Mongolia: ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

September 2009 

• Microfinance for Decent Work Action Research
  How can microfinance institutions (MFIs) help improve working conditions? How can they contribute to job creation? And how can MFIs help reduce child labour? Should MFIs have an interest in addressing these and other decent work issues? These are some of the questions that the ILO intends to address through an experimental global action research programme (2008-2011) in partnership with microfinan ... (Project)

December 2008 

• 19-21 July 2006, Ulaanbaatar
  7th ILO/IOE/JBF Asia-Pacific High-Level Employers' Conference
  ILO/International Organisation of Employers (IOE)/Japan's Business Federation (JBF) Asia-Pacific regional high-level meeting of employers' organizations (Meeting)

May 2008 

• BANGKOK
  ILO signs US$ 1 million partnership agreement with Korean Government
  08 May 2008 - The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a US$1,040,000 partnership agreement funding ILO work in more than 11 countries in Asia and the Pacific. (Press release)

January 2008 

• BANGKOK
  Global Employment Trends 2008
  23 January 2008 - East Asia is on the way to becoming a middle income region as sustained productivity growth has raised incomes and helped tens of millions of people escape poverty, according to a new report by the ILO. (Press release)

September 2007 

• BANGKOK
  Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) in East Asia
  03 September 2007 - ILO report says East Asia's labour productivity doubles in 10 years, but still lags behind the US. (Press release)

May 2007 

• BANGKOK
  Managing East Asia's labour migration to be discussed at high-level symposium in Singapore
  15 May 2007 - Representatives from thirteen East Asian economies will take part in a high-level symposium on managing labour migration in the region, to be held in Singapore this week. (Press release)

March 2007 

• Bangkok
  Developing national skills strategies: report of ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Technical Meeting on Developing National Skills Strategies, Chiba, Japan, 27-30 March 2007 - [pdf 312 KB]
  30 March 2007 - Provides experiences, good practices and the development of Tripartite Action Plans for Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan and Timor Leste and the effective roadmap for follow-up action. (Publication)

January 2007 

• BANGKOK
  ILO releases Global Employment Trends 2007: East Asian unemployment up, despite strong economic growth
  25 January 2007 - The number of people unemployed worldwide remained at an historic high in 2006, despite strong global economic growth (Press release)
• Bangkok
  Informal economy, poverty and employment in Cambodia, Mongolia, Thailand: good practices and lessons learned: final report - [pdf 2118 KB]
  01 January 2007 - The final report of the Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment Project, funded by the UK Department for International Development. (Publication)

June 2006 

• 22 June 2006
  National Tripartite Workshop on National Occupational Safety and Health Programme
  National workshop for Government, workers' and employers' representatives on occupational safety & health (Event)

January 2006 

• Bangkok
  Policy issues on street vending: an overview of studies in Thailand, Cambodia and Mongolia - [pdf 1434 KB]
  01 January 2006 - Collection of studies on street vending in Cambodia, Mongolia and Thailand. (Publication)
• Bangkok
  Informal gold mining in Mongolia: a baseline survey report covering Bornuur and Zaamar Soums, Tuv Aimag - [pdf 2603 KB]
  01 January 2006 - A survey on adult and child workers, local authorities, employers and intermediaries at two mining sites in Mongolia, aimed at improving workers' safety and provide guidance for future policy strategies. (Publication)
• Bangkok
  Informal economy, poverty and employment in Cambodia, Mongolia, Thailand: the first eighteen month: a progress review - [pdf 2118 KB]
  01 January 2006 - Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment (IEPE) project progress review, presenting good practices and lessons learned. Includes the main results, a description of the national development frameworks, summary of work done and brief fact sheets. (Publication)
• Bangkok
  Extending labour law to all workers: promoting decent work in the informal economy in Cambodia, Thailand and Mongolia - [pdf 2027 KB]
  01 January 2006 - Looks at the relevance to the informal economy of the labour law and labour administrations in Cambodia, Thailand and Mongolia. (Publication)
• Bangkok
  Easing the barriers to formality: regulatory framework affecting Mongolian micro and small businesses - [pdf 1628 KB]
  01 January 2006 - A study on the regulatory framework affecting Mongolian micro and small businesses. (Publication)
• Bangkok
  Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) in Mongolia - [pdf 1720 KB]
  01 January 2006 - Provides guidance on how to improve the accessibility of rural people in Mongolia to the various economic and social goods, services and facilities that they need in their daily lives. (Publication)
• Bangkok
  Good practices in safety, health and working conditions: home workers, farmers and construction workers in Cambodia, Mongolia, and Thailand - [pdf 3901 KB]
  01 January 2006 - Presents best practice photos related to safety, health and working conditions collected in Cambodia, Mongolia and Thailand. (Publication)
• Phnom Penh
  The informal economy, poverty and employment: an integrated approach - an independent evaluation - [pdf 422 KB]
  01 January 2006 - Interim evaluation report of an ILO project in Cambodia, Mongolia and Thailand aimed at improving informal economy workers living and labour standards. Includes main findings on program design, implementation and effectiveness. (Publication)

October 2005 

• ILO project to improve communications for Mongolia's rural communities enters final phase
  04 October 2005 - Two ILO workshops on Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) is being held in Mongolia with the aim to improve links between rural people and key services like medical care and education. (Press release)

May 2005 

• International meeting on forced labour to be held in Mongolia
  17 May 2005 - Experts from 10 Asian countries is meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to look at ways to speed up the elimination of forced labour. (Press release)