Lao People's Democratic Republic: ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

August 2009
- Issues: August 2009 - [pdf 670 KB]
  01 August 2009 - This edition features the Global Jobs Pact, tackling the economic crisis in Cambodia and Indonesia, combating child labour in Cambodia and highlights of ILO 90 activities in Asia and the Pacific (Periodical)
June 2009
- Migrant workers’ remittances: Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar - [pdf 1956 KB]
  30 June 2009 - The study on migrant workers’ remittances to their families Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar investigated the sending behaviour in terms of the amount sent, the frequency in sending, the intended purposes of the remittances and the actual use. (Report)
- Migrant worker remittances and their impact on local economic development - [pdf 3603 KB]
  29 June 2009 - The international labour migration has become a common approach for many poor countries to alleviate unemployment and to work out from poverty. These countries are generally characterized by soaring unemployment, low economic development, and high population growth rate. ... (Working paper)
- ILO issues Conclusions on Asia Pacific member States’ applications of Conventions and Recommendations
  23 June 2009 - The ILO’s Committee on the Application of Standards has released conclusions and observations concerning seven countries in the Asia and Pacific region. (Press release)
May 2009
- ILO Issues revised global unemployment projections; Unemployment in Asia Pacific could top 100 million people
  28 May 2009 - The number of people unemployed in 2009 could increase by between 29.4 million and 58.8 million people globally, and between 9 and 26.3 million in Asia Pacific, compared to 2007. That’s according to new projections from the ILO, the United Nations agency that deals with work and workplace issues. (Press release)
January 2009
- ILO global employment trends report 2009 - unemployment, working poor, vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global employment crisis
  29 January 2009 - The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET). (Press release)
- Successful ways of preventing Avian & human influenza in Thailand to be discussed, Project to be extended to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Viet Nam
  19 January 2009 - Successful techniques for preventing the spread of avian and human influenza among Thailand’s poultry workers, farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises will be discussed at a workshop in Bangkok on Tuesday 20 January 2009. (Press release)
November 2008
- 4-6 November 2008, Songkhla, Thailand
  ILO/SKILLS-AP/Thailand Regional Technical Meeting on Improving Skills Recognition and Quality and Qualification Systems for IMT-GT and GMS Countries
  The meeting will focus on better understanding of different approaches to skills recognition, to enable countries to better plan their own development, to identify areas for potential collaboration between countries, and to identify further research and development of tools that the ILO could assist with. (Meeting)
- Programme - [pdf 108 KB]
  03 November 2008 - (Agenda)
- Background Note - [pdf 71 KB]
  03 November 2008 - (Meeting document)
October 2008
- ASEAN-ILO/Japan Industrial Relations Project
  The project, which is being implemented jointly by the ASEAN Secretariat and the ILO, aims to improve industrial relations in the ASEAN countries. (Project)
- Managing Cross-border Movement of Labour in Southeast Asia
  The project aims to protect migrant workers by developing a knowledge base on migration issues for policy makers and building up the capacity of governments to manage orderly labour migration. ... (Project)
- Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality, Phase III
  The Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) project (2008-2011) promotes women’s entrepreneurship and support women entrepreneurs to create decent employment, achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality, and work toward poverty reduction. (Project)
- Labour and social trends in ASEAN 2008: driving competitiveness and prosperity with decent work - [pdf 955 KB]
  20 October 2008 - The fourth issue of the Labour and Social Trends series once again focuses on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The report presents an update in major trends in employment and social conditions and looks ahead to 2015 with informed projections, likely scenarios and their policy implications. (Report)
- International Labour Organization to Present a Series of ‘Proven Practices’ for the Prevention of Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region
  07 October 2008 - Government representatives, employers/ workers organizations & NGOs from five countries to participate in Bangkok presentations – 9th October 2008. (Press release)