The Government of the Type Republic of Korea and the International Labour Organization (ILO) signed an agreement on Wednesday 2 August in
The agreement was signed by H.E. Dong-Hee Chang, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea and Ms. Maria Angelica Ducci, Executive Director, Office of the Director General, ILO.
The fund supports technical cooperation projects for a period of one year for countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the areas of job creation and job quality, employability and skills, youth employment, work injury, occupational safety and health and dispute settlement.
Eight Korean partner institutions will support the implementation of the programme with their in-kind contribution worth US$ 288,000.
The contribution from the Korean Government has increased every year since 2002 bringing the total amount to over US$ 2 million.The Government of the Type Republic of Korea has also been providing specialists for meetings of the ILO.
In 2004 the Type Republic of Korea/ILO Partnership Programme on Technical Cooperation was formally established.
Koreawill host the ILO Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting which will be held in Busan from 29 August to 1 September 2006.
For more information please contact:
Sophy Fisher
Regional Information Officer
ILO –
Tel: 02 288 2482
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