(ILO News, Phnom Penh ) Ways to promote employment in Cambodia will be the subject of a two-day meeting in Phnom Penh this week, attended by representatives of the Cambodian government, the International LabourOrganization (ILO) and other international organizations including the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme(UNDP).
H.E. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister in Charge of the Cabinet of the Council of Ministers, will preside over the opening ceremony for the National Seminar on Employment Promotion, which supports employment under Cambodia’s National Strategic Development Plan 2006–2010.
Participants will discuss policies and strategies to create jobs for new entrants to thelabourforce and raise earnings of men and women working in rural areas and the informal sector.Despite rapid recent economic growth that has created work in manufacturing and tourism in Cambodia , good jobs are not readily available. Challenges facing the country include youth unemployment in urban areas and low productivity with inadequate earnings in the agricultural sector. Women often carry a double burden, entering thelabourforce to earn income for their families and shouldering responsibility for household chores and child care. Participants will consider how to deal with skills mismatch through public-private partnerships for demand-driven training as well as ways to managelabourmigration and protect migrant workers seeking employment abroad.
Mr. Bill Salter, Director, ILO Sub-Regional Office for East Asia, will head an ILO team of experts to support theILO'sDecent Work CountryProgrammefor Cambodia . The meeting will include representatives of the Ministry of Labourand Vocational Training(MoLVT), the Cambodia Federation of Employers and Business Associations, Cambodian trade unions, other line ministries, research institutes, national institutions and international organizations.
The agenda covers skills for livelihoods and employability, enterprise development for job creation and increased productivity, improving linkages between domestic markets and the global economy, maximizing the benefits from the oil and gas industries for decent work, andlabourmigration management and policies.Participants will also review policy priorities and identify concrete proposals for future action (including ensuring gender equality), moving the informal economy into the formal sector and providing more and better jobs for young people.
The meeting is organized by theMoLVTwith support from the ILO. It begins on 3 May at 08.30 hours with an official opening at 11.00 hours at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh .
For further information please contact:
Elizabeth Morris
Senior Labour Market and Human Resources Specialist
Tel: +662 299 1793
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