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)
August 2023
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Training for Enterprises on Responsible Business and Decent Work
30 August - 8 September 2023
The ILO and the UNDP B+HR Academy in Indonesia are organizing the first joint Training for Enterprises on Responsible Business and Decent Work, targeting mainly the Japanese investment-linked electronic manufacturing sector and its global supply chain operating in Indonesia.
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Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo
30 - 31 August 2023
The Pacific Islands Entrepreneurship Expo serves as a dynamic platform where visionary entrepreneurs, strategic partners in business development, financial experts, and influential stakeholders converge with a shared goal: Fortifying the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Pacific Islands.
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© Rajitha Jagoda 2023
Grand Finale – SPARK Youth Entrepreneurship Competition 2023
21 August 2023
SPARK is a nationwide competition designed for Sri Lanka's upcoming generation of entrepreneurs. It invites young innovators to present their ideas and solutions addressing the most urgent challenges of our era. Having received hundreds of applications, the competition used a comprehensive shortlisting procedure, involving virtual training, in-person boot camps, and mentoring sessions. The Grand Finale will hear the final five contestants who have successfully navigated this process.
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Promoting digital transformation of BPR/BPRS for improved financial access to support MSMEs developments
10 August 2023
The MSMEs play an important role in the Indonesian economy where this sector absorbs over 90% of the national workforce and accounts for over 60% of GPD growth annually.
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Rural Employment Promotion Project Launching Ceremony
3 August 2023
Rural Employment Promotion Project begins its journey to support the Government of Lao People's Democratic Republic in creating decent employment opportunities.
July 2023
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Young Leaders Boot Camp 2023
24 July - 4 August 2023
The ITCILO, training arm of the International Labour Organization, organizes the Young Leaders Boot Camp 2023 – a two-week interactive learning experience which welcomes undergraduate, graduate students and young professionals seeking to acquire the skills necessary to pursue a career in the UN system and other IOs.
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Validation workshop on the World of Work Crises Response Strategy
20 July 2023
The Ministry of Overseas Pakistani and Human Resource Development (OPHRD) with the support of the ILO is organizing a validation workshop on the World of Work Crises Response Strategy. The strategy gives the stakeholders of the world of work a clear direction on steps to be taken for preparedness, mitigation and response to crises. And centralises the role of Decent Work and human centered recovery.
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TOT Online Website Design Technology Programme by Champasak Provincial Skills Development Center of Lao PDR and Guangxi Industrial Technician College of China
10 - 18 July 2023
Jointly organized by the ILO/China Partnership Programme, Champasak Provincial Skills Development Center of Lao People's Democratic Republic and Guangxi Industrial Technician College of China
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Joint Labour Inspection Pilot at the Oceanic Fishing Port of Belawan, Medan, North Sumatra
4 - 5 July 2023
Through this initiative, the ILO Accelerator Lab 8.7 programme (AL) aims to provide a series of knowledge-sharing and technical meeting sessions to improve the existing labour inspection model including on-site training simulation to conduct onboard labour inspection in fishing vessels.
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Summer Global Youth Forum 2023: Youth at the forefront of achieving the 2023 agenda for sustainable development
3 - 14 July 2023
The ITCILO, training arm of the International Labour Organization, organizes the Summer 2023 edition of its Global Youth Forum – an experiential learning platform bringing youth at the forefront of efforts aimed at supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
June 2023
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Launching the Innovative Interventions on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Workplace
27 June 2023
The ILO has carried out several ‘innovative interventions’, including the development of an online training module on HIV prevention at work, the integration of of modules in the OSH e-platform of the Ministry of Manpower and survey on HIV vulnerability amongst young worker and access to social protection.
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Knowledge sharing workshop
23 June 2023
This workshop aims to share and discuss the findings of the ILO global study on financing mechanisms for promoting social inclusion in skills and lifelong learning systems and its policy implications for Malaysia.
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Training of Trainors (ToT) on Child Labour organized by ILO and MOLE
18 - 22 June 2023
With funding support from Japan, International Labour Organization (ILO) partnered with the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) and the Integrated Resource Development for Tri-People (IRDT) in the implementation of capacity building of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ministries, law enforcement agencies, worker's and employer's organizations, and stakeholders to promote compliance and enforcement of child labour laws.
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© ILO/J. Aliling 2023
Report launch: Skilled to care, forced to work?
15 June 2023
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ILO/China Partnership Programme Supports TVET Day in Cambodia
15 - 16 June 2023
ILO/China Partnership Programme supported Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in its Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Day Expo
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Job Fair in Phnom Penh Opens Doors to Job Seekers
13 - 14 June 2023
With support from ILO-China Partnership Programme, the National Employment Agency of Cambodia organized a job fair on 13 and 14 June 2023, with the aim of connecting job seekers with potential employers
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Capacity training to equip labour inspectors and child monitoring officers to combat child labour in Mongolia
13 - 16 June 2023
On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, in partnership with the International Labour Organization and World Vision, is organizing a series of capacity training workshops for labour inspectors and child monitoring officers.
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Child labour policy discussion to take place on World Day Against Child Labour
12 June 2023
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization and World Vision, is organizing a Child Labour Policy Discussion on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour.
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ICT Curriculum Development, Lao People's Democratic Republic
8 - 9 June 2023
Champasak Provincial Skills Development Center and ILO/China Partnership Programme organized a consultation workshop to review and endorse ICT curriculum (Levels 1-4) on 8-9 June 2023 at Pakse District, Champasak Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Adaptive Social Protection Forum: Social Insurance and Climate Change in Indonesia
8 June 2023
The event aims to facilitate policy dialogues among tripartite representatives and experts on the potential of social insurance to mitigate climate shocks as well as potential challenges of workers and businesses and share results of the study and recommendations to Adaptive Social Protection.