Events and meetings
2015
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Knowledge Sharing Workshop - Enhancing Productivity and Competitiveness through Social Dialogue in the Nepalese Enterprises
2 October 2015
The objective of the workshop is to enhance productivity and competitiveness in the private sector through effective and regular social dialogue.
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Communicating the rights of indigenous nationalities for inclusive economic development
22 - 24 September 2015
The 3-day training programme aims to raise awareness of the Nepalese media on indigenous issues for better and appropriate coverage.
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Study visit on Social Protection system in Bangkok, Thailand
14 - 18 September 2015
The aim of the study visit is to build an understanding of social protection principles and enhance capacity of the government, workers' and employers' organizations for social protection policy/programme.
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LIfE Project Orientation Programme
13 August 2015
The programme aims to engage project partners and stakeholders of the Labour Market Information and Employment (LIfE) Project to improve the access to quality employment services that helps Nepalese job seekers.
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Training of Trainers on Social Protection: Capacity Building of National Stakeholders towards a Social Protection Floor in Nepal
27 - 30 July 2015
The ToT is to develop a cadre of national experts on social protection by giving them the background knowledge, skills and practical experience to provide social protection training and technical assistance to communities. The objective is to assist the participants to understand different social protection programme implemented in Nepal.
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Inter-Ministerial Consultation Meeting on the Draft Bonded Labour Bill
1 July 2015
The Government of Nepal has taken important steps to tackle bonded labour in Nepal and the Ministry of Land Reform and Management (MoLRM) is planning to organize an Inter-Ministerial Consultation meeting to finalize the draft Bonded Labour Bill within this month. The objectives of the two-day national consultation workshop are to: • Update inter-ministerial officials on the status of the bill • Finalize the draft bill addressing the concerns of the cabinet
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ILO Regional Skills Programme on Regional Training on Skills Anticipation
29 June - 3 July 2015
The ILO through its Regional Skills Programme host this capacity building workshop, aiming at improving knowledge of the participants on the analysis of future skill needs, understanding the central importance of identifying current and future skills needs and labour market imbalances in a broader policy framework; and developing proposals for how to meet future skill needs. Anticipating skills needs will ensure that information is provided to all concerned stakeholders on future needs and imbalances, and for informed decision-making so that skills mismatch and imbalances are avoided.
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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.
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Nepal Government Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Study Tour
13 - 17 April 2015
The International Labour Organization Country Office for the Philippines (ILO CO-Manila) in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) in Nepal organized a five-day exposure mission to the Philippines for Senior Government officials from MoLE.
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Training Workshop on Work, Labour Force Statistics, and Labour Force Survey Tools
12 - 15 January 2015
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal is conducting the third Nepal Labour Force Survey (NLFS-III) in 2015. The NFLS-III aims at updating the employment and unemployment indicators of NLFS-II which was carried out in 2008 and producing a broader range of decent work indicators, and issues such as child labour, labour migration, school-to-work transition survey, occupational safety and health labour migration and informal employment. As a part of ILO’s support to strengthening the technical and institutional capacity of CBS to collect reliable, sex-disaggregated labour market statistics, the ILO Regional Office in Bangkok with the collaboration of the Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal and the ILO Office in Kathmandu organized the Training Workshop for concerned CBS officials on 12 to 15 January 2015 in Kathmandu Nepal.
2014
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High-level Consultation Meeting on Migration for Development
19 December 2014
Labour, Agricultural Development and Climate Change: Integrating Labour Migration in the Sectoral Policies
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Nepal:Workers’ Mobilization for Policy Interventions
27 - 28 October 2014
The main objective of the conference is to draw attention of the Government of Nepal for protecting workers’ fundamental rights.
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The Joint ILO-UN Women Regional Workshop on Effective Social and Economic Reintegration of Women Migrant Workers
19 - 21 August 2014
The Joint ILO-UN Women Regional Workshop on Effective Social and Economic Reintegration of Women Migrant Workers was held on the 19 – 21st August 2014 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The regional workshop was held with the aim to identify, document and share good practices in the reintegration services and programs for returning women migrant workers, which effectively foster both their social and economic integration.
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Work in Freedom - Global Partners' Meeting
22 - 24 July 2014
The partners of the "Work in Freedom' programme meet for the Global Partners Meeting
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Training to Trade Unions on Safe Migration and Victims’ Assistance
1 July 2014
The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) conducted a ToT on safe migration and victims’ assistance to building the capacity of trainers to undertake pre-decision community work with potential migrant women workers.
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Nepal achieves broad national consensus to fight child labour
6 - 13 June 2014
The Department of Labour (DoL), Ministry of Labour and Employment with the ILO, UNICEF, social partners, civil society organizations, major stakeholders and media organizations are organizing a series of activities in Nepal to observe World Day Against Child Labour 2014 in Nepal.
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WIF Global Fair Recruitment Initiative Workshop
23 - 24 April 2014
Meeting of WIF-Partner organisations in ITC Turin to launch the “Fair Recruitment Initiative”
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Memorandum of Understanding of the Nepal Decent Work Country Programme 2013-2017 signed with the Government of Nepal, workers and employers organizations
21 January 2014
The Memorandum of Understanding on the Nepal Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2013-2017 was signed with the government, employers’ and workers’ organizations on 21 January 2014 at the Ministry of Labour and Employment of Nepal. The DWCP 2013-17 serves as the main vehicle for delivering ILO support in Nepal and to realize the overall goal for decent work for all. Further, it promotes decent work as a key component of development policies of the government and social partners as well as of other local actors and cooperating agencies. The DWCP 2013-17 reflects the priorities of the tripartite constituents in Nepal, and is aligned with the national development priorities of the government, strategic priorities of the ILO and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.
2013
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ILO to launch new Sub-regional project on labour migration on workers from India, Nepal and Pakistan in Gulf destination countries; Kuwait, Oman and United Arab Emirates
20 December 2013
The ILO will launch a new project - Promoting the Effective Governance of Labour Migration from South Asia through Actions on Labour Market Information, Protection during Recruitment and Employment, Skills and Development Impact to promote well-managed labour migration, ensure effective protection of the rights of vulnerable migrant workers and enhance the development impact of labour migration and reduce irregular flows in countries of both origin and destination. The project is implemented with the financial support from the European Commission, Delegation of the European Union to Nepal, in Nepal, India and Pakistan from 2013 to 2016. It will be working with the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Nepal, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and the India Centre for Migration in India and the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development in Pakistan.
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Dissemination workshop on Country Report: Labour Laws, Business Environment and Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises in Nepal (MSEs)
3 December 2013
The ILO conducted a research to develop a better understanding of the role of labour laws and other business regulations in fostering an environment conducive to micro and small enterprise growth, with financial assistance from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). It forms part of the four country studies in South Asia; Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. This is to share the methodology and findings of the study. In Nepal, four hundred and nine (409) enterprises were surveyed from four sectors: agro processing, carpet & garments, tourism and information technology with five to seventy employees.