Publications

The ILO publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies, relevant to Sri Lanka. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Office in Sri Lanka.

2017

  1. Green Business Booklet

    12 May 2017

    Going green is not only good for the environment, but makes business sense too, as the greening of enterprises results in improved access to markets, higher productivity and cost savings. The Green Business Booklet is part of the Green Jobs packages and the Start and Improve Your Business series of products and helps aspiring entrepreneurs to come up with a green business idea and existing entrepreneurs to green their businesses.

  2. Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED)

    18 April 2017

    The brochure provides an overview of the Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) Project in Sri Lanka, highlighting the activities in the fruit and vegetable and fishery sectors.

  3. Sri Lanka Child Activity Survey 2016

    21 February 2017

  4. Mapping of the skills assessment procedures, certification standards and equivalencies between Sri Lanka, UAE & Kuwait

    03 February 2017

    This report seeks to map the existing skills certification requirements and standards in Sri Lanka, against the skills required by countries of destination such as United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait. It further highlights the equivalencies and gaps in the construction sector in the identified occupations and recommends measures to improve the implementation of the skills qualification framework and quality of training services of prospective Sri Lankan construction workers who seek employment in UAE and Kuwait.

2016

  1. Code of conduct and guidelines to prevent and address sexual harassment in workplace

    20 September 2016

    The right to safe working conditions and equality in treatment at the workplace are inseparable from the right to work. The right to work can be seriously impaired with when employees are subjected to sexual and gender based forms of violence such as sexual harassment in the workplace.

  2. Measures to Increase Employment of Nationals in Expatriate Dominated Occupations and promote decent work among all workers

    31 August 2016

    The high dependence on foreign labour makes employment and migration two interdependent issues requiring a coordinated strategy. On the one hand, nearly half of the employed are foreigners , and not only they play a predominant role in low skilled occupations, but are numerous also among professionals and technicians. On the other hand, despite the buoyant economic growth that allowed the Maldives to reach the status of a middle-income country in 2011 , the labour market has been increasingly characterised by unemployment and discouragement.

  3. ILO Colombo E-Newsletter - 8th issue

    08 August 2016

    Welcome to the 8th issue of ILO Colombo’s newsletter. In this issue, you will find stories from our projects, updates on events and other information.

  4. Analysis of the Sri Lankakan Social Protection Schemes in the context of social protection floor objectives

    01 July 2016

  5. In-depth assessment of employment injury compensation arrangements in Sri Lanka

    01 July 2016

    ILO has assisted the Government by conducting a study to assess the feasibility of establishing an employment injury insurance (EII) scheme and to estimate financial requirements, explore coordination with other social security schemes, and to provide recommendations for a benefit package. The study has proposed a transformation from the employers’ liability scheme to employment injury insurance which is a desirable step in the development process of industrial injury compensation.

  6. Study on maternity protection insurance in Sri Lanka

    01 July 2016

    When women are discriminated against due to their reproductive role or not provided maternity protection, and when workers with family responsibilities are not protected, societal impacts can be wide-ranging.

  7. Factors affecting women’s labour force participation in Sri Lanka

    01 July 2016

    Female labour force participation rate in Sri Lanka has remained at a low rate, between 30–35 per cent in the past two decades, which is surprising given the consistently high educational attainment levels and other social indicators of women in the country. While research has focused on the supply-side factors that have kept female labour force participation rate at low levels, data on demand-side constraints is sparse. This study aims to identify those demand-side constraints through direct data from key players.

2015

  1. ILO Colombo E-Newsletter - 7th issue

    31 December 2015

    Welcome to the seventh issue of ILO Colombo’s newsletter. In this issue, you will find stories from our projects, updates on events and other information.

  2. Sub- Policy and National Action Plan on Return and Reintegration of Migrant Workers Sri Lanka

    10 December 2015

    The sub-policy document complements the National Labour Migration Policy and focuses on 5 strategies. It also contains a detailed Action Plan under each strategy.

  3. Migration development officers: Bringing services to the local community

    01 December 2015

    Policy brief on the work of migration development officers at local level, the challenges they face and recommendations for better service delivery.

  4. Strengthening migrant workers' grievance handling processes

    01 December 2015

    Policy brief on types of migrant worker grievances, how they are addressed locally and through diplomatic missions overseas and mechanisms to establish comprehensive grievance handling in Sri Lanka.

  5. Accessing information for safe and informed migration

    01 November 2015

    Policy brief on the safe migration tools were designed and cascaded to the local level through government officers, their issues and challenges on sharing safe migration at local level.

  6. ILO Publications Catalogue 2015

    01 October 2015

  7. Formulation of the National Human Resources and Employment Policy (NHREP) for Sri Lanka: A country case study

    18 September 2015

  8. Jobs Strategy

    16 August 2015

    Promoting Transformation and Job Creation in the Maldives

  9. Return and reintegration in Sri Lanka: Creating an empowering landscape for returnee migrants

    01 July 2015

    Policy brief on reintegration landscape for returnee migrants which include reintegration frameworks, services and focus areas for policy level intervention.