Houngbo will meet with the ministers responsible for Labour, Employment and Vocational Training, Crafts and the Informal Sector. He will also meet with the social partners (employers’ and workers’ organizations) and with the “Country Team” of the United Nations system.
Among the topics to be discussed are: decent employment for young people and women, labor migration and protection of migrant workers, extension of social protection, formalization of the informal economy, crisis and social dialogue, respect for international labor standards.
Houngbo is scheduled to speak about the Global Coalition for Social Justice, an initiative aimed at prioritizing social justice and reducing inequalities in national and global policy-making, as well as development cooperation, finance, trade and investment agreements.
The ILO Director-General will also visit the artisan village of Soumbédioune, on the west coast of Dakar, where he plans to meet artisans who are beneficiaries of an ILO-Belgium project in Senegal aimed at building strong national social protection systems to cover the informal economy workers and their families, facilitate their access to healthcare and enable them to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
The press is invited to cover the various activities of this visit. At the end of his visit, the ILO Director-General will give a press conference on Friday, January 27, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Dakar.
Press contacts:
- Mr. Ousmane Diallo, Communications Assistant, ILO Office in Dakar, Email: [email protected], Tel 776418461
- Mr. Alegnesy Bies, Head of Communication of the Ministry of Labour, Social Dialogue, Professional Organizations and Relations with Institutions, Email: [email protected], Tel 776423456