Events and meetings

August 2011

1. 

   KA JAM: Kabataan (Youth) Jobs and Alternatives to Migration

   12 August 2011, Philippines

   In line with the International Youth Day celebration, the MDG F Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth is organizing an event titled “Kabataan: Jobs and Alternatives to Migration” or KA JAM. It will serve as a platform for the presentation of the key youth employment and migration priorities to His Excellency President Benigno Aquino III who will be the Keynote Speaker.

2. Workshop on Drafting an LFTU Migration Policy and Action Plan

   10 - 11 August 2011, Vang Vieng, Lao PDR

   The Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) and the TRIANGLE Project organized a workshop to draft an LFTU Migration Policy and Action Plan. The workshop was attended by LFTU officials from the central level, including President Khamla Lorlonsy, and from seven provinces that border with Thailand. In addition, officials from relevant line ministries and a representative from the Thai trade unions attended the workshop. The action plan will guide the TRIANGLE Projects work with the LFTU for the coming years.

3. MOU Signing between ILO and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR

   9 August 2011, Vientiane, Lao PDR

   The Memorandum of Understanding on the ILO TRIANGLE Project was signed by Mr Wang Jiyuan, ILO Country Office Director for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao PDR, and Mr Phouvanh Chanthavong, Director General of the Department of Skills Development and Employment signed on behalf of the MOLSW. It was witnessed by Mr Laoly Faipengyoa, Vice Minister. The MOU sets out the framework under which the TRIANGLE project will be implemented. In August, migrant worker resource centres supported by the project will be established in collaboration with MOLSW in Champasack and Xaiyaboury and with LFTU in Savannakhet. A number of other activities will be carried out in line with the workplan already signed by the Minister.

4. Training on Generate Your Business Ideas

   8 - 11 August 2011, Unisan, Quezon Province, Philippines

   Rapid Economic Appraisals of the Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through Local Development in Conflict Areas of the Philippines (Bondoc LED) project site revealed the need for entrepreneurial knowledge, attitude and skills of partner communities. The situation was further confirmed in a validation workshop with the partner communities, representatives from the private sector and local governments in the project site. The GYB training intends to create entrepreneurial awareness among partner communities in Bondoc Peninsula, Quezon Province. The training will involve the PUNLA sa Tao Foundation and partner communities.

5. 

   Green Jobs Foundation Training

   8 - 9 August 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia

   Main purpose of the foundation training is to serve as a basic awareness raising and knowledge enhancing activity for the ILO constituents.

6. Philippine Employment Projections (PEP) Follow-up Workshop/Seminar

   8 - 12 August 2011, Makati City, Philippines

   The Philippine Employment Project Model (PEPM) is a model of basic to intermediate complexity at this stage. It is developed using the STATA software, and based on the Inforum-ILO Trends approach. An initial ILO workshop, held last November 2010, fulfilled its objectives by increasing the participants’ knowledge and understanding of employment projection models, familiarising them with the STATA code for the Philippines model, and providing them with the capacity to modify the model’s assumptions in order to produce alternate scenarios and simulations. As a follow-up of the initial workshop, the Institute for Labor Studies collaborated with IDEA and made use of the PEPM to make employment projections, which can be used for the Philippine Development Plan. Further, the ILO CO-Manila office made use of the model to make vulnerable employment projections by sex, age and by economic sector.

7. Judicial Colloquium on Human Trafficking and Forced Labour for Magistrates

   7 - 9 August 2011, Negombo, Sri Lanka

   The programme will include sessions on international labour standards and conventions relating to human trafficking and forced labour, domestic law and amendments on the subject, prosecutions, victims and psychological impact etc. This programme is being developed in consultation with the Ministry of Justice and the Judges Training Institute.

8. National Workshop on Skills Recognition of Migrant Workers

   4 - 5 August 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

   The national workshop on "Skills Recognition for Migrant Workers" provides an opportunity for countries in the South Asia region to, further consider the issue, share their experiences and learn first hand of the Sri Lankan efforts to implement the national action plan for the skills recognition of migrant workers. This workshop is organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development; Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission; Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion & Welfare, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment and the ILO.

9. Validation Workshop of the Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue

   4 August 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia

   The Indonesian government recently implemented a series of social protection measures linked to poverty reduction, employment and community participation which can be considered as the first step towards the establishment of a social protection floor for all.

