A training course for ASEAN representatives, sponsored by the International Labour Organization and Canadian International Development Agency organised by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and in cooperation with the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), and the ASEAN Secretariat on 9th-10th July 2014 in Phuket, Thailand.
ASEAN member states have committed to removing all barriers to the cross-border movement of goods and services in the region by 2015. The ASEAN region, which has a combined population of 550million and GDP of US$ 2.2 trillion, will become a single market. This will have far-reaching consequences on its economic development, its capital and labour markets, and the structure and competitiveness of its industries.
Coordinating policies to facilitate the cross-border movementof the region’s skilled workforce, and ensuring adequate social protection for all national and foreign workers is a key challenge. This course aims to facilitate an understanding of the challenges and opportunities likely to be faced in regulating labour migration in the context of economic integration in ASEAN, drawing where appropriate, on the experience of regional harmonization in the European Union.
Participation was open to all 10 ASEAN governments, but restricted to Senior Ranking Officials (Permanent Secretary,Director, Deputy Director, or equivalent). In
addition, the seminar brought together regional employers’ and workers’ organizations and ILO staff.
• 20 ASEAN Senior government officials
• 2 regional employers’ representatives
• 2 regional trade union representatives
• 2 ASEAN Secretariat officials
• 1 representative from a regional civil society organization
• ILO staff
Day 1 – Fundamental issues in labour migration
Sessions on this opening day offered high level analysis of social, economic and political issues to be taken into account when considering international labour immigration.
Sessions covered:
Day 2 – Labour migration policy and its implementation
This session focussed on labour market integration, skills recognition, regional employment services and regional economic impacts of labour migration.
Four sessions covered:
18 - 20 September 2019
18 - 19 March 2019
10 - 13 September 2018
23 May 2018
27 October 2017
18 - 22 September 2017
18:00 - 19:30, Monday 16 September 2013
Tuesday 30th April 2013
18:30 -20:00, Monday 12 March 2012
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