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This
edition of the ITUC Congress Newsletter includes updated
information on the Congress programme, and practical
information for participants.

October

2013

18​

February
2014

2–3​

April
2014

April

2014

18​

May
2014

General
Council

Nominations
for Credentials and Standing Orders Committee, General
Secretary and Auditors Submission of Constitutional
amendments

Executive
Bureau

Final
draft Congress documents and proposals circulated

Credentials
Commitee
Standing Orders Committee
Executive
Bureau
General Council
Congress
Opening

Congress
Programme

VIEW THE CONGRESS PROGRAMME

Participation

This Congress is designed to be interactive, to
enable participants to engage in discussions and debates
based on the experiences, campaigns, political action
and organising strategies of trade unions from across
the world.

READ MORE ABOUT CONGRESS
PARTICIPATION

A Special
Request

The Congress schedule includes a workers’ hearing on
discrimination on Thursday 22 May in the morning session
of the Realising Rights sub-plenary.

If there is
a worker in your delegation who has personal experience
of discrimination at work, and would be prepared to
describe this experience and how they overcame it with
the help of their union, we would like to hear from
them.

READ MORE ABOUT THE WORKERS’
HEARING

Seating

Seating at Congress will be “free” – i.e. there will
be no pre-allocated seating of delegations. In the main
plenary sessions, official delegates, advisers and
interpreters should sit in the front section and
observers should take their seats in the rear
section.

For the opening ceremony on Sunday 18
May, participants are requested to collect their
interpretation headsets and take their seats by
14.00.

READ MORE ABOUT SEATING

Languages

Interpretation in the four official Congress
languages, English, French, German and Spanish, will be
provided in the main plenary and all sub-plenaries.
Official Congress documents will also be translated into
these languages.

In addition, interpretation in
Arabic, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish will be
provided in the main plenary, and each of these
languages will be provided in one sub-plenary.

READ MORE ABOUT INTERPRETATION

Side
Events

Side events will take place at different times during
Congress, during lunch-breaks and after sessions. The
schedule for these and a series of “boot camps” (on
social media, on climate change and on organising) will
be published shortly.

READ MORE ABOUT SIDE EVENTS

Twitter
Walls

The main plenary and each sub-plenary will have a
twitter wall allowing participation from the floor. The
twitter walls are moderated to ensure that only congress
participants’ comments appear on screen.

In order
to make sure your tweets are displayed immediately,
please register here
http://congress2014.ituc-csi.org/twitterwall

LEARN MORE ABOUT TWITTER WALLS

Polling

In the sub-plenaries, some questions will be opened
up for informal online polls of Congress participants.
You will be shown where you can take part in polling on
the ITUC Congress website. The polls are open to anyone
who goes to the Congress website to take part; you can
only vote once from your device.

LEARN MORE ABOUT POLLING

Social
Media, Digital Media and Communications

Social media will be an integral part of the Congress
discussions and of the external communications
strategy.

Media and social media content will be
mainly in English, French and Spanish, along with
content in German for the local media.

For those
new to twitter and Facebook our team of social media
experts will help you sign up for twitter and download
the app for your mobile or tablet device. Please
remember to bring your APPLE ID, GOOGLE ID or BLACKBERRY
ID so you can register and download the app.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA,
DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

Arrival
in Berlin

Delegates will be welcomed by staff at the
airports.

Staff will assist delegates to find
their way to public transportation, the most efficient
and sustainable way to circulate in Berlin. Delegates
will be given a public transport pass for the duration
of Congress.

READ MORE ABOUT YOUR ARRIVAL IN
BERLIN

Catering
at Congress

Because there are a limited number of restaurants
around the Congress venue, several reasonably-priced
catering options, including coffee shops, will be
provided on site, from Monday to Friday.

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