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Agenda of the Inter-Regional Expert Forum on Skills and Migration in the South Asia – Middle East Corridor

Goals and Key tasks – TAWG on Skills and Qualification Recognition

A matrix of priorities for the Colombo Process working group.

Impact brief, Issue 9

Promoting women’s empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa: A rapid evidence assessment of labour market interventions

The Taqeem Impact Brief Series documents how organizations measure outcomes of their employment programmes, the tools that are applied and the findings and recommendations that emerge to assist them in improving impacts and programme design. This...

Working with Victims of Trauma Guide

Migration Photojournalism Guide

Gender-Sensitive Reporting on Migration Guide

Ethical Reporting on Labour Migration in the Arab States - 5 Actions to Take Today

Video interview

Training is paramount to access the overseas market

Shameem Ahmed Noman speaks about the critical role that training centers play for migrant workers and the need to expand them in a country like Bangladesh.

Video interview

Skilling workers is key to remittance flow and better job prospects overseas

Jabed Ahmed speaks about why skilling plays a critical role for migrating workers from Bangladesh.

Strengthening skills recognition systems: Interpreting the global analysis through a migration lens

This presentation is drawn from the conclusions and recommendations from an ILO study: Understanding the potential impact of skills recognition systems on labour markets (2016)

Collection and sharing of labour market information

This presentation looks into the methodologies that help improve the collection and the sharing of labour market information

Concept note

Inter-Regional Expert Forum on Skills and Migration In the South Asia – Middle East Corridor

Lured by a job, trapped in forced labour!

In search of a job to support his family, a man accepts an offer from a recruiter and signs a contract for what looks like a good job with decent wages. Once at destination, the reality is very different.

Saudi Arabia

Presentation: Fair Recruitment Modalities - An ILO Perspective

The Colombo Declaration

The Declaration, adopted by delegations of eighteen member countries of the ADD, including countries from Asia and the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, features guidelines in four areas for a collaborative agenda.

Ministerial meeting of Abu Dhabi Dialogue adopts Declaration that refers to ILO principles and guidelines for fair migration

The fourth ministerial meeting of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue concluded with a Declaration on migrant workers or ‘temporary contract workers’ by delegations of eighteen member countries from Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

ILO’s Asia Pacific labour conference agrees to enhance labour migration governance in the interrelated regions of Asia and the Arab States

The meeting discussed issues affecting employment and the world of work in the Asia, Pacific and Arab States including labour migration.

Summary report of information session: Fair Migration with a focus on Recruitment

The information session on fair migration with a special focus on recruitment was chaired and moderated by Mr Houngbo, Deputy Director General for Field Operations, ILO.

ILO Regional Office for Arab States lauds Saudi Arabia’s National Efforts to Prepare for the Future of Work

A social dialogue forum to discuss developing the private sector’s contribution to the national economy demonstrates the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s commitment to preparing for the future of work, and to providing young Saudis with the competitive...