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The
Government of the
Republic
of
Korea
and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today (Friday 27th)
signed an agreement in
Bangkok
worth US$1,050,000 to fund technical cooperation in
Asia
and the Pacific.
The
agreement was signed by H.E. Chong-Soo Chung, Deputy Minister of
Labour of the
Republic
of
Korea
and Mr. Gek-Boo Ng, Regional Director of the ILO’s Regional Office
for
Asia
and the Pacific.
The
agreement will support work in the Asia Pacific countries for one year
in three areas: Competitiveness,
Productivity and Jobs; Governance and Social Protection; and Labour
Migration. In
addition it will also fund research on decent work and occupational safety and health. The
countries covered include:
Bangladesh
,
Cambodia
,
China
,
India
,
Indonesia
,
Iran
,
Korea
, Lao P.D.R.,
Malaysia
,
Mongolia
,
Philippines
,
Sri Lanka
,
Thailand
, Timor Leste and
Viet Nam
. An occupational safety
and health project in
Central Asia
will also be covered.
In addition eight Korean partner institutions will support the
implementation of the programmes with in-kind contributions in the
range of US$400,000.
These contributions are part of the Korea/ILO Partnership Programme on
Technical Cooperation which was formally established in 2004.
Since 2002 the Korean Government has
been making increasing contributions to the work of the ILO and so far
has contributed more than US$ 3 million. Te
Government has also funded the participation of specialists and
experts in ILO work.
For
more information/photos please contact:
Ms. Sophy Fisher
Regional Information Officer
ILO Regional Office for
Asia
and the Pacific
Bangkok
,
Thailand
Tel: 662 288 2482
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