Events and training on labour migration
May 2015
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Event
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.
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Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour Flows between Asia and Arab States, Asia Tripartite Meeting
6 - 7 May 2015
Tripartite partners meet to develop origin-country inputs to an action plan for fair migration in Asia to Arab States labour flows.
April 2015
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Event
Presentation by Anna Olsen, Technical Officer, ILO GMS TRIANGLE Project, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Changing Public Attitudes: Using Evidence to Drive Campaign & Advocacy Work
29 April 2015
GFMD Second Thematic Meeting on The role of communications in promoting widespread recognition of the benefits of migration, improving public perceptions of migrants, combating discrimination, and promoting integration
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Second Regional Meeting on the Protection of Migrant Fishers: ASEAN Review of ‘Guidelines on Flag State Inspection of Working and Living Conditions on Board Fishing Vessels
28 - 29 April 2015
A second regional meeting on work in fishing, focusing on the protection of migrant fishers, is convened in 2015 to further discuss more detailed cooperation; to present the international standards and instruments on work in fishing, share national policy and legislative developments, and procedures related to flag State and port State controls; and to provide inputs from the region to the development of the draft Guidelines on Flag State Inspection of Working and Living Conditions on Board Fishing Vessels on implementation of Convention 188.
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Course "Identifying and investigating cases of forced labour and trafficking"
20 - 24 April 2015
The main objective of the course is to train participants to better identify and investigate cases of forced labour, including trafficking for labour exploitation. The course addresses the different stages of the process (inspecting workplaces, interviewing victims, gathering evidence), with a focus on the private sector (textile, agriculture, domestic work, etc.).
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From Cairo to Addis: Migration, labour mobility and the renewed global partnership for sustainable development, Side event to the 48th Session of the Commission on Population and Development and the 2nd Drafting Session of the Outcome Document for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development
16 April 2015
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22nd session meeting - Committee on Migrant Workers
13 - 24 April 2015
During its 22nd session, the Committee will examine the initial reports of Kyrgyzstan, Peru and Uganda, and the second periodic report of Sri Lanka. The Committee will also adopt list of issues prior to the presentation of the initial reports of Honduras, Nicaragua and Niger, as well as the combined second and third periodic report of Senegal with respect to the implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The ILO representatives participate in the work of the Committee in a consultative capacity.
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Training
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.
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Workshop
Paraguay-Argentina Bi-national Workshop: Strategies for Promoting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families
8 - 9 April 2015
64 participants from Argentina and Paraguay discussed and exchanged experiences in promoting and defending the rights of migrant domestic workers at the bi-national workshop on Strategies for Promoting the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers in Paraguay-Argentina organized under the auspices of the EU funded Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families (GAP-MDW).
March 2015
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Business response to preventing forced labour of migrant workers, Employers' Regional Workshop – ASEAN Triangle Project
31 March - 1 April 2015
Business and its representatives are key stakeholders in the migration process and Forced labour has been identified by the ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) as a key priority as the region moves to economic integration in 2015. A 1.5 days regional technical meeting organized by ACT/EMP in partnership with Better Work Vietnam, and the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) under the framework of the ASEAN TRIANGLE project will bring together all ten members of ACE, as well as regional experts and practitioners with a focus on forced labour and human trafficking issues. The meeting will provide technical presentations on key aspects of forced labour along with practical information and experiences from firms on tackling forced labour in company operations. ”