All resources: Thailand

Labour migration

Workshop on Reintegration Programmes for Returning Migrant Workers

This workshop will enable knowledge-sharing and collaboration on return and reintegration good practices for the ASEAN region, promote cooperation on bilateral and regional levels, and facilitate the development of the ASEAN Guidelines on Effective...

Skills in ASEAN

The 5th Regional Skills Technical Working Group Meeting Enhancing Human Resources Development in ASEAN: Progress of MRAs and MRS

The Regional Skills Technical Working Group was established in 2014, functioning primarily as a technical level working group that supports all skills-related activities of the ILO including the mutual recognition of skills (MRS) in ASEAN. The...

Skills in ASEAN

Experts’ Meeting on the Pilot Implementation of the Mutual Recognition of Skills for the Logistics and Transportation Skills Area

Identify skills area and explore the policy options and the best practices for the pilot implementation of MRS on Logistics/ Transport among Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam.

ILO/ASEAN Seminar on The Future of Social Protection

During the 15th Senior Labour Officials Meeting (15th SLOM), ILO is organising a seminar on July 4 and 5 in collaboration with ASEAN and the Government of Thailand, while inviting senior social security experts of ASEAN tripartite stakeholders.

“Resumption of Labour Migration and Regional Cooperation”

National Tripartite Preparatory Workshops for the 15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

National tripartite preparatory workshops for the 15th AFML will be held in several ASEAN Member States to take stock on the progress of stakeholders in implementing the previous AFML recommendations and to discuss the theme of the 15th AFML.

Women's entrepreneurship development

Launch event: Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19

This virtual event launched the new ILO-JPMorgan Chase Foundation ‘Rebuilding Better’ project, which will provide support services to women entrepreneurs in South-East Asia that have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Conference to Commemorate International Migrants Day 2021

The Asian Research Center for Migration in the Institute of Asian Studies at Chulalongkorn University hosts its annual conference to commemorate International Migrants' Day on 17 December 2021.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

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

The International Labour Organization (ILO) holds the Eighth Technical Meeting of Focal Points on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN on 29 and 30 September 2022. The meeting is supported by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) through the...

Youth employment and entrepreneurship

Youth Employment in Thailand: Labour Market Trends, COVID-19 Impact, Policy Considerations and Targeted Support Towards Youth For a...

The event organized by the ILO through the Young Futuremakers Thailand project will serve as an opportunity for the ILO to launch the "Trends, characteristics and COVID-19 impact on youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in Thailand"...

Report launch

A very beautiful but heavy jacket: The experiences of migrant workers with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression in...

Understanding the diversity of experiences requires recognition that migrant workers with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE) also have other characteristics - such as ethnicity, gender, nationality - that shape their...

Online webinar

Labour Inspection in the Context of Domestic Work Sector

Organized by the joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, this webinar aims to adopt a strengthened regional approach to meet the needs of women migrant workers and social partners, and better protection from violence and abuses. It will focus on...

Women’s entrepreneurship development

Online Workshop on Gender-Inclusive Business Services

Online workshop on gender-inclusive business development and financial support services for ILO project partners assisting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Asia and the Pacific.

Mutual recognition of skills

6th Regional Skills Technical Working Group Meeting

ASEAN Skills Recognition Initiatives and Collaboration: Contributing to the human resources development in ASEAN

Shaping attitudes and perceptions: Narratives on labour migration in shaping perceptions

Organized by the joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, in collaboration with UNODC, this webinar aims to share experiences of campaigning to build positive narratives on labour migration, women migrants' roles as agents of change who...

Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia

“Turning principles into pathways: The future of the Seafood Good Labour Practices programme” report launch

This report provides a series of recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness of the Seafood Good Labour Practices scheme.

Report launch

Hybrid publication launch and presentation of the ILO report: A just energy transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on...

The report of the ILO on “A just energy transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on jobs” will be launched as a hybrid side event on 24 May 2022 conducted on site in the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok and on an online...

6 - 9 December 2022, Singapore

17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting

The 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) will bring together government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States in Singapore to discuss concrete steps...

Online Webinar (Zoom)

Closing Gender Gaps in the World of Work: Companies Supporting Work-Family Balance

This webinar is co-hosted by ILO, the Employer Confederation of Thailand (ECOT), and the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (Norcham).

Online Webinar (Zoom)

Rough Seas: COVID-19 impact on work in fishing

The ILO-Cornell joint webinar will discuss new analyses of COVID-19’s impact on work in fishing in South-East Asia. The panel will present will share the effects of the pandemic and discuss ways forward with industry stakeholders for a more...

Intersecting identities and experiences during labour migration: Perspectives of migrants with diverse sexual orientation, gender...

Organized by the joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme, this webinar aims to highlight challenges and opportunities labour migrants with diverse SOGIESC face in ASEAN region and ways of rights protection.