Events and training on labour migration
May 2014
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Training
Training Course on Evolving Forms of Employment Relationships and Decent Work
12 - 16 May 2014
Representatives of government, workers’ and employers’ organizations, NGOs and academia from Asia, Africa and Arab countries participated in a training course on evolving forms of employment relationships and decent work to strengthen their capacities to use international labour standards and enhance labour rights and social protection of workers in “non-standard” employment relationships.
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Event
Presentation of the main findings of the "European Migrant Integration Academy" (EU-MIA)
7 May 2014
The EU-MIA project aims at establishing connections between researchers, practitioners and institutions to encourage innovative city-to-city cooperation on migrant integration at the European level.
April 2014
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Event
Regional Meeting on Increasing Productivity through Enhancing the Safety and Health of Migrant Workers
29 - 30 April 2014
The mobility of professionals in the ASEAN region is expected to increase significantly with the realization of the ASEAN Economic Community’s (AEC) Blueprint for the free flow of skilled labour by 2015. Increased efforts will be needed to ensure that robust regulatory frameworks are in place across the region when the AEC is scheduled to commence in 2015
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Domestic workers
Lebanon private domestic worker recruitment agencies review code of conduct
29 - 30 April 2014
The workshop will review the Code of Conduct adopted by Syndicate of Recruitment Agencies in Lebanon (SORAL) in 2013.
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Labour migration
Arab States research network on labour migration reconsiders recruitment practices
29 - 30 April 2014
Leading practitioners and academics from the ILO’s Migration and Governance Network research network meet to discuss key issues related to labour migration and recruitment in the Arab region.
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Event
Migration and Decent Work and the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Statement by Thetis Mangahas, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Global Experts Meeting on Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
28 - 29 April 2014
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Migrant Workers
ILO migrant workers project in Jordan assesses future interventions upon completion
27 April 2014
The ILO’s dedicated migrant worker project in Jordan meets with key stakeholders in the country to formulate future interventions during a project wrap-up and closing ceremony.
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Event
Workshop on the Fair Recruitment Initiative
23 - 24 April 2014
On the 23rd and 24th of April 2014, the ILO Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour (SAPFL), in collaboration with the ILO’s Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT) and the International Training Centre in Turin, hosted a first consultative workshop on the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) under the auspices of the Global Migration Group (GMG), which is currently chaired by ILO.
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Domestic workers
Officials from Kuwait and Jordan explore methods to implement ILO international instruments on domestic workers
23 - 24 April 2014
Government representatives from Jordan and Kuwait meet to enhance their ability to implement ILO Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201.
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Labour migration
Kuwait and the ILO discuss the foundations of a national migration policy
21 - 22 April 2014
ILO experts and Kuwaiti government officials meet in a two-day consultation to formulate the objectives of a national migration policy.