Events and meetings

October 2013

1. 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

   1 October - 30 November 2013, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

   The 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour is scheduled to take place over three days in October/November 2013 (dates to be confirmed). The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is an open platform for review, discussion and exchange of best practices and ideas between governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and civil society stake-holders on key issues facing migrant workers in South-East Asia, and develop recommendations to advance the implementation of the principles of the ASEAN Declaration on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.

July 2013

1. ILO-IPEC Child labour project stakeholders workshop

   11 - 12 July 2013, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Viet Nam

   ILO-IPEC Child labour project is organizing the stakeholders workshop as the Project is coming to an end to reflect back on the work undertaken, lessons learnt and re-emphasize the sustainability issues.

2. Better Work shared learning seminar: new labour law update 2013

   1 - 5 July 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong Provinces, Viet Nam

   The new Vietnam Labour Law, which includes many changes, has been officially in effect from 1st May 2013. To support factories in capturing these changes quickly in order to adjust their policies and internal regulations accordingly, Better Work Vietnam organizes shared learning seminars dedicated to the topic "New Labour Law Update 2013". The seminar will highlight the changes to the labour law related to the garment industry, initial implementation instruction, and best practice examples of factories that have begun applying the new law.

June 2013

1. Quang Nam villages to offer community-based tourism services

   23 June 2013, Quang Nam, Viet Nam

   Two villages in Quang Nam Province - Bho Hoong and Droong will launch their community-based tourism services on 23 June on the occasion of the provincial Heritage Festival 2013. Tourism activities will help villagers have new sources of income and reduce poverty.

2. Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2013

   21 - 26 June 2013, Quang Nam, Viet Nam

   On the occasion of the Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2013, from the 21-26 June, the SIT project in collaboration with Quang Nam’s Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Quang Nam Tourism Association will jointly organize a Tourism trade fair in An Hoi sculpture garden in the ancient town of Hoi An. The fair aims to promote new tourism products and services to domestic and foreign tourists. This will also be an opportunity for the local tourism businesses to learn and share experience as well as promote tourism services with other tourism companies. For further expected goal, this trade fair will support institutional development of the Quang Nam Tourism Association (QTA) to organize and manage future trade fairs as an annual event in order to impulse promotion and development of tourism in Quang Nam province.

3. Training on international labour standards, freedom of association and collective bargaining in the Philippines

   18 - 19 June 2013, Baguio City, Philippines

   With the continuing collaborative efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to implement the technical cooperation programme resulting from the ILO High Level Mission to the Philippines, DOLE officials and personnel will attend and participate in this area-wide training to be conducted in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

4. Training for Trade Unions in International and National Labour Migration Regimes and Policy Frameworks

   15 June 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

   On the 15 June 2013, the Labour Migration Project, conducted a day-long training in International and National Labour Migration Regimes and Policy Frameworks for the trade union members of the National Coordination Committee for Worker’s Education (NCCWE)

5. World Day against Child Labour 2013 Meeting

   11 June 2013, Hanoi, Viet Nam

   The meeting will be organized in Hanoi to mark the World Day against Child Labour (12 June), themed "No to Child Labour in Domestic Work" this year. A play will be shown afterwards at the event.

6. Commemorating the World Day Against Child Labour 2013 in Indonesia

   10 - 17 June 2013, Jakarta, Sukabumi, Surabaya and Makassar

   The ILO through its Decent Work for Domestic Workers to End Child Domestic Work (PROMOTE) Project, funded by the United States Department of Labour (USDOL), and the Child Labour and Education Project, funded by the Government of Netherlands, will conduct a series of activities to commemorate the World Day at the national level in Indonesia.

7. Training on international labour standards, freedom of association and collective bargaining in the Philippines

   4 - 5 June 2013, Butuan, Philippines

   With the continuing collaborative efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to implement the technical cooperation programme resulting from the ILO High Level Mission to the Philippines, DOLE officials and personnel will attend and participate in this area-wide training to be conducted in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

8. IR project strategic planning meeting

   3 - 4 June 2013, Dai Lai, Vinh Phuc, Viet Nam

   The IR project is organizing the strategic planning meeting on 3-4 June 2013 to have in-dept discussions on some key issues and challenges in the industrial relations development as well as to identify key tasks to be addressed in the Project under the context of new Labour Code and Trade Union Law. It is also an occasion for planning for Project activities in the second half of 2013.

