Armenia hosts workshop on private employment agencies.
It is estimated that most trafficked victims leave the country through their own social networks or criminal intermediaries, often linked to organised crime. There is evidence, however, that private employment agencies, if left unregulated, can become part of the modus operandi of the trafficking crime, including agencies that recruit under disguise, such as travel, entertainment, model or other agencies. Law abiding private employment agencies can play a key role in facilitating legal migration, but they often have to compete against illegitimate recruiters.
25 April 2008
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These problems were discussed at the workshop entitled “Recruitment agencies in the context of addressing labour migration, trafficking in human beings, and forced labour” organized in Armenia on March 25 within the framework of the regional ILO-OSCE-ICMPD project “Development of Comprehensive Anti-trafficking Response in South Caucasus” and became a follow-up to workshops on private employment agencies that had taken place in Moscow and Tbilisi.
Armenian First Deputy Labour and Social Affairs Minister Araik Petrosyan opened the workshop. ILO’s tripartite partners and international experts discussed a draft report on assessment of the recruitment industry in Armenia. They also analyzed problems of the Republic’s private recruitment industry, gaps in legislation and monitoring.
An ILO expert made a focus on the future development of Armenia’s recruitment industry and made a presentation of the Russian version of ILO’s Guide to Private Employment Agencies Regulation.
Armenia ’s Employers Organization urged the creation of a business association of private employment agencies, which may become a branch of the organization.
The workshop provided recommendations for making a final assessment of private employment agencies.
Armenian First Deputy Labour and Social Affairs Minister Araik Petrosyan opened the workshop. ILO’s tripartite partners and international experts discussed a draft report on assessment of the recruitment industry in Armenia. They also analyzed problems of the Republic’s private recruitment industry, gaps in legislation and monitoring.
An ILO expert made a focus on the future development of Armenia’s recruitment industry and made a presentation of the Russian version of ILO’s Guide to Private Employment Agencies Regulation.
Armenia ’s Employers Organization urged the creation of a business association of private employment agencies, which may become a branch of the organization.
The workshop provided recommendations for making a final assessment of private employment agencies.