Publications

2012

1. 

   Manual for Training Trainers of Enterprises

   29 October 2012

2. 

   ILO Colombo E-Newsletter

   13 June 2012

   Welcome to the first issue of ILO Colombo’s newsletter. In this issue, you will find stories from our projects, updates on events and other information.

3. 

   Youth voices from Asia and the Pacific

   18 May 2012

   Between December 2011 and May 2012, the ILO has consulted young people from around the globe to gather their inputs to an International Youth Forum in Geneva, ahead of the 101st International Labour Conference for which a key focus is youth employment. As part of this global process, 13 national youth employment consultation events took place in Asia and the Pacific. This report summarises the key messages brought by young people and policy makers.

2011

1. Brochure of Green Jobs in Asia project

   07 December 2011

   The brochure for the Green Jobs in Asia project outlines the objectives, strategy and components of this technical cooperation initiative. The project aims to assist five Asian countries in shifting to a low-carbon, environmentally friendly and climate resilient economy that helps accelerate the jobs recovery, reduce social gaps, support development goals and realize decent work.

2. Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice

   01 May 2011

   Provides a brief snapshot about the ILO-sponsored Communities of Practice (CoP) launched as part of a series of Asian Decent Decade Knowledge Networks.

3. AP-IRNet - Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Industrial Relations

   01 May 2011

   Provides a brief snapshot about the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Industrial Relations (AP-IRNet).

4. Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Skills and Employability

   01 May 2011

   Provides a brief snapshot about the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Skills and Employability.

5. 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).

6. Green Jobs-AP - Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Green Jobs

   01 May 2011

   Provides a brief snapshot about the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Green Jobs (Green Jobs-AP).

7. APYouthNet - Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Youth Employment

   01 May 2011

   Provides a brief snapshot about the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Youth Employment (APYouthNet).

2010

1. 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.

2. 

   Sri Lanka’s working poor

   30 December 2010

   This paper presents a profile of Sri Lanka's working poor in terms of stock and characteristics; attributes associated with the probability of being working poor, and the reasons why the employed poor earn too little to overcome poverty.

3. 

   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.

4. 

   Sri Lanka's roadmap 2016 on the worst forms of child labour - from commitment to action

   01 June 2010

   Sri Lanka's Roadmap 2016 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour is based on extensive consultations with the members of the National Steering Committee on Child Labour, including the Ministry of Labour, the National Child Protection Authority and other ministries, representatives of Employers' and Workers' organizations, the ILO and UNICEF.

2009

1. The current status and evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka

   15 December 2009

   A discussion paper on evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka.

2. 

   Labour and social trends in Sri Lanka 2009

   02 December 2009

   Presents an overview of major trends in labour and social conditions in Sri Lanka, while also drawing attention to key policy challenges posed by these trends. The report looks ahead to 2020 with informed projections, likely scenarios and policy implications.

3. The current status and evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka

   30 October 2009

   Focuses on the status and evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka including legal framework, actors in the industrial relations system, collective bargaining, disputes settlement, tripartism and social dialogue.

4. Rapid assessment of the impact of the global economic crisis on employment and industrial relations in Sri Lanka

   31 August 2009

   Provides an initial and rapid stock taking of the impact of the global economic downturn on employment in Sri Lanka around six to eight months into the crisis.

5. Making Decent Work A National Reality Sri Lanka Road Map

   03 August 2009

   The Road Map captures the priority activities to be embarked on and the twenty Project Plans or Outlines have been derived from the National Plan of Action for Decent Work and designed round the key enabling initiatives contained in the National Plan of Action for Decent Work in Sri Lanka. Project outlines elaborated in this document are inter-related as the thread that links them all are Employment Creation (opportunity to work), Rights at Work, Social Dialogue and Social Protection, the four basic dimensions of Decent Work

6. National framework on social dialogue (In English, Sinhala and Tamil)

   24 April 2009

   As a part of the ILO’s 90th anniversary celebrations, on 24 April 2009, the ILO was instrumental in developing and launching, through tripartite consultations, a National Framework on Social Dialogue, for employers and employees.