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1) Why: The first global meeting of the DWCPA Task force (Assignment and Focal Points) to meet and to discuss the implementation strategy.

2) Who: All the DWCPA focal points - (23 people) DWCPA Assignment Team - (4 people) 12 Resource persons from partner organizations (first 2 days only)

A total of 60 people can be accommodated.

3) When:

Global Learning Event: International Good Practices on Country Analysis: 22-23 October 2012, ILO HQ in Geneva Global DWCPA Focal Points Workshop: 24-26 October at the International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin

4) What:The main elements of the workshop are:
 * Exposure to other international organisations’ country analysis approaches (examples from WB, IMF, WTO, WHO, OECD, IHS, USDoL, US Department of State)
 * How is the ILO seen externally?
 * Working groups to consider the DWCPA concept, objectives, content, process and capacity requirements
 * Working group on capacity development needs of staff and constituents

The key objectives are:
 * To learn from international experiences in conducting country policy analysis and to build on these experiences for a more efficient development of the ILO methodology for the Decent Work Country Policy Analysis.
 * To provide an external perspective on the ILO as a member of the UN Country Team in order to inform our thinking on what role and competitive advantage the ILO can and should have
 * To bring together and build a sense of community between Assignment 2 Focal Points
 * To collectively present, discuss and shape the Assignment 2 Implementation strategy
 * To identify key areas for capacity building for ILO staff and for the ILO constituents

5) Programme: 2 days for knowledge sharing on country analysis. 2-3 days on DWCPA.

DWCPA building blocks || What would a DWCPA look like? DWCPA objectives and content || Next steps of Assignment 2 Implementation Strategy || DWCPA Process and capacity requirements/capacity building needs ||  ||
 * || ** 22 October ** || ** 23 October ** || ** 24 October ** || ** 25 October ** || **26 October** ||
 * ** AM ** || Developing high quality country analysis: comparative experiences of partner organizations || Lessons learned for the ILO || Where did we come from?
 * ** PM ** || Developing high quality country analysis: comparative experiences of partner organizations  ||   || Where are we going? Building a comprehensive, integrated and sustainable methodology for decent work policy analysis || How would we do it?