Events and meetings
August 2021
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National Tripartite Preparatory Workshops for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
5 August - 3 September 2021
National tripartite preparatory workshops for the 14th AFML will be held in several ASEAN Member States to discuss the theme “Recovery and labour migration in the post pandemic future” and take stock on the progress of stakeholders in implementing the previous AFML recommendations.
July 2021
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Asia-Pacific Climate Week - ASEAN Green Jobs Policy Readiness Report Launch
9 July 2021
As part of Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021, this event will officially launch the Regional Study on Green Jobs Policy Readiness in ASEAN, which was discussed during the 2020 ASEAN Inter-Ministerial Forum on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on Promoting Green Jobs for Equity and Inclusive Growth in ASEAN Community, and provide an opportunity to highlight the key findings and implications of the report for ASEAN member states as well as other partners throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
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Technical meeting on social pension expansion in Viet Nam
2 July 2021
ILO-MOLISA's technical meeting aims to provide guidance on implementation of the social pension expansion at province level under Decree 20/2021/NĐ-CP.
June 2021
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ILO master class: Gender equality at the workplace
15 June - 8 July 2021
Boosting your organizational performance by advancing equal opportunities
September 2020
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Sixth Technical Meeting of Focal Specialists on International Labour Migration Statistics in ASEAN
17 September 2020
This meeting discusses international labour migration data statistics and brings together representatives from national governments, the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Statistics, and ILO.
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Consultation on regulation of recruitment and the Draft Law on Contract-based Vietnamese Overseas Workers (Revised)
15 September 2020
The Consultation workshop will provide a platform for multinational businesses and lawmakers to discuss how the revised Law can support sustainable business development and protect Vietnamese migrant workers.
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Technical webinar: Mapping environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector in Asia
15 September 2020
The increasing social and environmental impacts of the garment supply chain are well known and have resulted in the development of an array of initiatives, tools and assessment platforms to assess and enhance the sustainability of the sector.
July 2020
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SCORE Workshop on good practice sharing
28 July 2020
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ILO Webinar on COVID-19: Protecting Workers in the Workplace in Asia and Pacific
23 July 2020
This webinar will offer trade unionists in Asia-Pacific an opportunity to discuss “Pillar 3: Protecting workers in the workplace” while exploring possible actions and strategies to influence, shape and support successful policy outcomes linked to the ILO Policy Framework.
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Virtual Open Session at the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers (ACMW) Workshop on Planning for the Action Plan in 2021-2025, and online preparatory meetings
21 - 22 July 2020
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ILO Webinar on COVID-19:Supporting Enterprises, Jobs and Income in Asia and Pacific
16 July 2020
This webinar, part of the ACTRAV Webinar Series 2.0, will explore how to cushion the devastating consequences for the loss of income many workers face during lockdown as well as the policies in place such as wage subsidies, job retention schemes and other efforts in terms of short-term support and extension of social protection. Trade union strategies that can influence, shape and support these actions will also be discussed.
June 2020
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Book Launch: "An ILO For All Seasons"
29 June 2020
Over a hundred years, the ILO has developed International Labour Standards and Policy Responses to mitigate the effects of employment and social crises. 2020 will be remembered as the year the world of work was brought to its knees by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how hasards move in a globalized world. It has highlighted the need to use the tools that are available for countering social and economic crises and securing the safety and health of workers. This book traces the development of these tools and the ways in which they have been successfully applied over the last hundred years.
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Book launch: "Still Work to be Done"
25 June 2020
In this book, Luc Cortebeeck examines the future of work: how can we eliminate child labour and exploitation?How do we make governments ans multinationals respect all workers in supply chains? How will we work in the post-coronavirus world? These are some questions that Luc Cortebeeck tried to respond in this book which is a plea for effective international social regulations and a strong ILO as cornerstone for social progress.
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ILO Webinar on COVID-19: Stimulating the Economy and Employment in Asia and Pacific
23 June 2020
The lockdown measures have sparked an unprecedented economic crisis in most countries around the world. “Jobs-led” and “human centred” economic policies have become increasingly important and necessary in the COVID-19 crisis and recovery response. The ILO Policy Framework on COVID-19 Crisis based on International Labour Standards identified out four (4) pillars to fight the crisis and one of which is the pillar on “Stimulating the Economy and Employment”. This webinar, part of the ACTRAV Webinar Series 2.0 will explore how economic and employment policies (in particular active labour market policies) can support workers and sectors in the Asia Pacific region to promote employment growth and more decent work on the road to recovery.
May 2020
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Social Responsibility in Labour Management at wood enterprises
26 - 27 May 2020
The Responsible Supply Chains in Asia programme is conducting a training seminar for Wood Industry executives, government officials, unions and employers
April 2020
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Technical webinar: Environmental Regulatory Systems in the Textile & Garment Sector
30 April 2020
The technical webinar will bring together experts to discuss preliminary findings and emerging themes. The webinar is a consultation dialogue with the taskforce members of the Textile Eco-innovation Research Network (TERN) of the Decent Work in the Garment Sector Supply Chains in Asia project (ILO-Sida).
March 2020
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Technical meetings on Convention 105 ratification dossier
1 - 7 March 2020
In the first quarter of 2020, under the support of ILO EU project on Promoting ILS within framework of EVFTA, MOLISA will hold nine technical meetings with Ministry of Justice, Government Office, President Office, and National Assembly Committees to advocate for the Convention 105 ratification dossier.
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Launch of Convention 98 and consultation on its implementation plan
1 - 7 March 2020
On the first week of March 2020, MOLISA Legal Dept. in coordination with ILO EU Project on Promoting ILS within framework of EVFTA will organize the workshop to launch ILO Convention 98 ratification and consult on its implementation plan.
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Study Visit to Sri Lanka to learn about Child Labour Free Zones
1 - 10 March 2020
A study visit to Sri Lanka is being organised by the ENHANCE Project for Vietnamese delegates to learn from the experiences of Sri Lanka in preventing and eliminating child labour and implementing child labour free zones.
February 2020
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ENHANCE Project Endline KAP survey
25 - 29 February 2020
The ENHANCE Project will undertake an endline survey on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) related to child labour in Viet Nam to assess changes since project implementation.