17 May 2012
The project will start implementation in June 2012 till Setember 2013
17 May 2012
Regional and national workshop on Unemployment Insurance in Sabah , Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur, during 21,22 and 24 May respectively. Cohosted by ILO-SOCSO and MOHR.
13 May 2012
A Regional Consultation is planned from 13-15th May 2012 in Amman Jordan, to review operational guidelines in Sri Lankan Diplomatic Missions to ensure the protection of migrant workers titled "Consultative Forum on Welfare & Protection of Migrant Workers" organized by Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare and Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the ILO Office Colombo, as part of ILOs support to the Government to implement the National Labour Migration Policy. Sixty participants are expected including Senior decision makers from both Ministries and the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau, Ambassadors and labour officers from SL missions in 13 Gulf Corporation Council(GCC) countries as well as the far east together with ILO experts from the region and Geneva. The event will support the finalization of an Operational Manual for Sri Lankan Missions in labour receiving countries.
23 April 2012
The ILO TRIANGLE project will support the Division of Labour Policy, Department of Labour, MOHR to conduct a training course on the labour dimensions of trafficking in persons. The ILO has conducted similar training courses in the past for tripartite constituents in the region and at the global level. The training modules will be adapted to the Malaysian context and will be delivered by Malaysian Government officials and the ILO Regional Migration Specialist and the ILO Special Action Programme on Forced Labour (SAP-FL).
20 March 2012
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam, with the support of the ASEAN Secretariat, have organized a tripartite ASEAN Seminar on Unemployment Insurance, Income Security Measures and Active Labour Market Policies which took place during 20-22 March 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
23 February 2012
The meeting was the follow up of the signing of agreement between the Social Security Organization of Malaysia (SOCSO) and the International Labor Organization to cooperate in the implementation of a project entitled "Facilitating and supporting the design of an unemployment insurance system in Malaysia".
31 January 2012
This tripartite regional seminar, organized by the ILO with the support of the Ministry of Labour of Thailand and the ASEAN Secretariat, under the theme "Setting Minimum Wage and Wage Guidelines: Role of Tripartite Partners and Impact on Industrial Relations", aims to provide opportunities for ASEAN member states (tripartite) to discuss and share experiences on different mechanisms/processes in setting national minimum wage as well as wage guidelines; and role of tripartite partners in the context of good industrial relations practices. The seminar is funded by the ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme through its ASEAN-ILO/Japan Industrial Relations for ASEAN Integration project.
01 December 2011
Tripartite Action to Protect Migrant Workers from Labour Exploitation (the TRIANGLE project) aims to strengthen the formulation and implementation of recruitment and labour protection policies and practices. The project is operational in five countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam, with activities in China to follow. In each country, governments and social partners are engaged in each of the TRIANGLE project objectives.
15 November 2011
The SURAC 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. The SURAC was first established in 2001 as an informal meeting between senior advisors, to provide guidance on anti-trafficking interventions and to stimulate thinking on sub-regional initiatives. At the 3rd SURAC meeting in September 2005, the meeting was reconstituted as a tripartite labour mechanism to coordinate country-specific action on human trafficking. The primary objective of the 6th session of SURAC in 2009 was to provide inputs to the design of the TRIANGLE project.