Events and training on labour migration

June 2017

  1. The Meeting for the Development of the Workplan to Implement the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) - Malaysia Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

    27 - 30 June 2017

    The MOU aims on increasing protection of Vietnamese migrant workers in Malaysia

May 2017

  1. Transnational circular migration of Bangladeshi contract workers

    30 May 2017

    Presenter: Professor Mahua Sarkar (Binghamton University, IEA de Nantes)

April 2017

  1. The Publication Workshop: Fourth-year Evaluation of Recruitment Agencies’ Compliance with the VAMAS Code of Conduct

    17 April 2017

    This workshop is to recognize and publicize the rating (evaluation) of 88 recruitment agencies’ compliance with the VAMAS’s Code of Conduct.

November 2016

  1. The Training on Ethical and Gender-Responsive Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers in Viet Nam (Ethical Recruitment Appreciation Course)

    3 - 5 November 2016

    Training on ethical recruitment, incorporating a gender-sensitive approach and a focus on the experiences of women migrant workers, will be undertaken with recruitment agencies and relevant government regulatory bodies in Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam.

October 2016

  1. The Tripartite plus Consultation Workshop on the Draft Amendment of the Prime Minister Decision 144/2007/NĐ-CP dated 31 August 2007 on Establishment, Management and Unitization of the Overseas Supporting Fund

    14 October 2016

    This will support for the process of finalization the draft amendment of the Decision before submitting to the Prime Minister for approval on December 2016.

September 2016

  1. The National Tripartite Preparatory Meeting for the 9th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

    9 September 2016

    The 9th AFML will carry the overall theme: “Better Quality of Life for ASEAN Migrant Workers through Strengthened Social Protection”.

August 2016

  1. Workshop to prepare for a Sector Study in Nepal (ECLM project)

    29 August - 2 September 2016

    A Workshop was held in Kathmandu from Aug 29 – Sep 2 2016 in the context of the project "Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination" (ECLM). The workshop was organised in collaboration with a team of researchers from Social Science Baha, and discussed the implementation of a study of the manufacturing and trade sectors. The agenda for the workshop can be downloaded below.

  2. Monitoring of the Viet Nam Association of Manpower Supply (VAMAS) Code of Conduct

    15 August - 31 December 2016

    Monitoring and evaluation on the application of the VAMAS Code of Conduct by licensed enterprises 2015 - 2016.

July 2016

  1. Feasibility Study on Establishing Migrant Worker Resource Centres managed by Vietnam General Confederation of Labour

    15 - 18 July 2016

June 2016

  1. Training of trainers for the pre-departure training curriculum for Taiwan (China)

    30 June - 2 July 2016