The University of the West Indies and the International Institute of Labour Studies present the ILO Nobel Peace Prize Social Policy Lectures at the Mona School of Business Executive Lecture Theatre from Monday, December 5 to Wednesday, December 7. The topic will be ‘The New Off-shoring of Jobs and Global Development’. The ILO Social Policy Lectures are held every second year in a major university of the world. The aim is to stimulate the interest of graduate and post-graduate students in international social policy; to promote academic work in areas of concern to the ILO in major universities and to encourage greater dialogue between the academic community on the one hand, and policy-makers, business and labour on the other.
The 2005 Social Policy Lecture will be delivered on Monday, December 5 by Professor Gary Gereffi of Duke University. On Tuesday, December 6 there will be a lecture and panel discussion on the topic ‘Global Consolidation: China, India and the Apparel Industry. The afternoon session will focus on ‘Public and Private Governance: are we at a Turning Point? The series ends on Wednesday, December 7 with a roundtable tripartite discussion, which will be moderated by Dr Gerry Rodgers of the ILO.