Employment services: Key resources
June 2015
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International standards related to domestic workers and women migrant workers
01 June 2015
The GMS TRIANGLE project in Cambodia is collaborating with UNWOMEN to work with MOLVT towards ratification of ILO Convention 189 and Recommendation 201 on Domestic Workers. Two initial technical working group meetings have been held with tripartite constituent participation on 5 February and 30 March, both times followed by wider consultation workshops on 25-26 February and 12 May. During these initial consultations, all stakeholders including MOLVT voiced their support to ratification. All partners are currently working to approve a roadmap to ratification by the end of 2015.
November 2014
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Mutual Learning Workshop - What works on employment services for youth and why?
06 November 2014
Area of critical importance Jobs and skills for youth
July 2014
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The fact sheet for the Promoting and Building Social Protection and Employment Services for Vulnerable Groups in Mongolia, Learning from ASEAN (MAPS) project
11 July 2014
Supported by the Government of Japan.
June 2014
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Private employment agencies and labour dispatch in China
12 June 2014
This paper, written by LIU Genghua, discusses the development of private employment agencies in China, highlighting some of the main issues of concern to the agency industry.
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Factsheet: ILO in fragile situations
06 June 2014
Working in partnership with countries in fragile situations is a priority for the ILO. The significance of Decent Work for peacebuilding and recovery has been highlighted through recent initiatives such as the conclusion of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States. Over the past decade the ILO has been active in more than 38 fragile and conflict-affected states including all of the 18 member countries of the g7+ group. This factsheet offers key background information on the ILO's work in such situations, focusing on major recent programmes that have helped transform countries recovering from extreme hardship into resilient and functioning States.
May 2014
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Private Employment Agencies in Ukraine
27 May 2014
This research investigates the role of licensed private employment agencies mediating job placement abroad and their impact on labour migration.
February 2014
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ILO/China South-South Cooperation Project to Expand Employment Services and Enhance Labour Market Information in Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Project fact sheet)
11 February 2014
This project is designed to improve labour market efficiency and participation, reducing unemployment, and enhancing linkages and information flows between jobseekers and employers, which will in turn contribute to the reduction of poverty in Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
January 2014
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International recruitment industry
Review of country specific regulatory and policy framework related to international recruitment industry and identifying best policy options and mechanisms to ensure exemplary behavior of recruitment agencies: A desk review
30 January 2014
Outflow of people across international boundaries of States seeking foreign employment has increasingly become a global phenomenon as a viable source of potentially beneficial and important socio economic character for most of the labour sending and receiving countries.
December 2013
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Promotion and building unemployment insurance and employment services in ASEAN countries (Final Evaluation Summary)
18 December 2013
Project RAS/13/53/JPN, RAS/10/59/JPN and RAS/11/58/JPN - Evaluation consultants: Mel Cousins and Ngo Hang
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Law and practice of private employment agency work in South Africa
03 December 2013
This paper, written by Paul Benjamin, presents the findings of a study on laws, regulations and practice relating to the work of employment agencies in South Africa, covering the “labour broking” industry and the recruitment and placement of individuals in permanent or temporary employment.