All events: Asia + Pacific

Sloping ariculture land technology

Contract Signing for SALT Implementation in Kananga, Leyte

The International Labour Organization (LO), in partnership with the Mahawan Farmers Association (MFA) and with the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), implemented a Sloping Agriculture Land Technology (SALT)...

Tacloban and Samar Haiyan response culminating event

Culminating Event of ILO's Haiyan Response in Tacloban and Samar

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Emergency Employment and Livelihood Recovery (EELR) Project for Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) and Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) draws to a close in October 2015. In commemoration of the occasion, the Project...

Collective bargaining and social dialogue

Promoting Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue at the Enterprise Level

As a continuation of the Consultation-Workshop on Policy Reforms and Collective Bargaining held in the early part of the 2015, the seminar-workshop on Promoting Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue at the Enterprise level was conducted on 28-30...

Coron Haiyan response culminating event

Culminating Event of ILO's Haiyan Response in Coron, Palawan

As the International Labour Organization (ILO) Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Response drew to a close at the end of October 2015, the Project Office in Palawan organized a half-day culminating activity on 19 October. At this, the team showcased the...

Social dialogue and tripartism

Beyond the Enterprise: Social Dialogue and Tripartism for Better Policy Making

Tripartite constituents gathered together to explore industry-based collective bargaining, tripartism and social dialogue in the Philippines. The approach adopted the training workshop format to provide venue for continuing discussions that...

Building resiliency and strengthening partnerships

Culminating Event on Building Resiliency and Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihoods at the Forefront of Recovery After Super Typhoon...

The International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the implementing partners in Northern Cebu, held a project culminating event entitled “Building Resiliency and Strengthening Partnerships: Livelihood at the Forefront of Recovery After...

Employment relationships and decent work

Five-day Course on Evolving Forms of Employment Relationships and Decent Work

In the national context of ongoing debates relating to pending legislations and proposals of labour law reforms, the ILO CO-Manila, in partnership with the International Training Centre ILO (ITC-ILO) and the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR),...

Financial and management information for collective bargaining

Understanding Company Financial and Management Information for Collective Bargaining

The ILO’s Bureau for Workers Activities (ACTRAV), in collaboration with ILO CO-Manila, organized a national workshop for trade unions on the topic ‘Understanding company financial and management information for collective bargaining’ on 29-30...

Assessment based national dialogue

Assessment Based National Dialogue: Expanded Core Group Costing Workshop

The final Rapid Assessment Protocol (RAP) workshop was conducted on September 28 and 29 to wrap up the costing stage of the Assessment Based National Dialogue (ABND).

Minimum wage fixing guidelines for domestic workers

All Employers Forum on Minimum Wage Fixing Guidelines for Domestic Workers

ILO provides technical and financial assistance to the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) to conduct an All Employers’ Forum to provide a broader platform for its employer constituents to raise awareness on the new rules of...

Community-based enterprise development

Presentation of the Community-based Enterprise Development (C-BED) Outputs (Internally Displaced Peoples Business Plans) to National...

UN cares training of facilitators

UN for All: Training of Facilitators

The ILO, as convenor of the inter-agency UN Cares Working Group (UNCWG), will participate in the training of country-level facilitators for the new UN for All workshop modules.

Roadmap towards impact assessment of Batas Kasambahay

Discussion Towards the Development of a Roadmap Towards Impact Assessment of Batas Kasambahay: Regular Meeting of the Philippine Technical...

Tripartite- plus members of Domestic Work TWG will convene to meet and present the results that transpired during the “Stakeholders’ Workshop towards a Participatory Impact Assessment of Domestic Workers’ Situation in the Philippines” in April 2015....

Inauguration of Livelihood Centre

Livelihood Centre Inaugurated in Medellin, Northern Cebu

A one-storey training and enterprise centre, built in collaboration with Child and Women in Cebu Empowerment Inc. (CWCE), was inaugurated on 8 September 2015 in Barangay Kawit, Municipality of Medellin, Northern Cebu.

Labour force survey

Mission on Labour Force Survey (LFS) Pilot Studies for Implementing the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)...

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in partnership with ILO Statistics will conduct a training on cognitive testing and analysis in Cebu City.

City Health Office facilities quick-fix and repair

Contract Signing with City Health Office on Facilities Quick-Fix and Repair

The International Labour Organization (ILO), with the Ormoc-Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (OFCCCII) and with the support of the Government of Norway collaborated in the repair of the damaged structures of the Ormoc City...

Healthy women, healthy economies

APEC “Healthy Women, Healthy Economies” Experts Group Meeting: Developing a “Policy Toolkit” to Enhance Women’s Economic Participation by...

The ILO Country Office for the Philippines Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson participated as one of the panelists to discuss Why the need to invest in “Healthy Women, Healthy Economies”?

Decent work for Filipino fishers

Promoting Decent Work for Filipino Fishers

Fishing is an important industry at the international and national level. It has also become an increasingly global industry and an important source of food and livelihood.

Inauguration of San Victor Elementary School facilities

Inauguration of San Victor Elementary School Facilities

The International Labour Organization, in collaboration with USWAG Kita Inc. (USWAG is a Cebuano word meaning "growth"), and with the support of the Government of Norway, repaired some of the teaching facilities of the San Victor Elementary School...

Enterprise trainees

Graduation and Turn-over Ceremony of 95 Enterprise Trainees under the Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance...

The event symbolized completion of the five-month on-the-job training and utilization of Transition Enterprise Project (TEP) tools developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) where 82 beneficiaries from people’s organizations (POs) were...