For Whom Our Training Programmes Are Intended

The main target groups of the ACTRAV-Turin's training programmes are leaders (executive board members), senior activists and technical staff of workers' organizations at national centres and industrial federation levels. Our curriculum are designed in a way to meet the current needs of full-time or part-time officers and staff of workers' organizations who have already acquired basic skills and knowledge on trade union management and general labour issues. Also, each training course has its specific target group(s) with certain pre-requisites for participation.

Programmes in 2007

In 2007,  the ACTRAV-Turin Programme implemented 52 training activities - 16 in Turin and 36 in the regions and 10 courses via the Internet. There were 1,565 participants - an increase of almost 500 from 2006.  For more inforamtion about the activities conducted in 2007 see the Course Calendar.

ACTRAV-Turin in the Global ACTRAV Programme

The Workers' Group of the ILO's Governing Body plays a central role in choosing the organisations eligible to send participants to the Programme's activities. Eligible organisations for a particular course are asked to nominate four candidates, at least two of whom must be women.

The participants are then chosen by ACTRAV-Turin in consultation with ACTRAV Geneva and its field specialists. ACTRAV-Turin also operates a database connected to the Centre's network which includes information concerning participants. This ensures quick and easy access to participant's data, which is especially important for organizing follow-up activities. The database has been used to provide ACTRAV and national/international labour organisations with information about the Programme's participant