Events and training on labour migration

ASEAN Regional Employers Workshop: Managing Labour Mobility for Inclusion, Innovation and Business Competitiveness, 9-10 May 2016, Siem Reap, Cambodia

9 - 10 May 2016

Managing workforce diversity, particularly in the context of labour migration, is an essential tool for improving business competitiveness. As an employers’ component of ASEAN TRIANGLE Project (ATP)’s Action Plan to fully engage employers’ organizations on labour migration processes in ASEAN, ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) adopted an employers’ policy framework for sustainable labour migration in ASEAN in 2013. The framework prioritizes five fundamental areas for business and policy decision makers. For the first four areas, regional workshops have taken place and background papers and policy position papers developed. This meeting is the fifth in this series on ‘Managing Diversity and Workplace Integration in the ASEAN Countries’.

Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening the Role of ASEAN Labour Attachés in Singapore, 26 April 2016, Singapore

26 April 2016

The International Labour Organization ASEAN TRIANGLE Project and the Philippines Embassy in Singapore are launching a series of consultations with labour attachés and embassy officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Viet Nam to strengthen dialogue between labour attachés and consular officials now posted in Singapore. The 1st consultation workshop is schedule to take place in Singapore on 26th April 2016. It aims at familiarizing labour attachés and consular officials on the functions and services provided by the various ASEAN embassies in Singapore on the protection of their migrant workers and to update the participants on recent developments on labour migration in the region. In addition, it aims at enhancing the capacity of ASEAN Labour Attachés in Singapore in providing service and protection for their migrant workers.
Training of trainers: Financial education course for ASEAN migrants in Thailand

25 April - 15 May 2016

The ASEAN TRIANGLE Project recognizes that providing financial education for ASEAN migrants and assisting them in addressing family and cultural issues are valuable interventions that could enable them to achieve their goals for migration, and empower them through better-informed planning and decision making.

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).

ATUC Youth Rally 2015

3 - 5 September 2015

The ASEAN Trade Union Council hosted the first ATUC Youth Rally and Dissemination Forum on Protecting Migrant Workers through Trade Union Agreements in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 3-5 September 2015, with the participation of 200 young workers/delegates and principal officers from 16 affiliate national labour centers, from eight (8) ASEAN member states, including observers and resource persons from the International Labour Organization (ILO) ACTRAV, ILO ASEAN Triangle Project (ATP), the International Trade Union Confederation Asia Pacific, and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Saphan Siang Youth Ambassador Capstone Event

5 June 2015 - 5 June 2016

To celebrate the achievements of Round II of the Saphan Siang Youth Ambassador programme, a Capstone (Graduation) Event was held on 5 June 2015 in Bangkok. The event was an opportunity for all twenty Youth Ambassadors and host organizations (CSO partners) to share their experiences; to reflect lessons learned and strategize the next steps of the programme; and for the Youth Ambassadors to present their proposed community outreach projects as part of their continued engagement with the campaign. Several of the campaign’s supporters, including UN-ACT and UN Women participated in the event.

Training on Labour Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons in Malaysia

8 - 10 April 2015

Labour inspectors of the MOHR and other stakeholders participated in the training course on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons in Malaysia with an aim to better understand and identify indicators of forced labour in labour exploitation situations.

Migrant workers on a Journey of Hope in Malaysia

18 December 2014

The Migration Works campaign will celebrate the contributions migrant workers make to Malaysia through art. An exhibition reflecting the positive contribution of migrant workers and reflecting migrant workers’ experiences in Malaysia will be hosted as part of week-long celebrations to mark International Human Rights Week.
National Workshop for Policy Dialogue and Research Discussion on Employers of Domestic Workers in Malaysia

9 December 2014

ILO constituents and representatives of government, workers’ and employers’ organizations discussed results of the research on needs, preferences and practices of employers of domestic workers, conducted under the auspices of the Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers (GAP-MDW).

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”.

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