All projects: Asia + Pacific

Applying the G20 Training Strategy

The project is a response to interest indicated by the Russian Federation to work with the ILO in supporting the application of the G20 Training Strategy to the skills development and employment needs in a range of countries.

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Indonesia: Green entrepreneurship promotion

The ILO promotes green entrepreneurs in rural and urban Indonesia.

Green Entrepreneurship

The ILO Green Jobs programme in Asia and the Pacific aims to enable potential entrepreneurs, particularly youth, to develop sustainable business ideas and promote the creation of green jobs and decent work.

Green Livelihood Access for Central Kalimantan’s Inclusive Environmental Response to Climate Change (GLACIER)

The Project aims to improve access to sustainable livelihoods for local communities in the Ex Mega Rice Project (EMRP) area in Central Kalimantan through supporting the implementation of Presidential Instruction No. 2/2007 and the Master Plan for...

Indonesia: Green livelihoods in response to climate change

In Indonesia, the ILO supports the creation of sustainable livelihoods for local communities in the Central Kalimantan province.

Japan Earthquake Project: Disseminating Lessons from Employment and Labour Measures for the Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake

The Japan Earthquake Project aims to collect and compile lessons and good practices from the recovery efforts in Japan and to share them with a wide circle of the international community. It is hoped that the final outputs of the Project will better...

Way Out of Informality: Facilitating Formalization of the Informal Economy in South Asia

The project aims to facilitate the formalization of some selected sectors in the informal economy and support the discouragement of informalisation of jobs and enterprises in the formal economy.

Labour Governance & Migration

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

Malaysia: Assessing green jobs potential and supporting skills development

In Malaysia, the ILO assists in the conduction of a green jobs assessment in Malaysia to inform decision makers about policy options and their employment impacts to shift to a green economy.

Protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers

Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region (ASEAN TRIANGLE Project-Philippines)

The Project aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project promotes both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared...

Protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers

Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region (ASEAN TRIANGLE Project-Philippines)

The Project aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project promotes both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared...

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Promoting the Effective Recognition and Implementation of the Fundamental Rights of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the...

This project emanates from observations and concerns expressed by the ILO supervisory bodies regarding difficulties in the exercise of the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining.

Protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers

Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region (ASEAN TRIANGLE Project-Philippines)

The Project aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project promotes both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared...

Protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers

Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region (ASEAN TRIANGLE Project-Philippines)

The Project aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project promotes both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared...

Community-based emergency employment

Community-based Emergency Employment (Cash-for-Work) and Reconstruction Project

The project aimed to implement an employment and livelihood recovery response in the aftermath of the Typhoon Washi and ensure a job-rich recovery process resilient to future natural disasters by applying a climate change adaptation approach.

Indonesian Green Entrepreneurship Program (IGEP)

To assist Indonesia’s economic plan, promote entrepreneurship and decent employment opportunities, the ILO has launched the Indonesian Green Entrepreneurship Program (IGEP), jointly with the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, Central Bank of...

Cambodia and Viet Nam

Occupational Safety and Health in Hazardous Work in Southeast Asia

The project aims to address occupational safety and health (OSH) in hazardous industries in Viet Nam and Cambodia, strengthen national OSH systems in line with the on-going national OSH programmes, and improve OSH standards at workplace level.

Promoting Decent Work through Integrating Employment in Industrial Policies and Sectoral Strategies in Southeast Asia

As countries across the Asia and the Pacific region recover from the global economic crisis, many countries are looking to strengthen the foundations for a more inclusive and sustainable future through the promotion of job-rich growth. In Indonesia,...

Social safety nets

ILO/Japan Fund for Building Social Safety Nets in Asia and the Pacific (SSN Fund)

The SSN Fund aims to support ILO constituents in Asia and the Pacific for building social safety nets through a wide range of activities such as; capacity building of governmental entities; enhancing proactive actions of social partners;...

HIV and AIDS

Programme on HIV and AIDS

People with HIV often suffer from stigma and discrimination. At the workplace, people with HIV often are denied basic employment rights, receive little or no social protection including health insurance coverage for HIV-related illnesses, and...