Events and training on labour migration

First Joint Meeting of the ASEAN Confederation of Employers and the ASEAN Trade Union Council

8 - 9 March 2016

Both ACE and ATUC have acknowledged the value of holding this joint meeting between ATUC and ACE to address emerging issues, build trust and put forward common positions to the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) and Senior Labour Officials Meeting (SLOM).

Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening the Role of Labour Attachés in Thailand: Ethical Recruitment

29 July 2015

The International Labour Organization ASEAN TRIANGLE Project and the Ministry of Labour, Thailand, have launched a series of consultations with labour attachés and embassy officials from Cambodia, Laos PDR and Myanmar now posted in Bangkok to strengthen dialogue between the ministry and labour attaches and consular officials. The third consultation of labour attaches, addressing the issue of ethical recruitment and hiring procedures, will be held on the 29th July 2015.
Third technical meeting of focal specialists on international labour migration statistics in ASEAN

1 - 2 July 2015

The International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database in ASEAN was successfully published on 18 December 2014 as a special collection on the ILO’s central database, ILOSTAT, as well as through the APMigration web-portal.

Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers - 7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour Regional Consultation Workshop

15 - 16 May 2015

The 7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour theme: “Towards the ASEAN Community by 2015 with enhanced measures to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers” is held 20-21 November 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The participants recommend concrete measures to promote and protect the rights of migrant workers specifically to fulfil the commitments of ASEAN Member States as required in the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.

9th Subregional Advisory Committee Meeting

25 - 26 March 2015

The SURAC (Sub-regional Advisory Committee) meeting has served as an ILO platform for tripartite constituents to share information, experiences and provide guidance on anti-trafficking and migration management for ten years.

7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

20 - 21 November 2014

The 7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is held on 20-21 November 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour is an open platform for the review, discussion and exchange of the best practices and ideas between governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and civil society stakeholders on key issues facing migrant workers in ASEAN. This year, the overall theme of the AFML is “Towards the ASEAN Community by 2015 with enhanced measures to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers”. There also are two subthemes, which are: “Promotion of fair and appropriate employment protection, payment of wages, and adequate access to decent working and living conditions for migrant workers” and “Coordination and role of key stakeholders to set up and implement policies and procedures to facilitate aspects of migration of workers, including recruitment, preparation, protection abroad, and return and reintegration”.

Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers: Post-6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour GMS Consultation on good practice to improve Complaint Mechanism

15 - 16 August 2014

The TFAMW organized the GMS consultation to review, discuss and exchange good practices among civil society stakeholders on ways to effective implement and improve existing complaint mechanisms. The GMS Consultation Workshop facilitated the documentation of forms and procedures in use to file complaints, claims and appeals against abuses and discrimination during the full cycle of migration. The full cycle of migration includes pre-departure – recruitment agencies, training, fees paid for the legal processing to work overseas; post-arrival – working and living conditions, terms of employment, and returning – unfair dismissals, non-payment of due wages and other claims.

6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

26 - 27 November 2013

The 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour is scheduled to take place on 26 and 27 November 2013 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is an open platform for review, discussion and exchange of best practices and ideas between governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and civil society stakeholders on key issues facing migrant workers in South-East Asia, and develop recommendations to advance the implementation of the principles of the ASEAN Declaration on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.

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