March 2012

1. ASEAN Seminar on Unemployment Insurance and Active Labour Market Policies

   20 - 22 March 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam, with the support of the ASEAN Secretariat, organized a tripartite ASEAN Seminar on Unemployment Insurance, Income Security Measures and Active Labour Market Policies.

2. Working with men to address gender-based violence in the workplace

   19 - 20 March 2012

   This training programme is an attempt to address the issue by taking men on a self-reflective journey of understanding their actions, behavior patterns and motivations through a gender lens and thereby moving towards becoming active in not only preventing gender-based violence in the work place but also thinking and acting in more gender equal ways in the domestic sphere.

3. Entrepreneurship Development for Youth

   19 - 21 March 2012

   The local government units (LGUs) played a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG-F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely: Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

4. Strategic Planning of the Northern Samar Provincial Child Labour Committee

   19 - 20 March 2012

   The Northern Samar Provincial Child Labour Committee (PCLC) conducted a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Northern Samar by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.

5. Addressing Labour Issues in Aquaculture, Shrimp and Seafood Processing Sectors in Thailand - Role of the Department of Fisheries A Joint-Initiative DOF-ILO-IPEC

   16 March 2012

   The IPEC-Thailand project is organizing a 1-day workshop in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The workshop intends to address labour and workers' welfare issues in the aquaculture, shrimp and seafood processing sectors in the country. In details the workshop aims to: 1) Inform and engage with key officials in the DOF on labour issues including child labour, forced labour and more generally on working conditions in the aquaculture, shrimp and seafood sectors. 2) Create interlinks and synergies among different departments and programmes of DOF towards successfully working with other programme partners on issues related to labour and welfare in the aquaculture, shrimp and seafood processing sectors. 3) Brainstorm on the components of the Good Labour Management Practice system and to assess best implementation mechanism for the programme.

6. Meeting of Stakeholders to develop the Municipal Solid Waste Management sector in the Western Province of Sri Lanka

   15 March 2012

   Key stakeholders of the Municipal Solid Waste Management sector in Sri Lanka joined together in the first steering group meeting on implementation of value chain development proposals in the Municipal Solid Waste Management sector on 15th March 2012 at the WMA Conference Room, Colombo. This meeting was organized by the Waste Management Authority (WMA) of Western Province together with ILO Green Jobs project, and was attended by fifteen key stakeholders from following organizations. Key amongst the proposals adopted for future work were the development of a database on employees in the SWM sector; work on systematizing the recruitment of workers for the sector; development of a database on government and private sector entities involved in composting sector; assistance to the WMA to register plastic recycling businesses and developing a database; and organizing of a study tour for WMA zonal managers to learn best practices for zonal managers and technical officers in waste management.

7. Strategic Planning of the Bukidnon Provincial Child Labour Committee

   15 - 16 March 2012

   The Bukidnon Provincial Child Labour Committee (PCLC) conducted a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Bukidnon by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.

8. Awareness-Raising Activity on the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers: Series of Thematic Discussions on Migrant Workers Issue

   13 - 27 March 2012

   For this particular program, ILO Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers and SMART FM opt 3 (three) topics for series of discussions on the issue of labour migration. The topics are Policy development, Economic Empowerment of Indonesian Migrant Workers and the Rights of Health: HIV/AIDS related issues on Labour Migration.

9. Migrant workers: responsible recruitment & fair hiring to combat human trafficking in South Asia

   13 March 2012

   The Institute for Human Rights and Business and Verité organize a multi-stakeholder roundtable to explore the challenges, risks and human rights responsibilities around recruiting Indian, Bangladeshi and Nepali migrant workers for overseas employment, and ensuring responsible practice to combat human trafficking.

10. ILO TRIANGLE Project Advisory Committee Meeting and Training on the International and Regional Normative Frameworks on Migration Viet Nam, 9-10 March 2012, Da Lat - Lam Dong Province.

    9 - 10 March 2012

    The Project Advisory Committee meeting was organized to review the TRIANGLE project’s 2011 activities, foster greater cooperation between constituent partners and endorse the project workplan for 2012. The Department of Overseas Labour (DoLAB) of Viet Nam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs also used this opportunity to organize a training for officials on the international and regional instruments on migration.

11. Commemorating the 2012 International Women’s Day: The Launch of Employers’ Guideline on Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

    8 March 2012

    The Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) as the main voice of employers on labour and social issues in Indonesia takes seriously the issue of the sexual harassment at the workplace.

12. 

    United Nations Photo Exhibit on Indigenous Women (International Women’s Day 2012)

    8 - 14 March 2012

    The ILO Country Office for the Philippines, as the Chair of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Technical Working Group, has partnered with the SM Cares for a photo exhibit on indigenous women. The week-long photo exhibit will be launched on 8 March 2012, 11:00 a.m. at the 2F South Wing, Entertainment Mall Area of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. The photo exhibit will then be moved to other SM Malls in Metro Manila.

13. International Women's Day

    8 March 2012

    To observe International Women's Day, a panel discussion on Youth Voices UNITE to End Violence against Women and Girls is held on 8 March at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

14. Training Programme for conciliators of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment for effective prevention and settlement of disputes pertaining to migrant workers

    8 - 10 March 2012

    Grievances of the migrant workers are mainly handled in Sri Lanka by the Conciliation Division of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment which has 16 conciliation officers located in the SLBFE and in regional centers island-wide. In addition several other government and non-governmental organizations including recruitment agencies are involved in receiving complaints from the migrant workers in Sri Lanka, which channel the complaints to the Conciliation division of the SLBFE.

15. Provincial Awareness Raising Events: Media Briefings and Broadcast Events on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

    7 - 26 March 2012

    To address these issues, it is crucial for the media to focus and influence attitudes on domestic workers’ conditions among decision-makers, employers and the public in general.

16. Training-workshop for Local Service Providers to Effectively Respond to Migrants' Needs

    7 - 14 March 2012

    The ILO-EU Return and Reintegration Project will conduct training-workshops for OFW/Migrants’ Desk Officers and/or Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Managers, as well as other relevant officials from the Provincial Governments of Ilocos Sur and La Union. These will be on 7-9 and 12-14 March 2012 for the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union, respectively, to be held in Baguio City.

17. Public Finance Management and Resource Generation

    7 - 9 March 2012

    The local government units (LGUs) played a pivotal role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG-F) Joint Programme on Alternatives to Migration: Decent Jobs for Filipino Youth in the four pilot provinces, namely: Masbate, Antique, Agusan del Sur and Maguindanao.

18. Stakeholders Forum on Livelihoods in Northern Samar

    5 - 8 March 2012

    Consultant on value chain development presented for validation and approval the results of its study to stakeholders of Northern Samar province.

19. Strategic Planning of the Quezon Provincial Child Labour Committee

    5 - 6 March 2012

    The Quezon Provincial Child Labour Committee (PCLC) conducted a two-day strategic planning to discuss how it can effectively complement the efforts of the IPEC Project in Quezon by covering other areas and other components to fully eliminate child labour in the province.

20. Tripartite validation workshop of the Cambodia decent work country profile

    1 - 2 March 2012

    The validation workshop conducted by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the ILO Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia and Lao PDR was designed to give ILO constituents, partners and other relevant stakeholders the opportunity to review the draft Decent Work Country Profile for Cambodia, which has been prepared by the ILO on the basis of the list of indicators identified by constituents in May 2011.