All events: migrant workers + international migration + irregular migration + migration policy + return migration + labour migration + refugees

Migrant workers

Fourth Joint Dialogue on labour migration between the ASEAN Trade Union Council and the ASEAN Confederation of Employers

The ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) and the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) and their country-level affiliates are meeting in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on 14 February 2024 for a Fourth Joint Dialogue on labour migration.

Virtual launch event

Interactive dialogue and launch of Work Wise Youth: A guide to youth rights at work

The webinar will feature an interactive and inter-generational dialogue on the importance of promoting youth rights at work for individuals, businesses and societies, and launch "Work Wise Youth: A guide to youth rights at work". The guide is...

ILO at the 14th Global Forum on Migration and Development Summit

The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) is the world’s largest informal, non-binding, voluntary and government-led process on migration. The 14th GFMD Summit, chaired by France focuses on the overarching theme "From environmental...

World of Work Show

How to meet the challenges of youth employment?

There are approximately 73 million unemployed youth globally. In this episode of the World of Work Show, we discuss how to meet the challenges of youth employment with Sara Elder, Head of Employment Analyses & Economic Policies Unit of the ILO.

GRF Education Forum event

Boosting Refugee Self Reliance through Technical and Vocational Education and Training - Lessons we need to learn

Global Refugee Forum 2023 side event

Youth Leadership in Action: The future we cannot afford to ignore

In the context of the Global Refugee Forum, the ILO is supporting the linked event on Youth Leadership in Action. The event is organized to support the Global Multi-Stakeholder Pledge to Support Work With, For & By Young People in Displacement and...

Labour migration

ILO Roundtable: Migrant workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining

The ILO will host a virtual roundtable to discuss and present the findings of its latest report on the freedom of association and collective bargaining (FACB) rights of migrant workers. The roundtable will gather a panel of stakeholders representing...

Tracking Progress: FCDO's In-Depth Review of Labour Migration Interventions in Kenya

A high-level monitoring visit on the ongoing ILO Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Program interventions in Kenya (Nairobi and Mombasa)

Online Event

Social protection in the Gulf countries: what rights can migrant workers access?

This event launched a first-of-a-kind comprehensive report on migrant workers’ access to social protection across the GCC countries: Social protection for migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC):...

Multi-regional Trade Union Dialogue and Cooperation: Reinforcing Commitment and Fostering Action for Migrant Workers’ Rights

As a follow-up to the commitment of the six regional trade union confederations to defend, protect and promote the rights of migrant workers, this multi-regional trade union dialogue on labour migration identified good practices in implementation...

16th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

“Enhancing the effectiveness of legal pathways for labour migration in ASEAN”

As the 2023 ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers Chair, Indonesia organizes the 16th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour from 25-26 October 2023 in Jakarta,...

Training on Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers

The ILO through the BRMM, FAIRWAY and JLMP LEAD projects, is organizing a regional training to build the capacity of stakeholders in extending social protection for migrant workers.

Global Refugee Forum: 15by30 Refugee Higher Education and Self-Reliance Pledge Webinar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Africa Labour Migration Conference

The ILO and the African Union Commission, in collaboration with IOE and ITUC Africa held the African Countries Labour Migration Conference in October in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Dialogue among African countries focussed on fostering cooperation...

Workshop with GCC governments promotes a rights-based approach to employment contract termination for migrant workers in the Gulf

The ILO, together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Women and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the GCC Executive Bureau co-hosted a workshop with representatives of the six GCC...

Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts

A technical knowledge-sharing event on engaging and developing the private sector in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus

THAMM Programme “Capitalization, Results, and Perspectives” Ceremony

As the “Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa” THAMM Programme is coming to an end by 31 October 2023 after three years of implementation in Egypt, the Government of Egypt, the European...

Building Bridges Week

Pathways to financial inclusion for refugees and migrants: Empowering communities for a better future

On 5 October 2023, the ILO participated in a panel discussion during the 2023 Building Bridges week, focussing on access to finance for refugees and migrants.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

2023 Technical Meeting of Focal Points on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN

Collection of International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) data in ASEAN is done annually together with the help of a network of focal points in national institutions in all ASEAN Member States. This network of focal points was established in...

FAIRWAY Migrant Resource Center Symposium

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the FAIRWAY programme convened a symposium on Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) that brought together participants from three African countries of origin: Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria. The central...