Presentations

Plenary Session 1 - ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration

• The ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration (MLF) with special reference to Asia by Ibrahim Awad - (ppt, 150Kb)
• Employment of foreign workers: issues and challenges by the Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia - (ppt, 856Kb)

Plenary Session 2 - Promoting fair recruitment practices for safe and regular migration

• Recruitment of Pakistani workers: mechanisms and vulnerabilities by G.M. Arif - (ppt, 63Kb)
• Overseas recruitment practices in India by S. Irudaya Rajan, V.J. Varghese, and M.S. Jayakumar - (ppt, 121Kb)
• Private sector initiative in promoting good recruitment practices by Mr. Ghulam Mustafa - (ppt, 119Kb)
• Discussion - Government of Philippines - (ppt, 25Kb)
• Discussion - Malaysia Employer by M. Vivekanandan - (ppt, 846Kb)

Dinner Presentation - Migration to OECD

• The labor migration potential in OECD countries by Philip Martin - (pdf, 89Kb)

Parallel Session A - Promoting safe migration for women

• Trends and issues in migration of women workers in Asia by Keiko Osaki - (ppt, 360Kb)
• Women migration from South Asia: emerging issues by Tasneem Siddiqui - (ppt, 376Kb)

Parallel Session B - Migration infrastructures and effective services to migrants

• Assessing labour migration management: Filipino and Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong by Emilyzen Ignacio and Yesenia Mejia - (ppt, 1,380Kb)
• Effective services to migrant workers: Bangladesh experience by Nazrul Islam Khan - (ppt, 280Kb)

Parallel Session C - Emerging demand for labour and skills development

• Meeting the emerging demand for skilled migrant labour by Cesar A. Averia, Jr. - (ppt, 1,810Kb)
• Training for employment overseas by Md. Abdul Malek - (ppt, 237Kb)

Plenary Session 3 - Report on conclusions of Parallel Sessions

• Report on conclusions of Parallel Session A - (pdf, 10Kb)
• Report on conclusions of Parallel Session B - (pdf, 22Kb)
• Report on conclusions of Parallel Session C - (pdf, 21Kb)

Plenary Session 4 - Migration: a shared responsibility of origin and destination countries

• Colombo process: Ministerial Consultations on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origin in Asia - (ppt, 1,317Kb)
• International labor migration: the role of multinationals in the protection of labour through the supply side - (ppt, 969Kb)

Closing Session

• Conclusions and recommendations - (pdf, 142Kb)
• Concluding remarks - (pdf, 55Kb)