Events and training on labour migration

September 2019

  1. Symposium

    Enhancing Protection and Welfare of Sri Lankan Migrant Workers Abroad

    18 - 20 September 2019

    A symposium on enhancing protection and welfare of Sri Lankan migrant workers, through revision of the Operational Manual for Labour Sections of Sri Lankan Diplomatic Missions, between 18th – 20th September 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

December 2018

  1. Theatre

    International Migrants Day 2018: Street Theatre to Raise Awareness on Human Trafficking

    18 December 2018

    The ILO in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), organised a pop-up street theatre performance in honour of International Migrants day on 18 December 2018.

October 2018

  1. Event

    National Multi-sector Policy Forum on Labour Migration

    2 October 2018

    National Multi-sector Policy Forum on Labour Migration, will be hosted by the Ministry of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment on the 2nd October 2018 at the Galle Face Hotel.

May 2018

  1. Event

    ILO Sri Lanka holds the National Consultation on labour migration and fair recruitment.

    31 May 2018

    As part of the ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative, the EU-funded “Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration”, also known as REFRAME project organized a stakeholder consultation on labour migration and fair recruitment on 31st May, 2018 at the Movenpick Hotel, Colombo.

  2. Event

    ILO facilitates stakeholder consultation on labour migration and fair recruitment

    31 May 2018

    As part of the ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative, the EU-funded “Global Action to Improve the Recruitment Framework of Labour Migration” ( REFRAME) project is organizing a stakeholder consultation on labour migration and fair recruitment.

April 2018

  1. Event

    Technical consultation on recruitment costs borne by migrant workers

    25 - 27 April 2018

    This technical consultation brings together knowledge and experiences of national statistical offices in South Asia, research institutions, statistical experts, implementers of recruitment and migration cost surveys and the ILO to discuss ways of measuring recruitment costs that is borne by migrant workers.

  2. Event

    ILO Facilitates stakeholder consultation to revise law on foreign employment

    23 April 2018

    ILO supported the Ministry of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment to facilitate a consultation with key stakeholders of the labour migration to revise the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Act of 1985.

March 2018

  1. Event

    Consultation on Perspectives of the Skills Sector for Labour Migration

    27 March 2018

    As migration is now an integral part of development within which skills development, recognition and upgrading is given specific priority in the Governments’ Vision 2025 statement, ILO is facilitating a consultation with key skills and labour migration sector stakeholders from the government, private and non-government sectors to identify policy priorities and strategic areas of focus for the updated National Labour Migration Policy

May 2015

  1. Event

    Realizing a Fair Migration Agenda: Labour Flows between Asia and Arab States, Asia Tripartite Meeting

    6 - 7 May 2015

    Tripartite partners meet to develop origin-country inputs to an action plan for fair migration in Asia to Arab States labour flows.

August 2011

  1. Event

    Judicial Colloquium on Human Trafficking and Forced Labour for Magistrates

    7 - 9 August 2011

    The programme will include sessions on international labour standards and conventions relating to human trafficking and forced labour, domestic law and amendments on the subject, prosecutions, victims and psychological impact etc. This programme is being developed in consultation with the Ministry of Justice and the Judges Training Institute.