Publications

December 2008

1. SKILLS-AP Newsletter Issue 3, December 2008

   01 December 2008

   This edition highlights some recent conferences on skills recognition, qualification frameworks, community-based rehabilitation and the outsomes of the recent International Labour Conference.

2. Better Factories Cambodia Newsletter, December 2008

   01 December 2008

   Newsletter of the ILO Better Factories Cambodia. This issue features articles on the 14th Government-Private Sector Forum, BFC Buyers' Forum, work for people with disabilities, and Better Work in Viet Nam.

November 2008

1. Improving skills recognition, quality and qualification systems: report of the ILO/SKILLS-AP/Thailand Regional Technical Meeting on Improving Skills Recognition, Quality and Qualification Systems for IMT-GT and GMS Countries, Songkhla, Thailand, 4 - 6 November 2008

   30 November 2008

   This report covers different approaches to skills recognition in the region.

2. ILO tools on labour migration governance and the protection of migrant workers

   18 November 2008

   This brochure lists and describes some of the more recent publications on labour migration by the ILO, with special focus on those produced by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

3. Village banking in Lao PDR, ledger guide

   18 November 2008

   This guide elaborates on how to fill in and use the ledger. The ledger is used to show expenditure and income by the type of item (e.g. membership fees, loans, or interest).

4. Village banking in Lao PDR, handbook for village bank management committees and support organizations

   18 November 2008

   The handbook consists of three parts. Part I explains what village banking is about, how village banks work and what principles help to ensure their success. Part II on the operation of village banks covers savings and loan policies, management, rules and regulations, gender equality as well as accounting. Part III focuses on the role of support organizations.

5. Women’s entrepreneurship development in Vietnam

   18 November 2008

   This study looks at the development patterns of women- and men-owned businesses in Viet Nam.

6. Stories of change - youth employment in Timor-Leste

   12 November 2008

   These two stories of change focus on youth employment promotion in Timor-Leste.

7. Labour migration from Lao PDR

   01 November 2008

   Provides a brief overview of the labour migration situation of migrants from Lao PDR.

8. Labour migration from Cambodia

   01 November 2008

   Provides a brief overview of the labour migration situation of migrants from Cambodia.

October 2008

1. List of library accessions: September-October 2008

   31 October 2008

   This List of Library Accessions is produced by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. It consists of new materials available in its collection and data base which come from different sources such as ILO, NGOs, IGOs, institutions, other United Nations agencies, commercial publishers and individual experts.

2. Indonesia - Decent Work Country Programme 2006 - 2010

   29 October 2008

   This Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) translates that mandate into the ILO’s contribution at country-level in Indonesia towards the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs), the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), and national development strategies

3. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): the medium is the message in awareness raising

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

4. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): business enterprise can be any size - micro-finance services and business development to combat trafficking

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

5. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): start with what you have and where you are - skills training for self-employment

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

6. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): going straight - legal labour migration

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

7. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - replication and mainstreaming

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

8. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): all together now - inter-agency collaboration

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

9. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): the whole is greater than the sum of the parts - working together

   29 October 2008

   Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.

10. Sharing experience and lessons learned (SELL): holistic approaches

    29 October 2008

    Part of the SELL series by the ILO Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women.