Brunei Darussalam resources

January 2019

  1. Concept note

  2. ASEAN-ILO course on the transition from informal to formal employment

    22 - 25 January 2019

    This is a one-week course targeting ASEAN Member States on measuring and analyzing the informal employment for policy development. This course involves understanding national statistics on informal employment, including the choice of diagnostic studies towards policy development to facilitate the transition from the informal to the formal employment.

December 2018

  1. Social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN: Developments, challenges, and prospects

    This report provides an overview of the developments, challenges, and prospects of social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN.

  2. ILO: Social protection coverage has improved in ASEAN, but migrant workers remain among the least protected

    Despite considerable progress made in the expansion of social security coverage of migrant workers in ASEAN, migrant workers remain among the least protected, says the International Labour Organization (ILO) in a new study.

  3. ILO supports ASEAN safe migration campaign

    The ASEAN Safe Migration Campaign #SafeMigrationASEAN was launched to raise public awareness on safe labour migration that benefits all.

  4. New digital service “SaverAsia” helps migrant workers save when sending money home

    A new free digital platform helps migrant workers compare money transfer costs and locate support organizations.

November 2018

  1. ASEAN forum adopts recommendations on the use of digital technologies for a fair labour migration

    The 11th ASEAN Forum on Labour Migration concluded with the adoption of 15 recommendations on how digitalisation can contribute to decent work for migrant workers.

October 2018

  1. How digitalization can help achieve fair migration

    The 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour held in Singapore on 29-30 October discussed how to maximize the potential of digitalization to promote decent work for migrant workers in the Asia Pacific region. Anna Engblom, senior expert on labour migration at the International Labour Organization (ILO), reviews the opportunities and challenges brought by digitalization in this area.

  2. Recommendations of the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labor

    This is the recommendations of 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labor, held in Singapore 29-30 October 2018

  3. Employment and environmental sustainability in ASEAN

    The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact sheet for ASEAN is part of a series providing a baseline for key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance in 36 countries across Asia and the Pacific. These indicators include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of jobs; (iv) jobs in renewable energy; and (v) scoring on the Environmental Performance Index.