The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is an open platform for the review, discussion and exchange of good practices and ideas between governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and civil society on key issues facing migrant workers in Southeast Asia. Each year the forum develops recommendations to advance the implementation of the principles of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.

The 10th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour will be held on 25-26 October 2017 in the Philippines. It will be hosted by the Government of the Philippines as the current chair of the ASEAN and the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW).

The 10th AFML will carry the overall theme “Towards Achieving Decent Work for Domestic Workers in ASEAN” and cover two thematic sessions:

• Theme 1: International and national standards for the protection of migrant domestic workers
• Theme 2: Implementation of policies and support services

National tripartite preparatory workshops for the 10th AFML will be held in several ASEAN Member States (AMS) to take stock on the progress of stakeholders in implementing the previous AFML recommendations and to discuss the themes of the 10th AFML. The ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN Programme will support the organization of one preparatory workshop in each AMS.

The AFML national tripartite preparatory workshops will be organized in order to:

• Take stock of stakeholders’ progress in implementing the recommendations of previous AFMLs;
• Discuss the 10th AFML theme and sub-themes as well as prepare national recommendations on how to achieve decent work for migrant domestic workers as duly endorsed by national tripartite partners;
• Develop a report or set of positions that the AFML delegates can use at the 10th AFLM.

Each AFML preparatory workshop should include representatives from:

• Government ministries responsible for labour migration and domestic work
• Employers’ organizations, including affiliates of the ASEAN Confederation of Employers
• Workers’ organizations, including affiliates of the ASEAN Trade Union Council
• Civil society organizations, including the Task Force for ASEAN Migrant Workers
• International organizations, including ILO, IOM and UN Women
• Other participants as deemed appropriate

For further information please contact:

Ms Nguyen Thi Mai Thuy
National Project Coordinator
ILO Country Office for Viet Nam
Tel.: +84 4 37340902 Ext 306
Email: thuy@ilo.org