![Icons of different sectors and industries](webp/merged-icons-sectors-2.png1802.webp)
Sectoral meetings
Several times per year, representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations from different countries and regions meet at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, to participate in tripartite sectoral technical meetings and meetings of experts. Based on the most up-to-date research produced by the ILO, the tripartite representatives meet to debate emerging issues, main trends and challenges of their sector.
Consensus reached during such sectoral meetings results in recommendations for policy and action in the sectors, or adopted codes of practice and guidelines. These recommendations, adopted at the end of the meetings, serve as a basis for the development of national policies and programmes, and provide guidance to constituents at international as well as country level.
Ongoing and upcoming sectoral meetings
![Grey Cement and bricks](webp/cement-abstract-copy-space-texture-background.jpgdecb.webp)
Technical meeting on the promotion of decent work and a just transition in the building materials industry, including cement
![Male worker using laptop amidst production line in juice factory](webp/male%20worker%20using%20laptop%20amidst%20production%20line%20in%20juice%20factory.jpgc786.webp)
Technical meeting on the promotion of decent work and a just transition, including skills and lifelong learning, in the food and ...
Past sectoral meetings
![Photo of a crane picking up tree logs at a wood processing factory](webp/forestry%20sector%20hero%20photo.jpgfef7.webp)
Meeting of experts to update and adopt the 1998 ILO code of practice on safety and health in forestry work
![Red cargo container ship at harbor](webp/cargo-container-ship-harbor.jpg1ff6.webp)
Second Meeting of the Joint ILO–IMO Tripartite Working Group to Identify and Address Seafarers’ Issues and the Human Element
![people working between dock and boat](webp/indonesia%20establishes%20the%20first%20mrc%20for%20migrant%20fishing%20vessel%20crews%20in%20pemalang%20regency.pngf8e0.webp)
Joint ILO–IMO meeting to adopt guidelines for Medical Examination of Fishers/Fishing Vessel Personnel
Conclusions and recommendations of sectoral meetings
![Aerial shot of the Merwede canal near the Arkel village located in the Netherlands.](webp/inland-waterways-hero1.jpgc326.webp)
Conclusions and recommendations - Technical meeting on decent and sustainable work in the inland waterways sector
![Photo of many retail commerce shops taken from above.](webp/commerce%20hero%20photo.jpg74d6.webp)
Conclusions - Technical meeting on digitalization in the retail sector as an engine for economic recovery and decent work
![A plane taking off.](webp/civil-aviation-hero1-2008.jpg20e4.webp)
Conclusions and recommendations on the promotion of decent work to shape a green, sustainable and inclusive economic recovery for the civil...