The ILO/Korea Executive Committee Meeting gathered high-level officials from the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), Korean government and representative from Korean partner institutions to participate in the meeting. It is an opportunity for MOEL and ILO as well as the partners such as Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS), Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea), Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL), Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) and Korea University of Technology and Education (Korea-Tech) to discuss the implementation of projects funded by ILO/Korea partnership Programme and the harmonization of project interventions.

Objectives

• To review the progress and performance of the ongoing projects and the next three–year projects funded by ILO/Korea Partnership Programme.
• To discuss the implementation strategies and challenges.
• To elaborate possibility of cooperation among ILO, MOEL and partners.

Overview of ILO/Korea Partnership Programme

• The ILO/Korea Programme is closely tied to the Korean partner institutions combined with ILO expertise.
• The programme delivery rate is 89.13% as of January 2018. The delivery rate for Skills, Social Protection and OSH is 95.59%, 87.71% and 79.10% respectively.
• The challenges of the programme include:
  • Move from knowledge sharing to tailor-made technical assistance;
  • Strengthen efforts to enhance programme visibility; and
  • Increase partnership cooperation with Korean partner institutions.

Key Achievements and Implementation Status of Main Projects

Towards a Mutual Recognition of Skills in CLM Countries for AEC 2015 and beyond

• The outstanding outcome of Mutual Recognition of Skills (MRS) is the evolution of the Regional Skills Technical Working Group (RSTWG) to be an effective mechanism for regional dialogue on skills/TVET, greater integration of ILO’s work (MRS) into ASEAN and Improved capacity of CLM countries through development of skills standards and increased qualified trainers and assessors.
• As for the future of work, the ILO/Korea TVET Form was organized to provide an opportunity to kick-start the debate or thinking on skills for the future, and revisit their existing skills systems. 

Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Social Protection Floors for the Workers and their Families in ASEAN

• The key achievements include a new Social Protection Policy Framework approved and launched by the Prime Minister and the prioritization of the expansion of coverage for new sectors in the existing schemes and the launch of a new Pension Scheme in Cambodia, the Technical Note on Social Insurance Reform delivered to the government and on-going ttechnical assistance for the development of guidelines to improve medical benefits administration and claim management in Myanmar.
• Capacity building training for CLM countries through partnership with the Korean partners institution, Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS) and Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL). 

Supporting Implementation of Labour Law Reform I – Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in Myanmar

• The OSH project has been supporting the drafting process of OSH legislations and it will continue to contribute to the formulation of national OSH policies and programme through capacity building trainings for government official and technical consultations. The outline of an impoved reporting system for occupational accidents and diseases in accordance with ILS and national law, as well as OSH inspection tools were developed. The project also conducted the awareness raising campaign throughout the country.

Supporting Implementation of Labour Law Reform II - Public Employment Policy (PEP) in Vietnam

• Series of discussion and technical workshops were conducted with government agencies to disseminate PEP and to provide basic training to officials on principles and technical design characteristics. The significant outcome was the preparation of draft operational manual to operationalize PEP.