Record of Regional Seminars for Labour-based Practitioners since 1990

The regional seminars for labour-based practitioners are held every one and a half - two years, bringing together practitioners, policy makers, planners, implementers, researchers and academics from the all over the world to discuss and exchange views on specific themes related to employment intensive investments and local level planning.

The proceedings and papers offer a unique rich source of knowledge on the issues, challenges, best practices and research findings on the application of labour-based technologies and local level planning.
 

• 20th Regional Conference for Labour-based Practitioners
  Theme of the seminar: Resilient communities and Healthy Environment: the EIIP approach
  2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 19th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Promoting skills and productive (decent) jobs for our common better future
  2023, Kigali, Rwanda
• 18th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation
  2019, Tunis, Tunisia
• 17th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach
  2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 16th ILO Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Labor based approaches as solutions for sustainable development challenges in the context of decentralization
  2015, Cotonou, Benin
• XVth Regional Seminar of LBT practitioners in Africa 
  Theme of the seminar: Labour-based approaches in infrastructural works: from policy to action for job creation
  2014, Yaoundé, Cameroon
• 14th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Public Works for Decent Jobs and Poverty Reduction: Policies and Practices
  2011, Accra, Ghana Public Works for Decent Jobs and Poverty Reduction: Policies and Practices
• 13th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Employment Intensive Approach in the Construction Sector - A Catalyst for Achieving Prosperity for All
  2009, Kampala, Uganda
• 12th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Prioritizing Employment in Government Policies and Investments in Infrastructure Programmes
  2007, Durban, South Africa
• 11th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Integrated labour-based approaches for socio-economic development
  2005, Mombasa, Kenya
• Tenth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Labour-based technology for poverty reduction
  2003, Arusha, Tanzania
• Ninth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Towards appropriate engineering practices and an enabling environment
  2002, Maputo Mozambique
• Eighth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: The New Millennium - Challenges for employment-intensive investments
  2000, Cairo, Egypt
• Seventh Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Contracting in employment-intensive works
  1999, Lusaka, Zambia
• Sixth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: The right tool for the job - A review of tools and equipment for labour-based infrastructure works
  1997, Jinja, Uganda
• Fifth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Labour-based contracting
  1996, Accra, Ghana
• Fourth Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  Theme of the seminar: Urban infrastructure development, education and training
  1995, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Third Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  This seminar reviewed the application and efficiency of labour-based methods in road construction and maintenance - no special theme
  1993, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Second Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  This seminar reviewed ways of improving the application of labour-based methods in road construction and maintenance in the region - no special theme
  1992, Mohales Hoek, Lesotho
• The First Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners 
  This first seminar reviewed the current practice in general - no special theme
  1990, Mbeya,Tanzania