10. Regional Conference on Human Resource Development through Tertiary Vocational and Education and Training (TVET) as a development strategy in Asia

    2 - 3 August 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

    This conference was organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development together with the ILO, ADB and World University Services Canada. Web link for the Conference http://www.tvec.gov.lk/HRDAsiaConf/index.htm

11. Promotion of Entrepreneurship Campaign for Youth in Quang Nam

    1 August - 15 September 2011, Quang Nam, Viet Nam

    The ILO Project on Youth Employment through Local Economic Development in Quang Nam supports Quang Nam Youth Union (YU), Quang Nam Radio and Television (QRT) in implementing a “Youth Entrepreneurship Campaign” aiming to provide young people in Quang Nam with knowledge of entrepreneurship benefits, career choice advice and awareness of relevant regulations on starting a business.

July 2011

1. Training on Maternal and Child Health Care for Barangay Health Workers of Unisan, Quezon

   27 - 29 July 2011, Lucena City, Quezon Province, Philippines

   The Barangay Health Workers (BHW) training on Maternal and Child Health Care (MCHC) aims to enhance local capacity to assist in Public Health service delivery particularly on women’s health and safe motherhood which is an important component in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. The first level MCHC service delivery occurs at the barangay hence the role of “trained BHW” is also essential for the success of MCHC programme.

2. Learning mission to Climate Change Adaptation Project sites

   26 - 29 July 2011, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

   The ILO together with partners of the Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) will host the Millennium Development Goals-Achievement Fund 1656 Joint Programme Management Committee, National Steering Committee Meeting and Learning Mission to project sites in Agusan del Norte. The event will feature site visits to production farms and enterprises, as an opportunity for interaction and dialogue with farmers and implementing teams of local governments, partnerfinancial service providers. These include the Peoples Bank of Caraga, and Baug Multipurpose Cooperative who are partners of the CCAP. The site visits will cover three of the CCAP priority areas in RemediosRomualdez, Jabonga and Las Nieves.

3. Multi-Stakeholders Workshop on People with Disabilities in Indonesia: Access to Employment and Justice

   25 - 26 July 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia

   In recent years, the Asia and Pacific region has made significant strides in recognizing disability as a human rights issue, and in addressing the challenges that people with disabilities face in their efforts to contribute economically, socially, and politically to their societies.

4. Training of Trainers on HIV/AIDS and Migrant Workers for Pre-Departure Orientation Instructors

   22 - 24 July 2011, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia

   Due to the lack of HIV/AIDS education for migrant workers, the ILO is organized this training to build the capacity of the pre-departure instructors as an effort to provide adequate information to migrant workers through all migration cycle from community level to destination country.

5. AP-MagNet discussion forum on public attitudes to migrant workers

   20 July - 10 August 2011, ILO Bangkok

6. Foundation training on green jobs and greener business forum

   19 - 21 July 2011, Manila, Philippines

   The Greener Business Asia and Green Jobs in Asia, two projects currently being implemented in the Philippines by the ILO, has conducted an initial capacity building training package for ILO constituents, entitled Foundation Training on Green Jobs and Greener Business Forum, from 19-21 July 2011 at the CSB Hotel in Manila.

7. National Stakeholder Workshop on Protecting Indonesian Migrant Workers and Their Families against Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS Vulnerabilities

   19 July 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia

   Migrant workers, particularly women migrant workers, are disproportionately at risk of becoming infected by HIV. This is evident through the increased number of HIV cases recorded among migrant workers. The Association of Hospital and Medical Center for Indonesian Manpower, HIPTEK, reported 174 HIV cases among 162.000 prospective migrant workers tested at 10 big health test centres in 2010. The NGO Caring of Migrant Workers reported handling 50 HIV cases among deported migrant workers in 2010.

8. Sixth Programme Management Committee meeting (St. Giles, Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City)

   19 July 2011, Manila, Philippines

   Every quarter, the Programme Management Committee meets to discuss the progress made by the joint programme and provide strategic direction in its implementation.

9. Employers’ Organizations and Disability Inclusion: Study Tour 18 – 22 July 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

   18 July - 22 August 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

   People with disabilities face severe unemployment in the Asia and Pacific region and throughout the world and they make up a significant proportion of the world’s poor, as much as 20 per cent by UN estimates. Yet, they are often excluded from the very opportunities − social, educational and vocational − that could lead them out of poverty. More than half of the world’s disabled people − a total of 370 million − live in the Asia and the Pacific region and of those, 238 million are of working age. No country can successfully develop when such a large segment − between 5 to 20 per cent of the population by various estimates − are excluded from the social and economic mainstream.