May 2013

1. National Conference towards better industrial relations under the revised Labour Code and Trade Union Law

   31 May 2013, Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Viet Nam

   An industrial relations conference will be organised in Hanoi on 31 May 2013 in conjunction with the launching of the second phase IR Project. With the participation of the leaders of tripartite constituents at the national and local level, and a wider audience from the various interested parties and stakeholders from across Vietnam and the international community, the conference aims to identify the key challenges in working “Towards Better Industrial Relations and the Revised Labour Code and Trade Union Law”. Through this conference, the key IR actors will have developed a shared understanding of the challenges and a roadmap for implementing the changes in the Labour Code and the Trade Union Law and how the IR Project can best support the efforts of the Vietnamese IR actors in this process.

2. Training course on “Promoting green jobs policies: employment potential and skill needs in a greener economy”

   31 May 2013, ITC, Turin, Italy

   Organized by the International Training Centre, ILO, the training shall tackles challenges and opportunities in the promotion of green jobs. Special attention will be given to the assessment of employment potential and the analysis of skill needs.

3. 

   MOU signing between the ILO and the Government of Bangladesh

   30 May 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

   The Government of Bangladesh signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on 30 May, 2013 to assist implementation of the Bangladesh country component of the Project entitled Way out of Informality: Facilitating Formalisation of Informal Economy in South Asia for a period of of 5-years (2012-2016). Mr. Md. Ashadul Islam, Additional Secretary (UN, Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh and Mr. Srinivas Reddy, Director, ILO Country Office for Bangladesh signed the MOU.

4. Rural Youth Employment Forum

   28 May 2013, Anh Thu Hotel, Bac Kan Town, Bac Kan Province, Viet Nam

   The Youth Employment Forum in Bac Kan provides an opportunity for young people to express their aspiration, thoughts and needs related to education and employment in the countryside in Viet Nam and share their views and suggestions with policy makers and other stakeholders.

5. 

   Knowledge Sharing & Planning Workshop

   26 - 27 May 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

   The ILO Sub-regional Project titled Way out of informality: Facilitating formalization of informal economy in South Asia is going to organize a two-day Knowledge Sharing and Planning Workshop on 26 and 27 May, 2013 at the Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka with the key stakeholders of the project.

6. Review workshop on the implementation of the Codes of Conduct (CoC) for Vietnamese recruitment agencies sending workers abroad

   21 May 2013, Hanoi, Viet Nam

   The workshop aims to review the first year implementation of the monitoring and evaluation mechanism and tools of the Codes of conduct for recruitment agencies sending workers abroad in Viet Nam. Stakeholders involved in the implementation process will have a chance to discuss the key achievements, lessons learnt and the way forwards to improve the quality of the implementation.

7. Stakeholder consultation on revision of the Overseas Employment Policy 2006

   15 May 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

   The first stakeholder consultation to revise the Overseas Employment Policy took place on 15 May 2013 at the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and was attended by about 65 representatives from civil society organizations, academic experts, workers’ and employer’s organizations.

8. ASEAN Forum on Youth Employment: Effective Youth Employment Policies and Programmes for Better Employability of Young People

   13 May 2013, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

   The youth employment challenge has its own dimensions regardless of their stage of socio-economic development. The underlying problems are the large number of young people entering the labour markets every year, the lack of employment opportunities in particular in poor economies and post-conflict countries, and the low quality of education and training without a proper link to the labour markets.

9. Workshop on migrant workers-related circulars

   10 May 2013, HCM City, Viet Nam

   The workshop aims to get comments on the Circular on standard labour supply contracts and standard guest worker contracts; and the Circular on the ceiling of the deposit funds for recruitment agencies and migrant workers.