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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE

Governing Body

325th Session, Geneva, 29 October–12 November 2015 GB.325/INS/2(Add.2)

Institutional Section

INS

Date: 12 November 2015 Original: English

SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA

Agenda of the International Labour Conference

Addendum

Financial arrangements for a Meeting of Experts on Violence against women and men in the world of work

1.

The Governing Body has received a revised draft decision point in relation to the agenda of the International Labour Conference ¹ which includes a proposal to hold a four-day Meeting of Experts in 2016 to provide guidance for the Governing Body’s consideration at its 328th Session (November 2016) on the preparation of possible instruments relating to violence against women and men in the world of work.

2.

It is proposed that the Meeting be attended by eight experts nominated after consultations with Governments, eight experts nominated after consultations with the Employers’ group and eight experts nominated after consultations with the Workers’ group.

3.

Should the Governing Body agree to the holding of the proposed Meeting of Experts, as well as its proposed composition, it should also consider its financial implications and take a decision accordingly.

1 GB.325/INS/2(Add.1).

GB.325/INS/2(Add.3)

2 GB325-INS_2(Add2)_[FINAN-151112-1]-En.docx

Financial arrangements

4.

The estimated costs of the proposed Meeting are as follows:

US$

Travel and per diem 132 000

Interpretation 91 000

Preparatory costs 104 000

Total 327 000

5.

The Programme and Budget for 2016–17 contains no provision for this Meeting. It is therefore proposed that these costs be financed, in the first instance, from savings that may arise under Part I of the budget for 2016–17 or, failing that, through the use of the Provision for Unforeseen Expenditure, Part II. Should this not prove possible, the Director-General would propose alternative methods of financing at a later stage in the biennium.

Draft decision

6. The Governing Body decides that the cost of the Meeting of Experts on Violence

against women and men in the world of work, estimated at US$327,000, be

financed, in the first instance, from savings in Part I of the budget or, failing

that, through Part II, on the understanding that, should this subsequently prove

impossible, the Director-General would propose alternative methods of financing

at a later stage in the biennium.