past events ...
The 10th International Post- Keynesian Conference
The 10th International Post-Keynesian Conference was hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability (cFEPS) on June 29-July 1, 2008. The theme of the conference was Post-Keynesian Economic Policy.
Brazilian Citizen City International Symposium on ELR
The Brazilian Citizen City International Symposium on ELR was hosted by the Brazilian Institute for Full Employment with participation of Economists for Full Employment, sponsored by the National Development Bank of Brazil (BNDES). The theme of the conference, held May 9-10, 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, was "The Citizen City International Symposium of ELR." The final agenda, with links to the presentations, is available here.
Employment Opportunities and Public Employment Policy in Globalising India
The Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, India held a conference from April 3-5, 2008. The objectives were to analyse the employment situation in the post-liberalised Indian Economy and also to discuss international experiences with public employment policies as well as public employment policy initiatives with special emphasis on National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), 2005. The final agenda, with links to the presentations, is online here.
CofFEE Conference 2007
"The Challenge to Restore Full Employment Conference" incorporated "The 9th Path to Full Employment Conference" and the "14th National Conference on Unemployment," and was held at the University of Newcastle on Thursday, December 6 and Friday, December 7, 2007. The final program is online here.
12th Regional Meeting on Labor Intensive Construction 2007
On October 8-12, 2007 five of our members presented their work and launched the network in a session organized by “Economists for Full Employment” during the Durban meeting, sponsored by the ILO and the Government of South Africa. To read the text of the report in .pdf format, click here. To download the report in MS Word format, click here.
CofFEE Conference 2006
The Full Employment or WorkChoices and Welfare-to-Work Conference 2006 incorporated the 8th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 13th National Conference on Unemployment. It was staged at the University of Newcastle, Thursday, December 7 and Friday, December 8, 2006.
Employment Guarantee Policies: Theory and Practice
The focus of this conference was on country experiences and government policy initiatives that aim to create a safety net through public service employment for individuals who are ready, willing, and able to work but find themselves in an economic environment that does not offer employment opportunities.The conference was held October 13–14, 2006, at the Levy Institute’s research and conference center in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. For more information about the conference, including audio presentations, click here.
ILO Inter-regional Workshop on Employment-Intensive Investment Policies and Practices
Held October 9–13, 2006 in Turin, Italy, this workshop focussed on how to conceive and implement employment-intensive programmes, as well as on how to mainstream the employment-intensive approaches into national policies and poverty reduction strategies, also in line with the existing decentralisation processes. The workshop was organised by the Employment and Skills Development Programme of ITC-ILO in collaboration with the EIIP Programme of the ILO.
