IALI in Brief
What is IALI?
The International Association of Labour Inspection
(IALI) is the global professional association for labour inspection.
It was established in 1972, and currently has over 100 members
worldwide.
The main aims of IALI are:
- To promote the professionalism of its members on all aspects
of labour inspection, so as to enhance their impact and effectiveness;
- To hold international and regional conferences and similar
events at which members can exchange ideas and experience about
how best to promote compliance with labour law and good practice;
- To provide information to its members about professional issues
through the Association’s website, newsletters, reports
and other publications;
- To promote closer collaboration between its members, through
regional networking and activities.
IALI has always worked in close partnership with
the International Labour Office and other host country organisations,
and is increasingly working at regional levels.
What does IALI do?
IALI seeks to achieve these aims through a wide
range of activities each year. Its activities
often focus on working conditions and occupational safety and
health topics and other concerns to labour inspectors, such as
illegal employment and child labour.
IALI holds conferences all over the world and in
recent years it has sponsored events in Costa Rica, Bulgaria,
Ireland, China-Macao, Mauritius, Geneva, Guyana, Germany, China
and Latvia, often jointly with host countries and the ILO. In
2007-08, conferences are planned for China, Canada and Australia.
Information about IALI’s activities is regularly
communicated to members through its newsletter, the IALI Forum,
as well as its website, www.iali-aiit.org . Most of its business
is conducted in English, French and Spanish, with translations
into other languages where required, especially at regional events.
Membership
Membership of IALI is open to any group or association
of Labour inspectors, and the Labour Ministry or department of
any state (or any region of a Federal state) that is responsible
for directing or planning labour inspection.
Annual fees for full members range from 550 to 2200
Swiss Francs, depending on the size and status of the individual
member. Associate membership is also available. Associate members
do not pay fees and are unable to vote on matters of official
business, but they are entitled to the technical benefits of IALI.
Associate members are considered as candidate countries, which
have not yet settled the budget mechanism for paying their annual
suscription fee. This period of associate membership shall not
exceed 3 years.
Interested in applying?
If you wish to join IALI and you meet the membership
criteria, please contact Mrs Nadine Schneider.
You should also send brief information about your
organization, such as a note explaining its
functions or its Articles.
The executive committee is authorised to approve
membership applications, and may also request further particulars.
Data given in this application will be used for internal purposes
only, and data protection law will be observed. A full description
of membership entitlement is given in IALI’s statutes (Article
4a), details of which can be found on the website at http://www.iali-aiit.org/html_en/statutes.html.
IALI’s organization
The day-to-day business of IALI is administered
by its Executive Committee, members of which are appointed for
3-year terms. Once every 3 years, IALI also holds a Congress and
General Assembly, at which its past and future plans are openly
discussed with all members, decisions are taken about the future
direction of the Association and a new Executive Committee is
elected.
These meetings are usually held in the International
Labour Office, Geneva; the next congress and General Assembly
is scheduled for June 2008.
More information about IALI’s past and future
activities, its statutes and about how it is organised can be
found on its website, www.iali-aiit.org.
Such information can also be obtained from the IALI
Secretariat at:
Mrs Nadine Schneider
Inspection du Travail et des Mines
P. O. Box 27
L-2010 Luxembourg
Tel.: +352-247 86151
Fax: +352 491 447
email: nadine.schneider@itm.etat.lu
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