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

Event

ILO-IOM Regional conference on making breakthrough in the implementation of Ethical and Professional Recruitment

The ILO, IOM and the EU convene Asian recruitment agencies in Manila to discuss ways to improve migration governance systems, ethical recruitment and the professionalization of the industry under the auspices of the 2nd Regional Conference of the Alliance of Asian Associations of Overseas Employment Service Providers (AAA-OESP).

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.

Meeting document

Promoting Decent Work Across Borders: A Project for Migrant Health Professionals and Skilled Workers - ILO Events and statement

24 November 2013

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.

Document

Preparatory research project on the involvement of migrant workers and their families in the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea, and Viet Nam

31 October 2013

Migrant workers and returning migrants are increasingly turning to cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy (SSE) enterprises to ensure they have full access to the development benefits of labour migration. In light of these trends, the ILO's Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT) and the ILO's Cooperatives unit (COOP) have been collaborating on an effort to improve understanding and policies benefiting access of migrant workers to cooperatives and other forms of SSE enterprises that can enhance livelihoods, social protection and economic development in the context of migrants' return and reintegration.

Video

Migrant worker resource centres in Viet Nam

29 October 2013

Migrant worker resource centres (MRCs) in Viet Nam provide a variety of services to potential migrant workers and their families. Through the support of the GMS TRIANGLE project, MRCs have been incorporated into five Employment Service Centres in provinces that send high numbers of migrant workers. This video shows three young people navigating their way through regular migration channels, receiving recruitment agency pre-departure training and visiting the MRC for information.

New report

ILO study examines working conditions in Thai fishing industry

02 September 2013

A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation to national and international labour standards.

Document

ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

28 May 2013

Background information on the ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour