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Labour migration resources
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A Regional Consultative Forum on Welfare & Protection of Migrant Workers"
13 May 2012
A Regional Consultation is planned from 13-15th May 2012 in Amman Jordan, to review operational guidelines in Sri Lankan Diplomatic Missions to ensure the protection of migrant workers titled "Consultative Forum on Welfare & Protection of Migrant Workers" organized by Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare and Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the ILO Office Colombo, as part of ILOs support to the Government to implement the National Labour Migration Policy. Sixty participants are expected including Senior decision makers from both Ministries and the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau, Ambassadors and labour officers from SL missions in 13 Gulf Corporation Council(GCC) countries as well as the far east together with ILO experts from the region and Geneva. The event will support the finalization of an Operational Manual for Sri Lankan Missions in labour receiving countries.
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Improving recruitment practices of employment agencies recruiting migrant workers
09 April 2012
The objective of the workshop is to share the findings of the review of the migrant worker recruitment industry in Sri Lanka title “Recruitment Practices of Employment Agencies Recruiting Migrant Workers - A Review aimed at improving recruitment regulations and drafting Recruitment Guidelines” and to obtain stakeholder views and comments on the findings, conclusions and recommendation in the report.
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Public validation workshop on the National Human Resources and Employment Policy
05 April 2012
The Public Validation Workshop on the Sri Lanka's National Human Resources and Employment Policy will be held on 5th April 2012 at the Taj Samudra Hotel. The final draft of the NHREP will be validated with the participation of representatives of government, employers, trade unions and academic institutions. The comments emanating from the workshop will be used to finalize the document and launch it in May 2012. The Senior Ministers Secretariat of the Government is leading the process of formulating the policy with technical assistance from the ILO."
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AP-MagNet - Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Migration
01 May 2011
Provides a brief snapshot about the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Migration (AP-MagNet).
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Promoting employment-intensive growth in Sri Lanka: policy analysis of the manufacturing and service sectors
30 December 2010
This paper examines the employment effect of growth in manufacturing sector industries in Sri Lanka covering a period of 17 years from 1990.
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Welcome address at the National Workshop and Training on Recruitment and Preparation of Migrant Workers for Korea
21 August 2009
By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Office in Sri Lanka
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National labour migration policy for Sri Lanka
01 October 2008
The policy articulates the State’s commitment to ensuring a labour migration process that adheres to principles of good governance and rights and responsibilities enshrined in international instruments to advance opportunities for all men and women to engage in migration for decent and productive employment in conditions of freedom, dignity, security and equity.
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Best practices in social insurance for migrant workers: the case of Sri Lanka
01 March 2008
Highlights the Overseas Workers Welfare Fund (OWWF) with special focus on social insurance schemes that are a permanent feature of the migration process in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka: good practices to prevent women migrant workers from going into exploitative forms of labour
01 December 2002
Focuses on the situation of the women migrant workers in their families, workplaces, communities and societies in sending and receiving countries and also on the initiatives, policies and programmes, “good” and “bad” practices implemented by government, private recruitment and employment agencies and a wide range of social actors to assist and protect women migrants against exploitation and abuse and to prevent them from being trafficked.