Labour market governance and working conditions resources

AP-IRNet - Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Industrial Relations

01 May 2011

Provides a brief snapshot about the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Industrial Relations (AP-IRNet).

Tripartite Labour Advisory Council launched in Vanuatu

01 May 2011

For the first time since independence in 1980, government, workers and employers have formally joined forces to create a tripartite advisory body to help guide Vanuatu’s development of new labour and employment policies.

Labour market governance and working conditions

08 April 2011

Public Lecture & Panel Discussion on LMIA in the Asia Pacific Region

19 November 2010

The ILO in conjunction with the University of the South Pacific (USP) organized a public lecture & panel discussion on labour market information and analysis in the Pacific through regional partnership and capacity building. The speakers were from USP, ILO, social partners and the relevant government ministries.

LMIA Mission - Strengthening Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific through Regional Partnership and Capacity Building

15 November 2010

A joint mission aims to strengthen the need assessment and to mobilise resources with partners (i.e. SPC, PIFS, UNESCAP, World Bank, Australia & New Zealand) in support of LMIA in the Pacific.

Labour governance & migration

01 November 2010

This multi-country technical cooperation project has two main components: strengthening labour market governance and improving the development impact of labour migration.

Spotlight falls on decent work in Pacific Island States

18 June 2010

Progress towards building a sustainable future and implementing decent work for countries in the Pacific was highlighted at a special event held during the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.

Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners

09 February 2010

Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan for Decent Work’.

Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9 February 2010

03 February 2010

In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.

Strengthening labour market information and analysis in the Pacific through regional partnership and capacity-building

28 January 2010

The immediate objective of the project will be to improve labour market information and analysis processes and systems and institutional capacity at the national and regional level, through enhanced coordination and mobilization of regional resources and expertise, as outlined in the Forum Economic Action Plan 2009. The development objective is to increase understanding of Pacific labour markets based on sound labour market statistics for the formulation of policies and programmes that can support enhanced intra-regional labour mobility, create decent employment opportunities, particularly for women and youth, and support economic growth and economic integration.