HOW TO WORK WITH THE ILO Action planner for using the ILO’s supervisory system during the Conference to discuss the Committee of Expert’s report and invites governments to discuss their failure to apply particular Conventions. • Action – Lobby trade unions and employers’ organizations attending the Conference to highlight issues you are interested in, and/or to include the country you are working on in the list of countries up for discussion at the Applications Committee. In this regard, you can also provide any supplementary or more recent information relating to the issues raised in the Committee of Experts’ report. • NGOs on the Special List can make briefings available to the trade unions, employers’ organizations and governments as useful background material for debates. You could try to get them to take up your issue. July – The ILO circulates the Applications Committee’s report. Other documents from the Conference are made publicly available on the website: www.ilo.org. • Action – Review the reports from the Conference and take account of government statements and con- clusions reached by the Conference and the specialized committees, in particular the Applications Committee, as this provides you with information on how best to target your future intervention at the ILO. August to September – NGOs may wish to prepare further reports for submission to the Committee of Experts, highlighting instances of non-compliance with ILO Conventions. These reports need to be submitted to the ILO by September at the latest so that the Committee can consider these documents when it meets in November – December. • Action – If you wish to have the reports submitted through the governments, trade union or employers’ organizations then they should be prepared well in advance, to give them some time to review the documents before submitting them to the ILO. November to December – The Committee of Experts meets for three weeks. Its sessions are closed. Summary of ILO calender for reports February – Requests sent to governments for reports. September – Deadline for submission of information to ILO. March – Committee of Experts’ report published. November to December – Committee of Experts meets. June – International Labour Conference Applications Committee discusses Committee of Experts’ report. 44 THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: A HANDBOOK FOR MINORITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES