Events and meetings

The ILO organizes and takes part in a wide range of meetings, conferences, workshops and training events, throughout Asia Pacific. More information about the events listed below can be found by clicking on the relevant link, or by contacting the regional Meetings Unit (Email us)

December 2010

  1. 4 in 1 Training of Trainers

    13 - 17 December 2010

    The 4 in 1 training handbook is designed to enable non formal training providers to effectively implement competency-based trainings based on labour market requirements that, in turn, will lead to certification and employment.

  2. ILO Staff Training on Green Jobs: Linking Environment, Climate Change and the World of Work

    8 - 10 December 2010

    The course is the standard ITC training course on Green Jobs which is useful to any ILO staff who needs to acquire an enhanced understanding of the concept of green jobs, main policies and measures and relationship with Decent Work.

  3. Social Marketing with Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Astra

    8 December 2010

    Being more vulnerable to external shocks, most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia have been finding it difficult to sustain operations due to the global financial crisis and as a result the quality of their jobs is being compromised in the process. Therefore, the ILO SCORE project in Indonesia in cooperation with Yayasan Dharma Bhakti Astra will conduct the SCORE Social Marketing event as a socialization’s event of SCORE program to the automotive SMEs.

  4. Child labour session in the global forum on artisanal and small-scale mining

    7 - 9 December 2010

    The ILO will dig into the facts of child labour in small scale mining as part of the session of United Nations Environment Programme's global forum. The forum aims to identify challenges and opportunities in small-scale mining. It will also discuss the use of mercury in small-scale mining. UNEP is preparing a legally binding global instrument on mercury and plans to pass it prior to the 27th session of its Governing Council in 2013.

  5. National Achievement Workshop on “Improvement of working condition in agriculture with WIND programme”

    7 - 8 December 2010

    The seminar is organized by ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the Central Farmer Union (FU). The objectives is 1) to exchange practical experiences for maintaining and developing network of farmer volunteers and 2) to find out suitable solutions to integrate WIND programme into the routine activities of Farmer Union. There are 50 participants including farmer volunteers from target provinces and responsible officials at national and provincial levels.

  6. Training Workshop on Managing and Developing Small Business Association for Entrepreneurs

    1 - 2 December 2010

    The workshop is organized by ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in cooperation with Viet Nam Women Entrepreneur Council/ Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The objectives is 1) to increase knowledge and capacity in managing their Business Associations/ Women Entrepreneur Clubs and 2) to prepare action plans to improve the activities/services of Business Associations/Women Entrepreneur Clubs to benefit their members. Participants will be 30 staffs of Viet Nam Women Entrepreneur Council, Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Viet Nam Cooperative, Women's Union, small business associations and business clubs in Ho CHi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai province.

November 2010

  1. Lessons and Tools for Decent Work Seminar: The Case of Indonesia

    30 November 2010

    In 2009 Indonesia formulated a Fiscal Stimulus Package worth IDR 73.3 trillion (1.4 per cent of GDP) to respond to the Global Financial Crisis. The package coupled tax cuts and tax subsidies with a substantial increase in infrastructure investment. As a result, Indonesia has faired relatively well in the context of the current crisis – especially in regard to employment creation.

  2. Third Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in the ASEAN Region: Legal Framework and Practice for Labour Dispute and Settlement

    25 - 26 November 2010

    The tripartite seminar is an opportunity for tripartite constituents in the ASEAN countries to exchange and share good industrial relations practices in the context of financial and economic crisis. This third regional seminar focuses on legal framework and practice for labour dispute and settlement.

  3. National Tripartite Seminar on "Emerging Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Issues in Multinational and Large-scale Enterprises in Viet Nam"

    25 - 26 November 2010

    This seminar is organized by ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). The purpose is to provide practical measures for dealing with new challenges in the field of OSH by 1) presenting the ILO tools; 2) introducing practical examples from large-scale enterprises in Japan; and 3) learning good OSH achievements in Viet Nam. Participants are representative of government agencies and employers' and employees' organizations.

