Resources on labour migration

  1. Meeting document

    Programme of the financial education course for ASEAN migrants in Thailand

    26 April 2016

    Programme of the financial education course for ASEAN migrants in Thailand, 25-28 April and 14-15 May 2016, Bangkok, Thailand.

  2. Meeting document

    Agenda of the ASEAN Regional Employers Workshop: Managing Labour Mobility for Inclusion, Innovation and Business Competitiveness

    26 April 2016

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

  3. Meeting document

    Concept Note of the ASEAN Regional Employers Workshop: Managing Labour Mobility for Inclusion, Innovation and Business Competitiveness

    26 April 2016

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

  4. Meeting document

    Conclusions and Recommendations of the First Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening the Role of ASEAN Labour Attachés in Singapore

    26 April 2016

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

  5. Meeting document

    Meeting Report of the First Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening the Role of ASEAN Labour Attachés in Singapore

    26 April 2016

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

  6. Web page

    Video link: The ASEAN TRIANGLE Project: Making a Difference for Migrant Workers

    31 March 2016

    The ASEAN TRIANGLE project, with support of the Government of Canada, has made a significant and tangible impact on the governance of labour migration in the region and advanced the ASEAN regional integration agenda. The ultimate beneficiaries, the migrant workers themselves, make an enormous development contribution to the region. All stakeholders will benefit from protecting and promoting their rights. This video documents the key achievements of the ASEAN TRIANGLE Project from 2012-16. The ASEAN TRIANGLE Project (ATP) aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project promotes both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared concerns, make regionalism more effective, and enhance the capacity of institutions in ASEAN.

  7. Labour migration

    Managing labour mobility: Opportunities and challenges for employers in the ASEAN region

    28 March 2016

    This publication series documents and consolidates the outputs of the regional meetings to better inform employers’ activities, and summarizes the position of employers’ on the priority issues on labour migration in the ASEAN region. It gives the context of these priority areas as well as the policy position papers agreed upon as a result of the regional workshops.

  8. Publication

    Guide on measuring migration policy impacts in ASEAN

    21 March 2016

    This Guide offers policy-makers and administrators a guide for evaluating how labour migration policies work in practice, based on documented experiences in ASEAN and other parts of the world. It starts with assessing the outcomes of labour market tests used to determine whether the migrant workers requested by employers are really needed.

  9. Project launched

    New ILO project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry

    16 March 2016

    ILO, in partnership with Thailand’s Ministry of Labour and the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand, is launching a new project to combat unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry.

  10. Event

    Training of trainers: Financial education course for ASEAN migrants in Thailand

    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.