January, 20th

This is your big and new (not entirely) Intern Board team. Click on the photo!

Dear interns, How are you handling the snow? Any slips or snowmen? We

would like to share with you a memory of our lovely Ski Day

(aka Journée de Ski), which took place last Saturday. This

tiny snowman was crafted by our skilled co-president

Valérie. Many thanks to our social officer Simone for

organising the trip. We went to Grand Massif, Le Carroz —

and most probably will go back there in February. Check this space for

news about it.

This week we have a warmer event coming up: on Thursday, we have Wine

& Cheese Inside The ILO — for those of you who miss the weekly buzzing

Genevoise event that made warmer seasons happier.

This week's page 3 brings you all the deets about the Fair Internship

Initiative (in the past, Pay Your Interns Initiative), which the IB thoroughly

supports.

Do you have any suggestions or comments on this publication? Don’t

hesitate to write us: internboard@ilo.org.

READ MORE

Wine and cheese Inside the ILO page 2

Read about the FII page 3

Contact us

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Week calendar: you don't wanna miss a thing!

Wed, 20th January Thu, 21th January Fri, 22th January Mon, 25th January Tue, 26th January

Coffee and Cake, 3pm

Wine & Cheese, 18h GIA Drinks @ Café Cuba, 21h

Have fun! IB’s meeting, 12pm FII meeting, 7pm GIA lunch @ WHO, 12.30pm

Social Activities Coffee & Cake Wed, 20th Jan., 3pm. R2 Canteen. CHF 1.

Take a break to socialise (and

procrastinate) over cakes, cookies

and coffee this afternoon. Bring

CHF1 and your mug! Check the

FB event for more info.

Wine & Cheese Inside Thu, 21th Jan., 6pm‐8pm. CHF 5. Les Gobelins (R2 South, in front of the library).

Come to Les Gobelins for an

elegant sip of wine after work,

pairing with delicious cheese from

Carrefour. Wine & Cheese Inside

is an event dedicated to those

who miss the Wine & Cheese

market close to Cornavin, which

we used to go under a mild

weather. A good warm up before

GIA drinks!

TAKE NOTE

TEDx Place des Nations 11th Feb, 3pm‐7pm, Palais des Nations. Registrations open until 25th Jan. Until Monday anyone can register

for free to for TEDx Place des

Nations, which will take place in

February. Speakers include

Brazilian 21st Century Abolitionist

Leonardo Sakamoto, who

supports the ILO’s 50 For Freedom

campaign; and British filmmaker

Beeban Kidron. Check it out here.

WANTED

Small Talks Officer

Our dear Ellie is about to leave us

and we need someone to help her

organise the next Small Talks

event, due to happen early in

February. She will teach the next

Small Talks Officer all there is to

know. For those of you unfamiliar

with Small Talks: is an event in

which we invite an ILO member of

staff to teach us about their area of

expertise. It’s a great networking

opportunity.

GIA @ Café Cuba

Thu, 21th Jan, 9pm. Café Cuba, 1 place du Cirque. Tomorrow night GIA

invites us all for a

Cuban-tinted gathering.

Café Cuba will sell beers

for CHF 4 and wine for

CHF 5. If the ambiance

excites you, check out

the rum and cigars on

the menu.

GIA lunch @ WHO

Tue, 26th Jan. 12.30pm. WHO Besides the traditional

gathering every

Thursday evening, GIA

is now organising

lunches. The first one

will take place at the

neighbouring WHO, next

Tuesday at 12.30pm.

You can meet up

everyone by the big

painting in the lobby.

Check the FB event

here.

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Fair Internship Initiative: Leaving no one behind Co-president Gabriel Matías gives us an update on what the FII is up to these days

We are proud to say that last night, the ILO intern and member of the IB Bahar Uçar, chaired the

weekly meeting of the Fair Internship Initiative GVA (previously called "Pay Your Interns").

Representatives from different UN organizations such as ILO, WHO, UNHCR and IOM, came to

the meeting and discussed the different topics on the agenda. One of the salient topics was the

publishing of a paper by the WHO and the FII regarding interns rights. Unlike in our case, our

fellow UN interns at the WHO do not receive a stipend or financial support of any kind. Other

important topic discussed was the possible multi-agency collaboration on the internship

agreement (or the lack thereof) in the UNHCR.

The ILO IB renews its commitment to this common cause in full awareness of the issue being of

a labour rights nature. Last night's meeting of UN interns reminded us of the importance of

social dialogue and the empowerment that comes from being united on topics of mutual

concern. Furthermore it stressed the fact that workers must be paid and work be decent

regardless of the name employers decide to use to refer to the position. It is our hope that this

important issue will be appropriately addressed in the upcoming Fifth Committee of the United

Nations General Assembly and that concrete action towards improving the situation of the

interns in the UN system will be taken.

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