Events and training on labour migration
July 2015
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Event
Capacity Building Workshop on Strengthening the Role of Labour Attachés in Thailand: Ethical Recruitment
29 July 2015
The International Labour Organization ASEAN TRIANGLE Project and the Ministry of Labour, Thailand, have launched a series of consultations with labour attachés and embassy officials from Cambodia, Laos PDR and Myanmar now posted in Bangkok to strengthen dialogue between the ministry and labour attaches and consular officials. The third consultation of labour attaches, addressing the issue of ethical recruitment and hiring procedures, will be held on the 29th July 2015.
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Third technical meeting of focal specialists on international labour migration statistics in ASEAN
1 - 2 July 2015
The International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database in ASEAN was successfully published on 18 December 2014 as a special collection on the ILO’s central database, ILOSTAT, as well as through the APMigration web-portal.
May 2015
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Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migrant Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos
26 - 27 May 2015
The ASEAN TRIANGLE Project and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Government of Laos PDR co-host the Sub-regional meeting to validate findings of the Migrant Welfare Fund Feasibility Study on 26-27 May 2015 in Vientiane, Laos PDR. The Migrant Welfare Fund Feasibility Study conducted in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos documents the current welfare programmes and services available to migrant workers in these three countries; identifies the needs and gaps in the provision of migrant welfare programmes and services; analyses pre-requisites required for establishing migrant welfare fund programmes; and finally provides recommendations on the actions that must be taken in order to develop an appropriate migrant welfare fund system. In order to guide the finalisation of the study, a sub-regional validation workshop is convened to discuss its findings and to agree on next steps, including pilot initiatives.
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Event
Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers - 7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour Regional Consultation Workshop
15 - 16 May 2015
The 7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour theme: “Towards the ASEAN Community by 2015 with enhanced measures to protect and promote the rights of migrant workers” is held 20-21 November 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The participants recommend concrete measures to promote and protect the rights of migrant workers specifically to fulfil the commitments of ASEAN Member States as required in the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.
March 2015
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Event
9th Subregional Advisory Committee Meeting
25 - 26 March 2015
The SURAC (Sub-regional Advisory Committee) meeting has served as an ILO platform for tripartite constituents to share information, experiences and provide guidance on anti-trafficking and migration management for ten years.
November 2014
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Workshop
Workshop on the Status of Migrant Domestic Workers and Their Families in Paraguay-Argentina Migration Corridor
19 November 2014
30 representatives of the government, employers’ organizations, trade unions, domestic workers’ organizations, academia and civil society organizations discussed research findings and policy implications of a study on migrant domestic workers’ rights in the Paraguay-Argentina, conducted under the auspices of the Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers (GAP-MDW).
August 2014
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Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers: Post-6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour GMS Consultation on good practice to improve Complaint Mechanism
15 - 16 August 2014
The TFAMW organized the GMS consultation to review, discuss and exchange good practices among civil society stakeholders on ways to effective implement and improve existing complaint mechanisms. The GMS Consultation Workshop facilitated the documentation of forms and procedures in use to file complaints, claims and appeals against abuses and discrimination during the full cycle of migration. The full cycle of migration includes pre-departure – recruitment agencies, training, fees paid for the legal processing to work overseas; post-arrival – working and living conditions, terms of employment, and returning – unfair dismissals, non-payment of due wages and other claims.