Events and training on labour migration
February 2015
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Event
13th International Coordination Meeting on International Migration
12 - 13 February 2015
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Event
Advancement of the SADC Action Plan and Labour Migration Policy Framework. SADC Technical sub-committee meeting, Employment and Labour Sector
12 - 13 February 2015
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Event
Second consultation with labour attaches from Cambodia, Laos Myanmar based in Thailand
12 February 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 1st consultation workshop was co-hosted by the MOL and ILO on 13 June 2014. It aimed at familiarizing labour attachés and consular officials with issues relevant to the protection of their migrant work force including Thai labour laws and policies, registration procedures, complaints mechanisms, international labour standards, and the role of labour attachés. In addition, the workshop also set the objective to strengthen relationships, facilitate communication and develop synergies between the embassies, authorities, social partners and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The 2nd consultation on 12 February 2015 focuses on complaints mechanism
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Event
KNOMAD and ILO Asia Pacific, Workshop on Migration Cost Surveys
9 - 11 February 2015
Migration affects development in countries of origin and destination. The World Bank-led Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) is a platform to synthesize and generate knowledge and policy expertise on migration and development issues. To achieve these objectives, in 2014, the TWG launched a project to collect migration cost data that is comparable across migrant-sending countries. Analysis from the data collection would contribute to setting a global target to reduce migration costs – e.g. to one month’s wage. This initiative complements ILO’s on-going efforts in Asia to improve recruitment services, including the monitoring of recruitment costs. The objective of this training is to equip researchers to undertake in-person migrant surveys to measure the costs in a given country. Thus it will have two components: (i) training on how to set up and operate the Survey Solutions – the World Bank’s Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing system (CAPI), and (ii) to discuss a sampling framework in each interview country. The workshop/ training is in collaboration between the KNOMAD, ILO Asia Pacific and the World Bank DECCT.
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Event
Presentation by Michelle Leighton, Chief, Labour Migration Branch, ILO, Promoting Decent Work for Migrant Workers
5 February 2015
GFMD First Thematic Meeting on Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda
January 2015
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Event
Regional Conference on the Labour Dimensions of Trafficking
27 - 29 January 2015
The Regional Conference on the Labour Dimensions of trafficking provides an opportunity to facilitate coordination and cooperation between the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) and the Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOM-TC) on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons. The SOMTC currently drives the implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on Transnational Crime, ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime, and Work Programme to Implement the ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime. The ACMW’s workplan recognizes complementarity areas of work of its committee and SOMTC, and calls for coordination to avoid duplication of efforts.
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Conference
Regional Conference on the Labour Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons in the ASEAN region
27 - 29 January 2015
Criminal justice and labour officers, inspectors and labour attachés from the ASEAN member states, social partners and other stakeholders participated in a regional conference on the Labour Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons organized with an aim to enhance participants’ understanding of the labour migration management, labour exploitation and criminal justice elements of labour trafficking.
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Founding Congress of Domestic Workers Union in Lebanon
25 January 2015
The Founding Congress of Domestic Workers Union in Lebanon took place on 25 January 2015 in Beirut with participation of 300 domestic and migrant domestic workers. The union is affiliated to the National Federation of Workers’ and Employees’ Unions in Lebanon (FENASOL).
December 2014
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Panel discussion
Policy Round Table and Research Discussion on Migrant Domestic Workers in Ukraine-Poland Corridor
23 December 2014
A policy round table was organized at the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine to present research findings on migrant domestic workers in Ukraine-Poland migration corridor, conducted under the auspices of the Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families (GAP-MDW).
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Following the journey of a migrant domestic worker in Lao PDR
18 December 2014
In Lao PDR, International Migrants Day will be marked through the screening of the film "My Name is Saray" across three national TV stations.