16 March, 2009NOTE: For financial reasons IMF Summer school 2009 is cancelled
GENEVA: The International Metalworkers' Federation invites affiliates to nominate participants to the IMF Summer School that will take place 28 June-09 July 2009 at the ILO Training Centre in Torino, Italy and also in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Summer School aims to familiarise emerging leaders from IMF affiliates with the challenges facing unions at the global level and to equip them to use this knowledge to build the unions in their respective countries. Through participation in the Summer School, affiliates will strengthen their capacity to respond to globalisation and build international trade union solidarity.
Topics covered during the two weeks include:
- globalisation
- international solidarity
- the International Labour Organisation
- the World Trade Organisation
- trade unions and other social movements
- IMF activities
Affiliates are asked to nominate young emerging (preferably under 40) trade union leaders, international secretaries, educators and organizers whose tasks in the union are related to the above issues. The IMF actively encourages applications to the Summer School from women.
The Summer School will be taught in English. While participants are not required to thoroughly master English, they should be able to easily understand and speak it.
The course will be limited to 15 participants so we may not be able to accept all applications. Selection will be made according to the above criteria and on the basis of proportional regional and sectoral representation. Participants will be expected to do preparatory work, make presentations and report back to their unions after the Summer School.
Applications must be completed and returned to the IMF by 30 April 2009.
For more information, contact Magnus Palmgren, IMF Director, Education at [email protected].