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Ports:
Recent developments
The importance of the port industry for the economic development of ILO Member States cannot be overstated. During the last decade the world has witnessed many developments in the organization of work in this industry, most of which are manifestations of the globalisation of the transport sector. The establishment of worldwide operating terminal operators, increased private sector participation in the development, ownership, management, operation and maintenance of ports as well as the introduction of capital-intensive cargo handling techniques to obtain sustainable improvement in port operations in an increasingly competitive and global transport sector have caused continuing and far-reaching changes in the port industry. More often than not, these changes have an impact on the working and living conditions of the workforce in the port industry. Therefore, the ILO has a strong interest that labour and social issues arising from changes in the port industry would be appropriately addressed. Due to its unique tripartite structure, the ILO has a major role in the collective efforts that aim in providing socially responsible solutions to the challenges faced by the port sector. In this respect, the ILO promotes social dialogue between Governments, employers' and workers' organizations in the port sector.
At the ILO, among the most important recent developments in the port sector were the Tripartite Meeting of experts on Security, Safety and Health in Ports that was held in Geneva from 8 to 17 December 2003, the development and publication in 2006 of the Social dialogue in the process of structural adjustment and private sector participation in ports: A practical guidance manual, which was validated within the framework of an international tripartite workshop that was held in Turin, Italy from 24 to 28 July 2006.
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