BWI CALENDAR 2026

 

14 - 16 January GBH Styria Annual Celebration Graz 
13 - 17 January IKEA Site Visit Caçador/SC, Brazil
15 - 16 January Council of Global Unions 1 Leuven - Belgium
22 - 26 January Asia and the Pacific Regional Senior Staff Meeting Kuala Lumpur
26 - 28 January South East Europe Energy Forum Sarajevo
27 - 31 January World Cup 2030 Morocco Mission Casablanca - Morocco
1 -  4 February Palestine Mission West Bank Palestine + Jordan 
06 February FIFA - BWI Steering Committee Geneva/Zurich
11 - 12 February Presidium Meeting  Geneva
12 February EFBWW Standing Committee Wood/Furniture/Forestry Brussels - Belgium
17 February BWI - IG Metall IFA Coordination Network Meeting Virtual
25 February Sending out Official Congress Invitation and Opening of Registration Global
25 February Meeting with the CEO of Faber - Castell and IG Metall Stein 
2 - 3 March Mission to Spain - SACYR and ACCIONA Madrid
04 - 05 March Joint Presidium BWI - EFBWW Nice 
06 March BWI Working Group on OSH Meeting Virtual
07 - 11 March DGB BW Advisory Board Meeting and Project Visit Colombo 
08 March International Women's Day Virtual
09 March BWI Working Group on MNCs Meeting Virtual
13 - 19 March FNV-BWI Skills exchange training/ inclusive workplaces  India
09 - 19 March UN Committee on the Status of Women 70 New York
16 March Stora Enso Reference Group Helsinki 
23 March Staff Training for KfW Frankfurt
24 - 27 March BWI Global BRC and Congress Planning Meetings Saõ Paulo 
TBC April  Pakistan Lloyds Project Visit Tanahu- Pakistan
2 April Société Grand Paris Inspection Paris
7 - 9 April BWI Cement Meeting Chisinau
19 - 23 April IKEA Site Visit Hanoi 
22 - 23 April EFBWW Mid-term Conference Poland
25 - 28 April BWI Global Young Workers Forum Utöya - Norway
28 April International Workers' Memorial Day Global
28 - 29 April BWI Auditors' Committee Geneva
28 April - 2 May Solidarity Mission to Cuba Cuba
29 April - 3 May Solidarity Mission to Seoul Seoul
4 - 7 May Green Infrastructure Mission + Asian Development Bank Manila 
4 - 6 May GOA Asia-Pacific Training   Manila
4 - 8 May IMRF New York New York
11 - 15 May  Women in Male-Dominated Industries Australia
12 May  EFBWW Standing Committee Building Brussels 
18 - 19 May World Cup 2026 Mexico Mission Mexico City - Monterrey
19 - 21 May Nordic / Dutch / German Donors Meeting TBC
18 - 22 May Regional Network on Chinese MNCs Kenya
26 May BWI Latin America and Caribbean Regional Youth Committee Meeting Virtual
26 May BWI Latin America and Caribbean Regional Women's Committee Meeting Virtual
27 May BWI Latin America and Caribbean Regional Committee Meeting Virtual
1 - 12 June 114th International Labour Conference Geneva 
9 June  BWI Presidium Meeting  Geneva
10 - 11 June BWI World Board Meeting Geneva
11 - 12 June  Founding Meeting of BWI Green Infrastructure Network  Geneva
29 - 30 June BWI Mission to Georgia  Tbilisi 
2 July BESIX Reference Group Brussels 
16 July Deadline for Submitting Statutes Amendments, Resolutions, and Nominations Global
22 July Sending out the Congress Documents to Affiliates Global
12 August International Youth Day Global
24 August BWI Asia and the Pacific Regional Youth Committee Virtual 
25 August  BWI Asia and the Pacific Regional Women's Committee Virtual 
26 August BWI Asia and the Pacific Regional Committee  Virtual 
26 August BWI Latin America and Caribbean Regional Delegates Assembly Virtual
28 August BWI Asia and the Pacific Regional Delegates Assembly Virtual
02 September BWI Africa and Middle East Regional Youth Committee Virtual
02 September BWI Africa and Middle East Regional Women's Committee Virtual
08 September BWI Africa and Middle East Regional Committee Virtual
08 September BWI European Regional Youth Committee Virtual
09 September BWI Regional Women's Committee Virtual
09 September BWI European Regional Women's Committee Virtual
17 September BWI European Regional Committee and Delegates Assembly Virtual
TBC September BWI International Youth Committee/Assembly Virtual
07 October World Day for Decent Work Global
09 October BWI International Women's Committee/Assembly Virtual
10 October World Mental Health Day Global
27 - 28 October  EFBWW Executive Committee Brussels 
30 October Deadline for Closing of Affiliation Fees List Global
09 - 20 November UN Climate Change Summit / COP 31 Antalya 
16-20 November BWI 6th World Congress Sao Paulo
25 Nov - 10 December  16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women  Global
10 December International Human Rights Day Global
18 December International Migrants Day Global

BWI CALENDAR 2027

10-14 May

European Regional Conference

Brussels