Lao People's Democratic Republic resources

April 2024

  1. 1st consultation on the development of the ASEAN Declaration on Skills Mobility, Recognition and Development for Migrant Workers

    29 April 2024

    On 29 April 2024, the ILO will support the first consultation on the development of the ASEAN Declaration on Skills Mobility, Recognition and Development for Migrant Workers.

  2. Support to Development of ASEAN Declaration on Skills Mobility, Recognition and Development for Migrant Workers

    22 April 2024

    ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN and SKILLS teams are supporting the ASEAN Senior Labour Officials’ Meeting Working Group (SLOM-WG) to develop the ASEAN Declaration on Skills Mobility, Recognition and Development for Migrant Workers. The process is led by the ASEAN Secretariat and supported by the ILO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The ASEAN Declaration will be adopted at the 44th and 45th Summits in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic in October 2024.

  3. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102)

  4. Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting held in Lao to Map Out Strategy for 2024

    4 - 5 September 2023

    Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting held successfully in Lao PDR.

  5. Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)

  6. Social Protection Floors

  7. Review highlights progress made and challenges facing Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s National Social Protection Strategy

    Recommendations include ways to improve overall social protection coverage and the quality and efficacy of social welfare programmes.

  8. Lao Social Security Organisation officials improve their actuarial and modelling skills

    Training helps key officials gain confidence in skills to financially manage national social security schemes.

  9. Bolaven Plateau communities embrace social security

    A pilot initiative is bringing social protection services to farmers in rural areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

  10. Coffee and tea producers in southern Lao PDR gain taste of better working conditions

    Through a number of initiatives, ILO is helping the Paksong Tea Cooperative enjoy better working conditions and labour rights.