Media advisory

Philippine launch and high-level national policy dialogue on the ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity

The ILO and the Asian Development Bank, with support from the ASEAN Secretariat, have conducted a study on ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity. The report with the Philippine Country Brief will be launched in a high-level national policy dialogue on Wednesday, 8 October 2014.

Press release | Pasay City, Philippines | 29 September 2014
By 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single common market and production base will become a reality in 10 ASEAN member States, including the Philippines.
Freer flow of goods, services, investment and skilled labour will impact the structure of the economy, jobs, skills, wages and labour mobility in the Philippines. However, if the benefits of AEC are unevenly distributed and poorly managed, integration could add to existing challenges on poverty, inequality, vulnerability and poor job quality in the country.

The International Labour Organization and the Asian Development Bank, with support from the ASEAN Secretariat, have conducted a study on ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity.

The report examines the impact of the AEC on labour markets and offers evidence-based policy recommendations for better jobs and equitable growth, including strengthening regional cooperation, facilitating structural change, improving job quality, enhancing skills, boosting productivity and wages, and managing labour migration. The report further presents possible job gains and losses as a result of the integration.

The report with the Philippine Country Brief will be launched in a high-level national policy dialogue on Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 8:30 am at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom. This will be followed by a Press Conference at 11.30 a.m. at the 2nd Floor, Meeting Rooms 1-2, Business Centre of the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City.

Journalists interested to cover the launch and the high-level national policy dialogue are requested complete the online media accreditation form on or before Monday, 6 October 2014.

For further information please contact:


Minette Rimando
ILO Country Office for the Philippines
Tel: +63 2 580 9900 / 580 9905
Email