National Preparation Meeting for the 12th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is an open platform for the review, discussion and exchange of good practices and ideas between governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, and civil society on key issues facing migrant workers in Southeast Asia. Each year the forum develops recommendations to advance the implementation of the principles of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.

The workshop to review the implementation of 11th AFML recommendations and draft recommendations for the 12th AFML will be held on 19 August in Hanoi.

Each AFML preparatory workshop should include representatives from:
  • Government ministries responsible for labour migration and domestic work
  • Employers’ organizations, including affiliates of the ASEAN Confederation of Employers
  • Workers’ organizations, including affiliates of the ASEAN Trade Union Council
  • Civil society organizations, including the Task Force for ASEAN Migrant Workers
  • International organizations, including ILO, IOM and UN Women
  • Other participants as deemed appropriate