Resources on ILO/Japan Partnership Programme

  1. ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Workshop and Study Programme on “Addressing Skills Mismatch through Public Private Partnerships”

    The workshop aims to assist tripartite delegations from selected countries in the region to discuss and find effective ways to develop partnerships between training institutions and industries in making the skills development system more responsive to labour market needs and to reduce skills mismatch.

  2. Promoting and Building Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services in ASEAN

    31 December 2010

    The project seeks to promote, build and strengthen social security schemes and employment services for un- and underemployed workers in the ASEAN countries. The project aims at disseminating policy-oriented research findings and documented experiences; providing technical assistance to one pilot country, Viet Nam; and building an unemployment insurance (UI) expertise network among ASEAN countries by enhancing policy makers’ capacity.

  3. Promotion of decent work for plantation and rural youth in Sri Lanka

    30 December 2010

    The project contributes to poverty reduction by helping rural youth enter the labour market. By developing the capacity of local staff and institutions, it also improves labour market and employment services. In addition, it works closely with plantation companies to promote strategic corporate sustainability, factory improvements and a good work-life balance.

  4. Managing cross-border movement of labour in Southeast Asia

    12 December 2010

    The project aims to protect migrant workers by developing a knowledge base on migration issues for policy makers and building up the capacity of governments to manage orderly labour migration. It advocates for sound national labour migration policies, assists with raising migrant workers’ awareness of their rights, helps them access legal systems, promotes low-cost, efficient remittance systems, and supports skills training and enterprise development.

  5. Effective Implementation of National OSH Programme for Improving Safety and Health at the Workplace in Viet Nam

    12 December 2010

    The ILO works to foster a preventative safety and health culture by strengthening national occupational safety and health (OSH) systems. This includes labour inspections, occupational injury reporting, training, and national OSH campaigns and programmes.

  6. Report of the Second Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region

    26 May 2010

    Contains report of the Second Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region, under the ASEAN-ILO/Japan Industrial Relations Project.

  7. ILO/SKILLS-AP/JAPAN Technical Workshop and Study Programme on Skills Training in the Workplace

    Asia-Pacific regional meeting and study programme on skills training in the workplace in Japan.

  8. Japan marks 35 years of support for ILO

    05 June 2009

    An exhibition to mark the 35th anniversary of the Japanese Government’s support for the ILO will be held at the ILO’s Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 9-30 June.

  9. Greener Business Asia

    01 June 2009

    Building capacity to achieve greener workplaces and sustainable enterprises through worker-employer cooperation.

  10. Skills development in the workplace: Report of the ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Workshop and Study Programme on Skills Development in the Workplace, OVTA, Chiba, Japan, 27 January - 6 February 2009

    28 February 2009

    This is a report of a tripartite regional workshop and study programme covering a wide range of issues relating to learning within the workplace.