Events and training on labour migration
January 2014
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Media Workshop
Senior media executives meet to enhance coverage of labour migration
13 - 14 January 2014
The ILO and Panos Paris bring together media professionals from countries of migrant labour origion to expand media coverage and information sharing on labour migration.
December 2013
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Event
Regional Meeting to Review Labour Migration Structures and Financing in Asia (RAS151)
17 - 18 December 2013
A 1.5 day workshop will be organized to present and validate the findings of the study and to increase the knowledge base on the financing of protection of migrant workers and organizational structures to manage labour emigration.
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Meeting
Tripartite Research and Policy Consultation Meeting on Migrant Domestic Workers in Argentina
11 December 2013
The Tripartite Commission on Equal Opportunities (CTIO) of Argentina organized a consultation meeting in the framework of the Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers (GAP-MDW) to discuss challenges for the implementation of the recently adopted law on domestic work.
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Training
Training on “Financial Literacy for Migrant Workers and their Families”
7 - 14 December 2013
The Forum des Organisations de Solidarité Internationale Issues des Migrations (FORIM) a French federation of associations of migrant workers, and the International Labour Organization jointly organize a training of trainers (ToT) in Paris (France) in December 2013.
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Event
Regional Domestic Workers Knowledge Sharing Forum in Latin America
4 - 6 December 2013
Representatives of governments, employers and workers discussed best practices and shared expertise on social security systems for domestic workers, their better protection and reduction of occupational hazards.
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Event
ILO/Korea Multi-Country Dialogue "Effective implementation of the Employment Permit System" (ILO-Korea Program)
3 - 4 December 2013
The overall objective of this two-day multi-country workshop is to encourage policy dialogue and exchange of lessons learned and good practices in the area of remittance services, return and reintegration, and to reflect on the achievements and challenges of the EPS.
November 2013
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Labour migration
6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
26 - 27 November 2013
The 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour is scheduled to take place on 26 and 27 November 2013 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is an open platform for review, discussion and exchange of best practices and ideas between governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and civil society stakeholders on key issues facing migrant workers in South-East Asia, and develop recommendations to advance the implementation of the principles of the ASEAN Declaration on Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.
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Event
The Role of Employers’ Organizations in Matching Skills and Increasing Mobility Across the ASEAN Region: Employers’ Regional Workshop – ASEAN TRIANGLE Project
6 November 2013
To support national employers’ organizations in responding to issues related to skills and mobility, the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) organized a regional workshop in the framework of the ASEAN TRIANGLE project. Through presentations by regional and global experts and open discussion between ASEAN employers, the workshop aimed to increase businesses’ understanding of the implications of skilled labour mobility and to discuss challenges and good practices of employers in relation to migration in all skill categories.
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Event
ASEAN Labour Migration Database Technical Meeting
4 November 2013
The ILO ASEAN TRIANGLE Project is developing a Labour Migration Statistics Database that will include the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in recognition of the importance of collecting, analysing and sharing labour migration data and in the absence of any existing database relevant to labour migration issues.
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Event
Tripartite Technical Meeting on Labour Migration
4 - 8 November 2013
Representatives from governments, workers and employers discuss labour migration and consider possible areas for ILO intervention.