Training on Negotiation of Social Security Agreements

Type: Training
When: 16-18 January 2024
Where: Siem Reap, Cambodia

On 16-18 January 2024, TRIANGLE in ASEAN supports the Cambodian Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to host a Training on Negotiation of Social Security Agreements. The training is delivered by social security and labour migration specialists from ILO Geneva, the International Social Security Association, a regional expert consultant and the TRIANGLE in ASEAN team.

Purpose of the training is to build capacity and confidence of ASEAN Member States to initiate negotiations for bilateral social security agreements to put the ASEAN Guidelines into practice. Focus of the training is on the negotiation process and practical negotiation skills.

About 60 participants including representatives of ministries of labour and social security agencies from ASEAN Member States, employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations, civil society organizations, observers from Timor Leste, resource persons, ASEAN Secretariat, and ILO staff will join the training.

Second Technical Consultation to Develop ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers

Type: Meeting
When: 15 January 2024
Where: Siem Reap, Cambodia

On 15 January, the Cambodia Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training will host a Second Consultation on the ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers with support from the ASEAN Secretariat and TRIANGLE in ASEAN in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The delegates joining this discussion include representatives of ministries of labour and social security agencies from ASEAN Member States, employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations, civil society organizations, observers from Timor Leste, resource persons, ASEAN Secretariat and ILO staff. The event is hosted by the Cambodia Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and TRIANGLE in ASEAN.

Purpose of the Second consultation on the ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers is to review and discuss the zero draft ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers. After the event the finalized text of the ASEAN Guidelines will be circulated for formal consultation and approval by ACMW.

Online training on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers

Type: Training
When: 11-13 December 2023
Where: Online

On 11-13 December, TRIANGLE in ASEAN supported the Cambodia Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to host an Online Training on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers. The training was delivered by social security and labour migration specialists from ILO Geneva, the International Social Security Association, a regional expert consultant and the TRIANGLE in ASEAN team. About 60 participants joined the training, including representatives of social security organizations and labour ministries from ASEAN Member States and Timor Leste as well as employers’, workers’ and civil society organizations.

The online training achieved its dual objectives as a preparatory step for the Second consultation on the development of ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers. It helped the training team to:

1. Ensure that stakeholders have a common and sufficient conceptual understanding of portability of social security benefits to be able to review, discuss and finalize the zero draft ASEAN Guidelines text at the Siem Reap consultation in January 2024 and
2. Update their knowledgebase on laws, benefits, concepts and definitions relevant for social security for migrant workers in ASEAN Member States to help finalize the zero draft ASEAN Guidelines text.

The participatory training design involving case study discussions, Slido quizzes, “tour of the table” sessions and plenty of opportunities for asking questions allowed the participants to actively engage with the trainers and one another.

First technical consultation develop ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers

Type: Meeting
When: 9 - 10 March 2023
Where: Online

The technical consultation organized on 9-10 March 2023 started the year-long ASEAN process to develop ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers led by the Cambodia Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training with support from the ASEAN Secretariat and the ILO. The ASEAN Guidelines will support implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers adopted in 2022, and guide the ASEAN Member States in concluding bilateral social security agreements.

Objectives of the first consultation included:

1. Discuss key concepts and coordination principles relating to portability of social security benefits;
2. Learn from experiences in advancing portability of social security benefits in other regions, especially the Southern African Development Community (SADC); and
3. Review and discuss a draft outline for the ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers. The feedback received on the draft outline will guide drafting of the ASEAN Guidelines.

The meeting brought together about 80 participants including representatives of ministries of labour and social security agencies from ASEAN Member States, employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations, civil society organizations, resource persons and ILO staff.

The ILO’s support to the process to develop ASEAN Guidelines on Portability of Social Security Benefits for Migrant Workers is channelled through TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme. The ILO TRIANGLE in ASEAN is a partnership between the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and the International Labour Organization (ILO).