August 2011

1. Promotion of Entrepreneurship Campaign for Youth in Quang Nam

   1 August - 15 September 2011

   The ILO Project on Youth Employment through Local Economic Development in Quang Nam supports Quang Nam Youth Union (YU), Quang Nam Radio and Television (QRT) in implementing a “Youth Entrepreneurship Campaign” aiming to provide young people in Quang Nam with knowledge of entrepreneurship benefits, career choice advice and awareness of relevant regulations on starting a business.

July 2011

1. Training on Maternal and Child Health Care for Barangay Health Workers of Unisan, Quezon

   27 - 29 July 2011

   The Barangay Health Workers (BHW) training on Maternal and Child Health Care (MCHC) aims to enhance local capacity to assist in Public Health service delivery particularly on women’s health and safe motherhood which is an important component in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. The first level MCHC service delivery occurs at the barangay hence the role of “trained BHW” is also essential for the success of MCHC programme.

2. Learning mission to Climate Change Adaptation Project sites

   26 - 29 July 2011

   The ILO together with partners of the Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP) will host the Millennium Development Goals-Achievement Fund 1656 Joint Programme Management Committee, National Steering Committee Meeting and Learning Mission to project sites in Agusan del Norte. The event will feature site visits to production farms and enterprises, as an opportunity for interaction and dialogue with farmers and implementing teams of local governments, partnerfinancial service providers. These include the Peoples Bank of Caraga, and Baug Multipurpose Cooperative who are partners of the CCAP. The site visits will cover three of the CCAP priority areas in RemediosRomualdez, Jabonga and Las Nieves.

3. Multi-Stakeholders Workshop on People with Disabilities in Indonesia: Access to Employment and Justice

   25 - 26 July 2011

   In recent years, the Asia and Pacific region has made significant strides in recognizing disability as a human rights issue, and in addressing the challenges that people with disabilities face in their efforts to contribute economically, socially, and politically to their societies.

4. Training of Trainers on HIV/AIDS and Migrant Workers for Pre-Departure Orientation Instructors

   22 - 24 July 2011

   Due to the lack of HIV/AIDS education for migrant workers, the ILO is organized this training to build the capacity of the pre-departure instructors as an effort to provide adequate information to migrant workers through all migration cycle from community level to destination country.

5. AP-MagNet discussion forum on public attitudes to migrant workers

   20 July - 10 August 2011

6. Green Jobs Training and Greener Business Forum - Philippines

   19 - 21 July 2011

   The Greener Business Asia and Green Jobs in Asia, two projects currently being implemented in the Philippines by the ILO, has conducted an initial capacity building training package for ILO constituents, entitled Foundation Training on Green Jobs and Greener Business Forum, from 19-21 July 2011 at the CSB Hotel in Manila.

7. National Stakeholder Workshop on Protecting Indonesian Migrant Workers and Their Families against Gender Based Violence and HIV/AIDS Vulnerabilities

   19 July 2011

   Migrant workers, particularly women migrant workers, are disproportionately at risk of becoming infected by HIV. This is evident through the increased number of HIV cases recorded among migrant workers. The Association of Hospital and Medical Center for Indonesian Manpower, HIPTEK, reported 174 HIV cases among 162.000 prospective migrant workers tested at 10 big health test centres in 2010. The NGO Caring of Migrant Workers reported handling 50 HIV cases among deported migrant workers in 2010.

8. Sixth Programme Management Committee meeting (St. Giles, Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City)

   19 July 2011

   Every quarter, the Programme Management Committee meets to discuss the progress made by the joint programme and provide strategic direction in its implementation.

9. Employers’ Organizations and Disability Inclusion: Study Tour 18 – 22 July 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

   18 July - 22 August 2011

   People with disabilities face severe unemployment in the Asia and Pacific region and throughout the world and they make up a significant proportion of the world’s poor, as much as 20 per cent by UN estimates. Yet, they are often excluded from the very opportunities − social, educational and vocational − that could lead them out of poverty. More than half of the world’s disabled people − a total of 370 million − live in the Asia and the Pacific region and of those, 238 million are of working age. No country can successfully develop when such a large segment − between 5 to 20 per cent of the population by various estimates − are excluded from the social and economic mainstream.

