/1988 International ratification: 10/06/2015 Entry into force: 10/06/2016 pdf file433_Agreement in English.pdf (73 KB)  pdf file433_Decreet.pdf (107 KB)

Summary: ILO Convention 143 Concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers Adopted: 25/06/1975 pdf file190_Agreement in English.pdf (71 KB)  

Summary: ILO Convention n° 150 concerning labour administration: role, functions and organisation Adopted: 27/06/1978 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/03/2004 International ratification: 21/10/2011 Entry into force: 21/10/2012 pdf file191_Agreement in English.pdf (49 KB) pdf file191_Decreet.pdf (65 KB)

Summary: Convention n° 156 concerning equal opportunities and equal treatment for men and women workers: workers with family responsibilities Adopted: 24/06/1981 Sanctioned and promulgated: 23/11/2007 International ratification: 10/04/2015 Entry into force: 10/06/2015 pdf file200_Agreement in English.pdf (70 KB) pdf file200_Decreet.pdf (106 KB)

Summary: The protocol supplements the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and complement existing international instruments by providing specific guidance on effective measures to be taken to eliminate all forms of forced labour. Adopted: 11/06/2014 Sanctioned and promulgated: 09/06/2017 pdf file1178_Protocol in English.pdf (74 KB) pdf file1178_Decreet.pdf (69 KB)      

Summary: The Convention helps to ensure decent working conditions on board fishing vessels and allows for minimum requirements to be enforced through labour inspections in foreign ports. The standards of this Convention can also play a preventative role in addressing unacceptable forms of work in the sector, including forced labour and child labour. Adopted: 14/06/2007 Sanctioned and promulgated: 09/06/2017 pdf file1016_Akte in het Engels.pdf (105 KB)  

Summary: The only international treaty open for ratification that deals exclusively with the rights of these peoples. Adopted: 27/06/1989 pdf file476_Agreement in English.pdf (148 KB)    

Summary: This convention replaces convention n° 96. Adopted: 19/06/1997 Sanctioned and promulgated: 17/07/2000 International ratification: 28/09/2004 Entry into force: 28/09/2005 pdf file368_Agreement in English.pdf (105 KB) pdf file368_Decreet.pdf (64 KB)

Summary: Child prostitution and the sale of children come under the definition of "the worst forms of child labour". All states parties to the convention are committed to the immediate elimination of these extreme forms of child labour. Adopted: 17/06/1999 Sanctioned and promulgated: 21/12/2001 International ratificatieon 08/05/2002 Entry into force: 08/05/2003 pdf file345_Agreement in English.pdf (57 KB) pdf file345_Decreet.pdf (114 KB)

Summary: Amendment of the constitution of the International Labour Organisation Signed: 20/06/1997 Sanctioned and promulgated: 21/12/2001 International ratification: 13/03/2007 pdf file407_Agreement in English.pdf (49 KB) pdf file407_Decreet.pdf (69 KB)

Summary: ILO-convention n° 184 concerning safety and health in agriculture Signed: 21/06/2001 Sanctioned and promulgated: 27/06/2008 International ratification: 10/11/2015 Entry into force: 10/11/2016 pdf file513_Agreement in English.pdf (250 KB) pdf file513_Recommendation n° 192 in English.pdf (102 KB) pdf file513_Decreet.pdf (67 KB)    

Summary: Cooperation Agreement Flanders- ILO (1997) Signed: 02/10/1997 Termination: 21/03/2011 pdf file77_Samenwerkingsakkoord in het Engels.pdf (299 KB)

Summary: Arrangement Flanders-ILO concerning financing of the cooperation Signed: 11/12/2001 Termination: 10/12/2006 pdf file514_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (167 KB)

Summary: Extension and amendment of the agreement on Flemish - ILO cooperation funding of 2001 Signed: 12/07/2005 Termination: 21/03/2011 pdf file729_Ondertekende akte in het Nederlands en het Engels.pdf (130 KB)

Summary: Framework agreement Flanders - ILO Signed: 21/03/2011 pdf file947_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (446 KB)  

Summary: The MoU formalises the partnership between the three parties for a project on the development of a social economy policy for South Africa. Signed: 30/01/2017 pdf file1164_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (926 KB)

Project: The Sustainable Enterprise Development Facility for Job Creation in South Africa  Partner: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Budget: 3.305.000 euro  Duration: 1.01.2014 –31.12.2016 (extended till 31.06.2017) The development objective of the proposed Sustainable Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) for South Africa is to create decent jobs for men and women in three provinces through entrepreneurship promotion and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in sectors and value chains with employment potential.