Overview
Lobbying Costs
870€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
EU Transparency Register
015158824818-81 First registered on 30 Nov 2016
Goals / Remit
The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) is the only recognised body representing the interests of employers in international social and labour policy matters.
The objectives of the IOE are:
To promote the economic, employment and social policy environments necessary to sustain and develop free enterprise and the market economy;
To provide an international forum to bring together, represent and promote the interests of national employers’ organizations and their members throughout the world in all labour and socio-economic policy issues;
To assist, advise, represent and provide relevant services and information to members, to establish and maintain permanent contact among them and to coordinate the interests of employers at the international level, particularly within the ILO and other international institutions;
To promote and support the advancement and strengthening of independent and autonomous employers’ organizations and to enhance their capabilities and services to members;
To inform public opinion and promote understanding of employers’ points of view;
To facilitate and promote the exchange and transfer of information, experience and good practice amongst members.Main EU files targeted
The measures and initiatives covered by the EU Grant will: - Enhance the institutional and the operational capacity of the IOE to engage in policy debates through global exchange on topics such as the future of work, human rights and the sustainable development goals, as well as enable the IOE to more effectively contribute to the Global Forum on Migration and Development ( GFMD).
- Contribute to improved governance structures as well as advocacy work through strengthened exchange of knowledge and experience between national employers organisations at a regional and global level.
- Contribute to the implementation of social partners commitments in Africa through monitoring and peer pressure, thereby directly supporting the focus of EU development work on employment creation, inclusiveness and poverty reduction.
. Strengthen the capacity of employers organisations on responsible business conduct to enable them to raise awareness and knowledge among companies and thereby directly address EU goal of promoting responsible business practice.
- Contribute to strengthening national employers organisations in all three categories: representational capacities, information flow, as well as advocacy work through the establishment of the Global Young Professional Employers Academy.
- Contribute to the implementation of the EU policy on civil society in development, through the priorities established in its communication " the root of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relations" (2012), recognizing that an empowered civil society is a crucial component of any democratic system and is an asset in itself; it represents and fosters pluralism and can contribute to more effective policies, equitable and sustainable development and inclusive growth; it is an important player in fostering peace and in conflict resolution; in doing so particular attention is given to job creation and entrepreneurship responsive to community needs, stimulating local economic growth in an inclusive and sustainable manner.
- Improve dialogue with the EU on development issues through structured dialogue under the Policy Forum on Development ( PFD) as well as building bridges with other CSO's, contributing thereby to the implementation of SDG 17 to " Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development".
- Directly respond to EU priorities, such as those raised in the EU communication on "A stronger role of the Private Sector in Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing countries " (2014), such as focusing on employment creation and poverty reduction; taking measures with regards to improving the business and investment climate; supporting the formalization of enterprises, promoting responsible business practices, strengthening the voice of the private sector in the global sustainability agenda, scaling- up responsible and effective social dialogue as well as improving OSH frameworks.
- Incorporate the priorities of the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 by ensuring that at least 30% of participants in planned project activities are women.Address
Head Office
Avenue Louis -Casai 71
Geneva 1216
SWITZERLAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 7 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
8
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Anetha Awuku (Project Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Linda Kromjong (Secretary-General)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
http://www.ioe-emp.org/ioe-members/
Member organisations
http://www.ioe-emp.org/ioe-members/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
870€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
The grant foresees regional activities for Africa, Caucus countries and Latin America.
It furthermore foresees capacity building workshops in Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Colombia, Peru Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia. It then has a number of regional activities.
Regional activities for Africa: 63% of the African population is less than 25 years old, and every month 1 million young people enter the job market. The African working population is in the order of 550 million. Experts foresee that this population will reach 1 billion by 2050, overtaking India and China. This is a clear competitive advantage, but only if African states can respond appropriately and offer prospects to the youth. Failing this, the demographic dividend will become the African nightmare of the century. The action of this grant will support regional capacity building through the exchange of experience and background studies as well as strengthening the implementation of the commitment made in the "Blueprint for Jobs in Africa" through peer pressure and learning in order to address the above described job challenges and work towards an improved business environment. Particular focus will be given to SME development, transition from the information to the formal economy, vocational training especially for the youth, entrepreneurship, apprenticeships, regional economic integration and upgrading of enterprises to meet EU standards of Economic Partnership Agreements. It will especially support also the least developed countries ( LDC's) in Africa, which will be fully participating in all activities and learn from the experiences of African peers. Moreover, the follow up of participating federations will be monitored through self-reporting by at least five of the federations on measures taken to implement agreed action in the meetings.
In the caucus countries Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have started to reform their old frameworks on occupational safety and health ( OSH). However, while the legislative frameworks are changing, knowledge and understating within companies and employers organisations remain limited. This work stream intends to build jointly with the international Training center of the ILO the capacity of employers organisations to enable them to provide information to their members on the EU approach to health and safety based on continuous improvement, responsibility, multidisciplinary services and the cooperation of social partners. The aim is for participating employers organisations to create an OSH focal point internally which would continue to update its knowledge and be the contact point for member companies for OSH. Employers organisations and companies would be invited to participate in the initial training. A pre-questionnaire will be conducted before the training and a post questionnaire will be conducted after the training to assess the uptake and implementation of acquired knowledge. This module is easily extendable to other countries if additional funding becomes available.
The regional activities for Latin America, focuses on the increased need for the involvement of employers representatives in the design of regional policies. This not only relates to relationships amongst countries in the Americas, but also to those established historically between Latin American countries and their counterparts in Europe ( Spain and Portugal). The IOE's membership in the region constitutes a network of organisations that jointly articulate the business voice at the most important regional and sub-regional forums such as the organization of American States, where IOE members -. The IOE and the CEOE has coordinated the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of States, however there is need of deepen coordination through knowledge sharing.Other activities
Employers organisations particularly from least developed countries have very limited financial resources, which negatively affects their ability to participate in IOE activities ( including regional meetings) and capacity building programs , which impacts their ability to learn about important topics such as social dialogue, business and human rights, job creation, anticipating the future of work, which in turn make it more difficult for them to develop new and better services to attract, win and retain new members and to grow as legitimate, fully informed and representative voices of business at national and international level.
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Africa Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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