News and articles

2015

  1. Press release

    New Report says successful ASEAN integration requires social protection

    25 November 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia

    Social protection is one of the key elements of the successful integration of the ASEAN Community, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  2. News

    Five SCORE companies received 2015 Parama Karya Award from President Joko Widodo

    24 November 2015,

    President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) awarded the 2015 Parama Karya to five SCORE participating small and medium-sized enterprises: UD Kreasi Lutvi from North Sumatra, UD Pelangi Indonesia from East Java, PT Mega Global Food Industry from East Java, PT Lambang Jaya from Lampung and CV Batik 16 from Semarang.

  3. Press release

    Government reaffirms its commitment to eradicate child and bonded labour from Balochistan

    24 November 2015, Quetta, Pakistan

    During a one day high level consultative meeting on Child and Bonded Labour held on 24th November 2015, the Government of Baluchistan re-affirmed its commitment to address the challenge and called on stakeholders to work closely together.

  4. Press release

    Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry receives accreditation

    22 November 2015,

    CO-DHAKA (News) - The ILO-supported Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry has received accreditation from the Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

  5. Community development

    Decent Work, not Hard Work

    21 November 2015, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Semau Island is one of the areas in Kupang district, East Nusa Tenggara, known for its chronic food insecurity based on the government’s food security and vulnerability assessment released in 2010. To assist the island overcoming its food insecurity, the ILO through its Decent Work for Food Security Project facilitated a technical training on seaweed cultivation.

  6. Child Labour

    Launching ceremony of project on enhancing national capacity to prevent and reduce Child labour in Viet Nam

    20 November 2015,

    Together with MOLISA, the ILO and national stakeholders commit to preventing and reducing child labour by 2020.

  7. Free trade deals

    Statement of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam

    20 November 2015,

    The ILO Country Office for Viet Nam welcomes the strong commitment expressed by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to respect, promote and realize the ILO’s fundamental principles and rights at work.

  8. Free trade deals

    Welcoming Viet Nam’s labour rights commitments, ILO stands ready for support

    20 November 2015,

    The International Labour Organization in Viet Nam has welcomed the Government’s commitment to respect, promote and realize the ILO’s fundamental principles and rights at work in its statement released on 20 November 2015.

  9. Press release

    New minimum wage campaign for Lao garment sector

    19 November 2015,

    An education campaign to spread information about the new minimum wage in the garment sector, is being launched by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MOLSW) with the assistance of the International Labour Organization

  10. Press release

    Labour Inspectors and garment sector meet to improve worker-employer communication

    18 November 2015, Lao People's Democratic Republic

    Representatives from garment factories and Labour Inspectors have begun a collaboration programme designed to improve communication, foster knowledge of labour laws and solve industry problems