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COVID-19 and the World of Work

1-2 and 7-9 July 2020
Worker in Zimbabwe producing hand sanitizing gel. © KB Mpofu/ILO

Building a better future of work

The largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments will discuss how to address the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The ILO Global Summit will unfold over five days and consist of five regional events and three global events.

Building a better future of work

The largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments will discuss how to address the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The ILO Global Summit will unfold over five days and consist of five regional events and three global events.

Regional Events
July 1
July 2
Global Events
July 7
July 8
July 9
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10:00 AM - 3:30 PM UTC
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ILO Constituents’ Day

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This live event brings together ministers, and workers’ and employers’ leaders from member States to reflect on the previous days’ events and discuss the implementation of the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work in the context of the pandemic. The focus will be on the urgent and immediate challenges of the early phase of the pandemic in the world of work and on the responses that are proving effective, as well as the process for building back better.

Confirmed Speakers

Angel Custodio Cabrera Báez
Minister of Labour, Colombia
Ayuba Wabba
President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
Begum Monnujan Sufian
State Minister of Labour and Employment, Bangladesh
Bruno Bianco Leal
Special Secretary of Labour and Social Provision, Brazil
Catelene Passchier
Worker Vice-Chairperson of the Governing Body of the ILO
Chris Nwabueze Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment, Nigeria
Claudio Omar Moroni
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina
Doris Zapata Acevedo
Minister of Labour and Labour Development, Panama
Eduardo Piñate
Minister of Popular Power for the Social Process of Labour, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Eglė Radisauskiene
Vice-Minister of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania
Elisabeth Borne
Minister of Labour, Employment and Insertion, France
Eugene Scalia
Secretary of Labor, United States
Filomena Tassi
Minister of Labour, Canada
Gabriella Rigg Herzog
Vice President, Labor Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, USCIB
Geannina Dinarte Romero
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Costa Rica
Guido Ricci
Coordinator, Labour Commission, Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations; Deputy employer member of the Governing Body of the ILO
Guy Ryder
ILO Director-General
Hubertus Heil
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany
Isman Ibrahim Robleh
Minister of Labour, Reform and Administration, Djibouti
Katsunobu Kato
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
Keketso Rantso
Minister of Labour and Employment, Lesotho
Lee Jae-Kap
Minister of Employment and Labour, Republic of Korea
Luis Arturo Poveda Velasco
Minister of Labour, Republic of Ecuador
Luisa Maria Alcalde
Minister of Labour, Mexico
M. S. Unnikrishnan
Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Industrial Relations and President, Employers’ Federation of India
Madeleine Berre
Minister of Labour, Gabon
Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Cuba
María José Zaldívar
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Chile
Mateja Ribič
State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the Republic of Slovenia
Mohamed Amakraz
Minister of Labour and Professional Insertion, Morocco
Mohamed Hassan Al-Obaidly
Assistant Under-Secretary for Labour Affairs, Qatar
Mohammad Shariatmadari
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare, Islamic Republic of Iran
Mthunzi Mdwaba
IOE Vice-President to the ILO
Nasser Bin Thani Al Hamli
Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, United Arab Emirates
Nunzia Catalfo
Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy
Oscar Rolando Castro
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, El Salvador
Plamen Dimitrov
President, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB)
Renate Hornung-Draus
IOE Regional Vice-President for Europe and Central Asia
Sahil Babayev
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Samba Sy
Minister of Employment, Senegal
Sharan Burrow
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
Shri Santosh Gangwar
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, India
Silvestre H. Bello III
Secretary of Labour and Employment, Philippines
Thein Swe
Minister of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar
Thérèse Coffey
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, United Kingdom
Toni Moore
General Secretary, Barbados Workers' Union (BWU)
Zhang Jinan
Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, China