New Zealand resources
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Consultations for next United Nations Development Assistance Framework Commence
06 September 2011
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework(UNDAF)coordinates the activities of 15 United Nations agencies including the International Labour Organisation(ILO), in 14 Pacific Island countries.
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Breakthrough in reforming labour legislation in Vanuatu
16 August 2011
Tripartite constituents in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu have achieved a breakthrough in consultations to draft an Employment Relations Bill. The new Bill will replace the existing Employment Act, the Trade Disputes Act and the Trade Unions Act.
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ILO project brings together worker's and employer's organizations from Samoa and New Zealand in mentoring initiative
29 June 2011
Worker's and employer's organizations in New Zealand have welcomed the opportunity to engage in an exchange of expertise with counterparts in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
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Youth unemployment a challenge in Asia and the Pacific
31 August 2010
Young Asian women and men are increasingly finding it difficult to get jobs. This article looks at the situation in Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. By Kee Beom Kim, Labour Economist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
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Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners
09 February 2010
Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan for Decent Work’.
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Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9 February 2010
03 February 2010
In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.
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New Zealand
29 October 2008
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Skills development in the Pacific: the special skills development needs of small island economies: report of ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Technical Meeting Skills Development in the Pacific: the special skills development needs of small island economies at Tanao International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji, 26 - 28 March 2008
31 March 2008
This meeting was set up to address the needs with the overall objective to discuss the key issues and major challenges for skills develoment in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) Special emphasis was to be placed on the development of national skills strategies and assisting countries as they go through the process of developing their national and possibly regional skills strategies.