Event

ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference 2014

It is the succeeding event to three previous conferences that tackled and provided recommendations on national and ASEAN-level issues which included developing new methods and tools for improving labour inspection effectiveness, strengthening enforcement of national safety and health laws, and concerns surrounding labour migration, child labour, and the agricultural sector.

Event

Civil Society Forum on ILO Domestic Workers' Convention, 2011 (No.189)

The increasing participation of national workers in the formal sectors of the economy generates the necessity to hire foreign workers to perform domestic chores.

Event

Meeting of Focal Specialists on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN

The ILO’s ASEAN TRIANGLE Project recently developed the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database to gather statistical information on migrant workers in the ten ASEAN member states, including a range of previously unpublished sources.

Meeting document

Report - ILO Consultation/Validation Workshop On the Implementation of Mutual Recognition of Skills in ASEAN Countries, 24-26 September 2014, Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia

24 April 2014

Report - ILO Consultation/Validation Workshop On the Implementation of Mutual Recognition of Skills in ASEAN Countries, 24-26 September 2014, Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia

Working conditions

Employment practices and working conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector

24 February 2014

The report, based on the largest survey of working conditions in the Thai fishing sector to date, has been compiled by the ILO’s tripartite project to protect migrant workers within and from the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Asian Research Center for Migration at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Asian Studies.

Publication

Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation

27 January 2014

This publication reviews 8 cases of "Catalyst" of rural transformation from different countries. It extracts lessons that remind us of the economic and development potential of rural areas, and most important, the central role of rural men and women, young people, indigenous populations and other groups to unleash that potential.

Meeting document

Meeting summary of the Role of Employers’ Organizations in Matching Skills and Increasing Mobility Across the ASEAN Region: Employers’ Regional Workshop – ASEAN TRIANGLE Project

06 November 2013

Meeting Summary for The role of Employers’ Organizations in Matching Skills and increasing Mobility across the ASEAN region: Employers’ Regional Workshop – ASEAN TRIANGLE Project, 6 November 2013, Bali, Indonesia

Event

The Role of Employers’ Organizations in Matching Skills and Increasing Mobility Across the ASEAN Region: Employers’ Regional Workshop – ASEAN TRIANGLE Project

To support national employers’ organizations in responding to issues related to skills and mobility, the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) organized a regional workshop in the framework of the ASEAN TRIANGLE project. Through presentations by regional and global experts and open discussion between ASEAN employers, the workshop aimed to increase businesses’ understanding of the implications of skilled labour mobility and to discuss challenges and good practices of employers in relation to migration in all skill categories.

Publication

Cross-border labour migration in Cambodia: Considerations for the national employment policy

31 October 2013

This background analyses examines the on-going policy efforts to ensure informed, safe, and protected cross-border migration for Cambodian workers and suggests areas that the national employment policy can consider for further actions in Cambodia.

New report

Regulating recruitment of migrant workers: An assessment of complaint mechanisms in Thailand

21 October 2013

This report provides the findings of an analysis of the legal framework and the complaint mechanisms for workers with grievances to seek redress - and puts forward recommendations for strengthening the system.