Objectives of the workshop

This workshop is designed to provide opportunities for participating countries to improve their knowledge and strengthen their capacities on the operations and functioning of their public employment services as well as to expand their network to provide jobseekers with better opportunities for domestic and overseas employment.

Workshop structure and methodology

The workshop will consist of a number of technical sessions, exercises, including country presentations, and technical working group sessions. Key resource persons will come from the ILO.

The workshop sessions will be organized under the following sub-themes, namely:

• Conceptual overview of employment services: mandate of public employment services and ILO’s mandate on employment services;
• Structure and delivery of employment services: current services in employment job centres and best practices;
• International and national challenges faced by public employment services and opportunities;
• Conceptual overview of labour market information and institutional arrangements;
• Public and private partnerships in employment services; private employment agencies;
• Migration and Youth Employment and employment services;
• Performance management in employment services;
• Regulatory services; and
• Sharing of country experiences.


Participation

Tripartite delegations from: Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines and Thailand. Participants should be senior level and the participation of women is strongly encouraged.