10. Equal Employment Opportunities and Principles of Non-Discrimination in Employment and Occupation for Women and Youth

    18 - 29 July 2011

    Main purpose of the training is to improve knowledge and increase understanding in Indonesia about international labour standards and practice on equality and non-discrimination at work, with a focus on strengthening principles of equal employment opportunities for youth.

11. Diagnostic Tool on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining in the Filipino Export Processing Sector

    18 - 29 July 2011

    The ILO is creating global tools to enhance its constituents' capacity to promote freedom of association and collective bargaining in the rural and export processing sectors. A diagnostic tool will identify gaps in national law and practice; it will also identify opportunities and means available to the national tripartite constituents to take remedial action on freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in the export processing sector through a national plan of action.

12. Training on Inspection in the Application of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006

    11 - 14 July 2011

    The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 draws together provisions of 68 maritime labour conventions and recommendations, dating back to the 1920s, setting minimum requirements on health, social security, work and rest hours, accommodation, recreation, food and other employment conditions affecting seafarers.

13. Rights-Based Training on Improving the Migrant Workers Prevention and HIV-Health Treatment Access

    4 - 12 July 2011

    HIV/AIDS case in Indonesia is growing fast. The Ministry of Health reported the cumulative AIDS case up to Dec 2010 is 24.131 cases. Indonesia classified as a low concentrated epidemic country, focusing the intervention to the key populations (sex workers, homosexual, injection drug user and client of sex workers) whereas the migrant worker as vulnerable group is not prioritized to be targeted. In the last five years, due to the type of transmission, HIV transmission type in Indonesia changes from injection drug to sexual transmission.

June 2011

1. “Green Light for Green Jobs” – Employers Symposium

   30 June 2011

   This symposium was held on 30th June 2011 for members of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon (EFC)to raise awareness on the concept of green jobs, to brief them on a proposed green initiative mapping exercise and to build capacities within the EFC (professional staff and organisations in the membership of the EFC).

2. Training of Trainers on Work Improvement in Small Enterprises

   30 June - 2 July 2011

   Workplace health and safety measures demand a commitment from employers and workers to use good business sense and follow well-recognized safety and health principles. Thus, the training is aimed to create a pool of trainers of WISE method to assist small and medium enterprises to improve their workplaces.

3. 

   New tools in efforts to address child labour in Bangladesh

   29 June 2011

   Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) launched on Jun 29, 2011 a Child Labour Management Information System (CLMIS) and its Child Labour Unit's Website. The CLMIS and Website were developed with technical assistance of the ILO-UIE Project. Mr Shafique Alam, Secretary, MoLE, Mr Alphons Hennekens, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Netherlands, and Mr Andre Bogui, Director, ILO Country Office for Bangladesh, attended the event.

4. Second year assessment and year 2 planning workshop (Angelo King International Center - College of Saint Benilde, Arellano Street corner Estrada Street, Malate, Manila)

   29 June - 1 July 2011

   As the programme nears the end of year 2 (July 2011), the JP YEM 2nd Year Assessment and Year 3 Planning Workshop conducted a comprehensive review of cumulative accomplishments vis-à-vis the joint programme Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and the Results Framework.

5. Green Jobs, Greener Business Training for Constituents and Partners – Thailand

   28 - 30 June 2011

   The training is organized under the Greener Business Asia Project and supported by the Government of Japan. It aims at fostering the understanding by Thai constituents of the conceptual framework that provides the foundation for initiatives promoting Green Jobs and principles of a Just Transition.

6. ILO/ITC-ACTRAV/JILAF Trade Union Training on Occupational Safety, Health and HIV-AIDS 2011

   27 June - 15 July 2011

   The ILO/ITC-ACTRAV Trade Union Training on Occupational Safety, Health and HIV-AIDS” was conducted for Asian trade union representatives.