  4. UNiTE Campaign for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 2010

    25 November - 10 December 2010

    The UN Secretary General’s Campaign; “UNiTE to End Violence Against Women” brings together a host of UN agencies and offices to galvanize action across the UN system to prevent and punish violence against women. Through UNiTE, the UN is joining forces with individuals, civil society and governments to put an end to violence against women in all its forms.

  5. Training Needs Assessment for the Industrial Relations Court

    24 - 25 November 2010

    In collaboration with the ILO, the Supreme Court’s Judicial Training Institute is currently revising its training programme for judges of the industrial relations court. To support the development of this, the ILO is currently performing a training needs assessment. To date, this assessment has involved a desk study of relevant data and materials and interviews with judges and stakeholders of the court.

  6. Preventing and Managing Sexual Harassment and Equality at Work

    23 November 2010

    A continued process of awareness raising on Conventions Nos. 111 and 100 equality standards is required to contribute to the elimination of discrimination in employment and achievement of decent work for all. Within the context of a national campaign on gender equality, the Government of Indonesia and social partners are now demonstrating significant commitment to achieve these aims.

  7. Technical Workshop "Comments on the draft Decree to guide the implementation of related articles on domestic worker in the Labor Code"

    19 November 2010

    The seminar is organized by ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). The objectives is 1) to agree on the form, title, structure and content of the 1st draft Decree; and 2) to finalize the cover letter and the draft Decree to be submitted to the Government

  8. Public Lecture & Panel Discussion on LMIA in the Asia Pacific Region

    19 November 2010

    The ILO in conjunction with the University of the South Pacific (USP) organized a public lecture & panel discussion on labour market information and analysis in the Pacific through regional partnership and capacity building. The speakers were from USP, ILO, social partners and the relevant government ministries.

  9. Consultation Workshop on Domestic Workers and Policy Implication

    15 November 2010

    The workshop is organized by ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA). The objectives are 1) to agree on concept, classification of types of domestic workers in Viet Nam, identify scope and target groups of the new Decree; 2) to clarify characteristics of domestic workers and related issues to regulation under the Labor Code to this target group; and 3) to clarify content of decent work for domestic workers mentioned in the draft Convention attached Recommendations of ILO and clarify policy requirement for domestic workers in Viet Nam.

  10. Sub-regional Training Workshop on Participatory and Gender Sensitive in Value Chain Analysis and Development

    15 - 18 November 2010

    The workshop aims to help Viet Nam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) practioners to understand the relevance of gender mainstreaming in value chain work; refresh understanding of value chains and value chain analysis cycle; explore the concept of participation and action learning, specifically from a gender and value chain perspective; develop skills in mapping for value chain analysis and practiced stakeholder mapping.

  11. LMIA Mission - Strengthening Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific through Regional Partnership and Capacity Building

    15 - 26 November 2010

    A joint mission aims to strengthen the need assessment and to mobilise resources with partners (i.e. SPC, PIFS, UNESCAP, World Bank, Australia & New Zealand) in support of LMIA in the Pacific.

  12. Training on Gender Sensitive Value Chain Analysis

    15 - 18 November 2010

    Targets key constituents organizations and ILO staff from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam who base their development interventions on value chain research and who wish to integrate gender equality concerns and participatory techniques into this research.

  13. Development Cooperation Seminar on the Social Protection Floor ‘Social protection: Towards universal coverage in Thailand’

    5 November 2010

    The purpose of this fifth Development Cooperation Seminar,co hosted by National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), is to bring together high-level government officials, international organizations, academia, employers and civil society to review the current social protection system in the Thailand within the context of the international debate on the social protection floor.It will give an opportunity to participants to review over the existing gaps and challenges to explore how Thailand can move towards the development of a coherent social protection system to make basic coverage a reality for All.

  14. A Series of Step-down Workshops on Financial Education for Migrant Workers and Their Families

    2 - 30 November 2010

    Realizing to the poor understanding of migrant workers towards financial services and accesses, ILO Jakarta through its Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers Project is developing a financial education programme for migrant workers and their families. The program will directly collaborate with migrant-based organizations (NGOs and migrant unions) as well as government in order to sustainably provide direct assistance to migrant workers and their families on financial services and accesses as well as income planning and management.

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