Monday, December 03, 2018
Human capital—health, knowledge, and skills—is a major determinant of an individual’s lifetime income, and hence of a country’s per capita income. The launch of the Human Capital Index presents a transformative opportunity to persuade governments to...
Location:
America, United States
Monday, December 03, 2018 to Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Established in 2013, the Youth Summit is an annual event held by the World Bank Group (WBG) to engage with youth globally on the most pressing topics facing their generation. The primary goals of the Summit are to empower youth to explore innovative ideas for...
Location:
America, United States
Monday, November 05, 2018 to Wednesday, November 07, 2018
The Democratic Republic of Congo continues to face challenges of poverty, poor services and weak governance. This situation is compounded by almost two decades of conflict, which has profoundly affected the functioning of the state and state-society relations...
Location:
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
In this seminar, we highlight a study which evaluated the short-term impacts of Heifer International’s livestock transfer and training program in Nepal over a 1.5 year period using a randomized control trial (RCT). The RCT assigned three variations of the...
Location:
America, United States
Monday, September 17, 2018 to Friday, September 28, 2018
The Academy on Social Security, the International Labour Organisation’s flagship annual event on Social Protection will kick-off on September 17, 2018 at the ILO’s International Training Centre (ITC-ILO) in Turin.
This year, in partnership with the ...
Location:
Global, Europe, Italy
Wednesday, September 05, 2018 to Thursday, September 06, 2018
As Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Financiación Local son una iniciativa de autoridades, especialistas y académicos en financiación local que se inició en Toledo –España- en Noviembre de 2011, posteriormente, tuvo continuidad en La Plata – Argentina- (julio 2013...
Location:
America, Brazil
Thursday, July 19, 2018 to Saturday, July 21, 2018
La Organización Internacional de Trabajo Social - OITS, una ONG conformada por Trabajadores Sociales de varios países que se dedica a promover la innovación y el desarrollo de la sociedad desde el quehacer profesional del Trabajo Social. Fue fundada en Lima...
Monday, May 28, 2018 to Wednesday, May 30, 2018
The European Social Services Conference (ESSC) is the European Social Network’s annual flagship event. Bringing together thousands of senior professionals from all sectors and across over the past 25 years, the ESSC has long been pioneering the value of...
Monday, May 14, 2018 to Tuesday, May 15, 2018
On May 15th 2018, Ministers responsible for Social Policy in over 35 OECD and partner countries will meet in Montréal to exchange their views on their countries’ challenges, opportunities, and best practices in social protection in a Ministerial meeting...
Location:
America, Canada
Monday, May 14, 2018 to Friday, May 18, 2018
The Purpose
The ILS Academy offers knowledge and tools on international labour standards (ILS) that are adopted and supervised by the ILO to a broad range of professionals active in promoting rights at work. The programme is designed to meet the needs of a...