ICLS documents

Resolution I: Resolution concerning statistics on the informal economy

Resolution II: Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization

Resolution III: Resolution concerning the measurement of employment-related income

Resolution IV: Resolution concerning household income and expenditure statistics

Draft resolutions:

Draft Resolution I: Resolution concerning statistics on the informal economy

Draft Resolution II: Resolution to amend the 19th ICLS resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization

Draft Resolution III: Resolution to amend the 16th ICLS Resolution concerning the measurement of employment-related income

Draft Resolution IV: Resolution to amend the 17th ICLS Resolution concerning household income and expenditure statistics

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Report I: General report

Report II: Statistics on the informal economy

Report III: Final report of the Conference

List of participants

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Room document 1 – Conceptual Framework for Statistics on the Informal Economy

Room document 2 – Country practices for measuring informal sector and informal employment

Room document 3 – Integrating dependent contractors in the framework for statistics on the informal economy

Room document 4 – Defining informality for contributing family workers

Room document 5 – Contextualising informality: The Informal Economy Indicator Framework

Room document 6 – Updates to the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization

Room document 7 – New modular LFS tools for statistics on own use provision of services

Room document 8 – Statistical definitions of care work

Room document 9 – Work related income – amendment of existing standards and guidance and future directions

Room document 10 – Assessing availability of survey data on violence and harassment in the world of work

Room document 11 – Towards developing a conceptual and measurement framework for statistics on violence and harassment in the world of work

Room document 12 – Digital platform work and employment

Room document 13 – Remote work, telework, work at home and home-based work

Room document 14 – Measuring cooperatives: A progress update on the ILO Pilot study on the applicability and implementation of the Guidelines in five countries

Room document 15 – Measuring the social and solidarity economy (SSE): A proposed roadmap for developing Guidelines concerning statistics of the SSE

Room document 16 – National practices and future priorities in producing statistics on international labour migration

Room document 17 – Recent global developments and proposed updates to the 20th ICLS Guidelines concerning statistics of international labour migration

Room document 18 – The International Standard Classification of Occupationsf (ISCO-08): recent developments and revision

Room document 19 – Engendering informality statistics – overview and outcomes of the project

Room document 20 – Making full use of administrative data – A case for administrative records as a complementary source of labour statistics

Room document 21 – Integrating Child Labour Statistics into National Statistical Frameworks

Room document 22 – Measurement of forced labour: stocktaking and way forward

Room document 23 – Industrial relations data: update on available quantitative and qualitative data and underlying methodologies and data collection efforts

Room document 24 – Promotion and ratification of ILO Convention No. 160 (1985) on Labour Statistics

Room document 25 – National practices in measuring work-based learning

Room document 26 – Unlocking the Power of Microdata: Enhancing International Comparability and Data Availability in ILOSTAT

Room document 27 – Labour Market Information Systems (LMIS):  Maximizing the potential of labour market data and analysis for effective policymaking

Draft work program

Day 1: Plenary

• 100 year of standard-setting in labour statistics
• New statistical standards on the informal economy

Afternoon session

• Implementation of the resolution on work employment and labour underutilization (19th ICLS)  – Part 1 – tools and guidance work to date
• Implementation of the resolution on work employment and labour underutilization (19th ICLS)  – Part 2 – future activities, challenges and priorities
• Measurement of unpaid domestic and care work

Day 3: Plenary

Morning session

• Resolution concerning statistics of work employment and labour underutilization – Subsistence foodstuff producers
• Resolution concerning statistics of work employment and labour underutilization – Subsistence foodstuff producers (part 2)
• LFS country practices review
• ICLS Report: 3.17 – Para. 144-1455 – School-to-Work Transition Surveys (SWTS)
• Statistical definitions of care work

Afternoon session

• Update of the resolutions and guidance on the measurement of work-related income
• Work-related violence and harassment
• Response of labour statistics to Covid-19

Day 4: Plenary

Morning session

• Measuring cooperatives: a progress update on the ILO Pilot study on the applicability and implementation of the Guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives in five countries
• Mesuring the social and solidarity economy (SSE): A roadmap towards guidelines concerning statistics of the SSE
• International labour migration statistics: Current situation and future work
• Engendering informality statistics, Paragraphs 133-136 of Report I – Room document 19

Afternoon session

• International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08): Recent developments and revision
• Integrating child labour statistics into national statistical systems
• Measurement of forced labour: stocktaking and way forward

