Publications

2008

1. Integrated rural accessibility planning

   01 October 2008

   This brochure outlines the concepts of integrated rural accessibility planning, its strategy for implementation with particular reference to Sri Lanka.

2. 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.

3. Decent Work Country Programme Sri Lanka 2008-2012

   01 April 2008

   This document outlines the Decent Work Country Programme for Sri lanka for the period 2008-2012.

4. 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.

2006

1. National action plan for youth employment in Sri Lanka

   01 September 2006

   Contains strategic assessments and policy recommendations. It was produced under the purview of the Youth Employment Network (YEN) established by the Government of Sri Lanka involving senior policy-makers from government agencies and institutions, the private sector and the civil society.

2. National policy on decent work

   31 August 2006

   Identifies the existing weaknesses in the focus areas of Decent Work and sets out policies designed to overcome them, while the National Plan of Action converts policy into action. Together these two documents set out the direction that Sri Lanka needs to take in implementing economic and social development. It is also the point of convergence for other policies on several aspects of decent work, and thus creates a blueprint for action in creating employment, and in ensuring the quality of work and workers’ lives.

3. 

   Needs Asessment Survey for Income Recovery (NASIR) - III: a survey carried out in tsunami-affected areas in Sri Lanka during October 2005

   01 April 2006

   A survey carried out in Tsunami-affected areas in Sri Lanka during October 2005.

2005

1. Social dialogue at enterprise level: successful experiences

   06 May 2005

   The study introduces concepts of social dialogue at the workplace, enumerates enabling condidions for social dialogue to work effectively and demonstrates positive features of social dialogue with empirical studies.

2002

1. 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.