All events: Asia + Pacific

Pledge for financial support of child labourers

Individuals and Organizations Pledge for Financial Support of Child Labourers

Strong community involvement is among the highlight features of the ILO-IPEC and DOLE child labour programme called “Taking Children Out of Child Labour through a Functional and Institutionalized Child Labour Monitoring and Integrated Services...

Workshop for Validation of Mining Sector Guidelines on HIV and AIDS

The ILO India HIV/AIDS project organised a two day workshop to validate the draft Global Guidelines for Mining Sector on HIV and AIDS, on 26-27 November 2012, at the India International Centre, New Delhi-110003.

Global South-South Development Forum 2012

The 2012 Global South-South Development Expo in Vienna (Austria) placed the spotlight on Energy and Climate Change. The ILO Solution Forum on Energy, Climate Change and Decent Work (20 November) covered inclusive access to decent work, follow-up to...

Design of unemployment insurance systems

Roundtable on the Design of Unemployment Insurance Systems: Learning from ASEAN Experience

The International Labour Organization Country Office for the Philippines (ILO CO-Manila), the ILO/Japan-ASEAN Unemployment Insurance Project, and the Government of the Philippines will organize an experts’ meeting to recall international labour...

Jamboree Event on Promotion of Women Workers Rights & Ratification of ILO Domestic Workers Convention C. 189

JAMBOREE Event Seeking Ratification of ILO Domestic Workers Convention C. 189

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

SWOT Exercises

One of the activities of the US State Department funded ILO Freedom of Association Project, is the undertaking of a series of SWOT exercises to examine the institutional needs of our social partners to engage in good faith collective bargaining and...

DWAB Online Photo Competition

The purpose of the photography competition is to capture images related to migration from the perspective of young health professionals and increase the awareness of Filipinos on decent work, safe and ethical migration particularly of health...

5th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

The 5th ASEAN Forum was held from 9 to 10 October 2012 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The theme of the 5th AFML was the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers: Towards Effective Recruitment Practices and Regulations.

Capacity Building Workshop for SCORE/SIYB Implementing Partners and Trainers

The capacity building workshop for the trainers and implementing partners of SCORE and SIYB to develop their broad understanding on ILO tripartite structure, its mandate and principles.

Official launch of the Strategic Plan on Sustainable Tourism and Green Jobs for Indonesia, 13 September 2012, Bali, Indonesia.

Through a large consultation process at national level and provincial level involving more than 250 experts, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy with technical support from the ILO Green Jobs Asia project has developed a strategic plan to...

Disability Workshop on Convention (No. 159) on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) for Pacific Island Governments

The ILO in partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat are planning to hold a regional meeting on Convention 1983 (No. 159) on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disable Persons). This meeting is tentatively scheduled from 5th -...

Online Discussion on Circular Migration

Promoting Decent Work for Migrant Health Professionals

The EU funded Decent Work Across Borders: A pilot project for migrant health professionals and skilled workers was launched on 6 July 2012 in Manila. The project's advisory committee composed of representatives of the government, employers, trade...

"Visioning Event on Managing Skills and Employability for Decent Work through Building a Community of Practice and a Roadmap for the...

In order to foster more ownership within the Regional Skills Network from its members, it is planned that the next Regional Skills Network meeting explicitly include the future of the Regional Skills Network and the role of member States and social...

Philippine Tripartite-plus Stakeholders Assessment Workshop on Ethical Recruitment in the Health Sector

Conduct of a workshop to gather relevant stakeholders and their inputs to the Country Report based on the Code of Practice monitoring worksheets.

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Guidelines Launched for the Police and Military to Apply Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining

The guidelines specifies the role of key players and addresses human rights and workers’ rights, particularly the important issues raised by workers, including violence against unionists, presence of the military in (or near) the workplace, ...

Preparatory Regional Meeting of Labour Statisticians in Support of the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)

In October 2013 the International Labour Organization (ILO) will convene the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference will review and discuss for possible adoption a...

Participatory Approach in the Monitoring of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

Conduct of preliminary meetings to orient five groups of stakeholders on Code of Practice and the monitoring tool.

Fellowship Training Programme on the Management of the Training Institution for Managers and Administrators of Technical/Vocational...

This fellowship is one of the activities that will help with the realization of one of the ILO’s strategic objectives listed under the regional priorities and outcomes of 2010-11, which is the ‘creation of greater opportunities for women and men to...

Returned migrant workers

Going Back, Moving On-Final Project Conference

The ILO-EU Project on “Economic and Social Empowerment of Migrants, Including Victims of Trafficking Returned from the European Union (EU) and Neighbouring Countries” (Thailand and the Philippines) will have a Final Project Conference in Manila on...