• Administrative sources in labour statistics
• Data collection and production in general
• Unlocking the power of microdata: Enhancing international comparability and data availability in ILOSTAT and beyond
• ICLS Report : 4.6 – Para. 222-224 – On-Demand Data Production
• Annual data questionnaires
• Labour market modelling

• Digital Platform Work: State of the art and the way ahead
• Labour Market Information Systems

Day 7: Plenary

Morning session

• The ILO in the SDMX community
• ILO Statistical Capacity Building and Technical Support in Africa: 2018-2023
• ILO Statistical Capacity Initiatives in Asia and the Pacific Region for the period 2018-2023
• ILO Global Activities – Updates on Arab States
• Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building in Labour Statistics – LATIN AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN

Day 8: Plenary

Morning session

• Europe and Central Asia
• Empowering Labour Statistics Globally – “A five-years learning journey”
• Resolutions II, III and IV

11th October: Celebrating 100 years of the ICLS

• The International Conference of Labour Statisticians: Historical moments

12th October: Communicating statistics in times of change

13th October: Measuring informality from a gender perspective. Overview of project to engender informality statistics

• Engendering informality statistics
• Developing labour statistics with a focus on informality in the Arab Region
• Data demands and challenges in measuring informality from a gender perspective
• Informality in Peru
• Uganda’s Experience during the Informal Employment Pilot Testing

16th October: Decent Work Supply Chain Survey Pilot on the Electronics Supply Chain in Viet Nam

• Access the publication here
• Decent Work Supply Chain Survey: Pilot on the electronics supply chain in Viet Nam
• Khảo sát Việc làm thỏa đáng trong Chuỗi cung ứng: Thí điểm trong chuỗi cung ứng điện tử tại Việt Nam

17th October: Measuring own-use provision of services through labour force surveys – experiences and guidance

• Measuring own-use provision of services through labour force surveys – experiences and guidance
• Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Kenya

18th October: Updating occupational classifications using machine learning

• Updating occupational classifications using machine learning: Context and the modernization of ISCO
• Detecting New and Emerging Occupations from Online Job Data
• Updating occupational classifications using machine learning: Pilot test with Azure AI, ChatGPT, and
  acquiring new data sources (Ongoing)
• Automatic Classification and Coding for the National Employment Survey (ENE)

19th October: South-south and triangular co-operation – experience of Lusophone countries in labour statistics

• Compiling Labour Market Statistics – Experience of Mozambique
• UM OLHAR SOBRE O ESTADO ATUAL DAS IMT (EM ESPECIAL OS ITD), NOS PALOP E OS POTENCIAS DOMÍNEOS DE COOPERAÇÃO E DE APOIS DA CSST

Tripartite Meeting of Experts in Labour Statistics on the Revision of the Standards for Statistics on Informality, Geneva, 7-10 February 2023:

• Report for discussion
• Country practices for measuring informal sector and informal employment
• Dependent Contractors and the framework of the informal economy
• Defining informality for contributing family workers
• Conceptual Framework for Statistics on the Informal Economy
• Contextualising informality: The Informal Economy Indicator Framework (draft)
• Report from the meeting

Official documents

• Invitation letter
• Standing orders 

Press releases and media advisory

• Media advisory
• ICLS Press Release 11 of October 2023
• ICLS Press release 23 of October 2023

100 years of ICLS

• Draft: Measuring the World of Work – The International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS), 1923 – 2023
• ICLS centenary brochure

Remarks

• ICLS Centenary Conference: ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo’s closing remarks

Videos

• 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians: Message from the ILO Director-General
• 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians: Insights from the ILO Deputy Director-General
• World of Work Show: How better data leads to better working lives
• ILO Live: Opening session of the International Conference of Labour Statisticians
• ILO Live: Special session on measuring digital platform employment
• ILO Live: Special session on measuring social justice
• ILO Live: Closing session of the International Conference of Labour Statisticians
• Rafael Diez de Medina talks about the 21st ICLS
• Michael Frosch talks about informality and the 21st ICLS

Social media videos

• Gilbert Houngbo’s closing remarks
• Graciela Marquez Colin on labour statistics during the 21^st ICLS
• Joann Vanek on labour statistics during the 21^st ICLS
• Boon Heng Ang on labour statistics during the 21^st ICLS
• Short promo video on the 21^st ICLS

SDG labour market indicators

Child labour

Informal economy

Migrant workers

Labour force survey (LFS) resources

International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)