Programmes and projects

The ILO operates a wide range of programmes and projects in Asia Pacific focusing on relief and development challenges. The overall purpose of this technical cooperation is to support implementation of the Decent Work agenda in each country.

  1. Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition

    1 April 2023 - 31 March 2025

    The project aims at putting in place supportive measures to accompany all enterprises efforts to promote responsible business conduct in line with international labour standards and in harmony with the country’s development priorities.

  2. Fostering the Transition to Formality of Informal Workers and Economic Units in Mongolia

    1 April 2023 - 31 March 2025

    The project is to provide technical support to tripartite constituents to foster the transition to formality of informal workers and economic units in Mongolia through the implementation of an integrated approach to promote policy coherence, utilisation of technologies to access information & ease registration, and the provision of business development services to enhance businesses formalisation.

  3. Supply Chains for a Sustainable Future of Work

    1 April 2023 - 30 April 2024

    The project supports an inclusive and sustainable future of work in global supply chains to achieve full and productive employment and decent work in three supply chains of key importance to the European Union.

  4. Quality Apprenticeship and Lifelong Learning in China – Phase 2

    1 February 2023 - 31 December 2025

    The project provides capacity building on quality apprenticeship, skill anticipation and matching, and core skill development with focuses on social inclusion and the green transition. The project aims to promote workers’ employability, reduce job-skill mismatch in the labour market in China, and enhance international exchanges on apprenticeships and lifelong learning.

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    Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection (Phase 2)

    1 February 2023 - 31 January 2026

    The Project is financed by the European Union under the “Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI).”

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    Promoting the Global Development Initiative with a Focus on South-South Cooperation in Employment in ASEAN

    1 January - 31 December 2023

    The Project aims to strengthen partnership that fosters South-South Cooperation, through the joint effort of China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) and the ILO, by promoting implementation of the Decent Work Agenda in the fields of high-quality employment, public employment services and entrepreneurship development.

  7. Promotion of a Safe and Healthy Working Environment as Fundamental Principle and Right at Work through Application of Fundamental Conventions in Cambodia and Thailand

    1 January - 31 December 2023

    The overall aim of the project is to improve safety and health of workers in Cambodia and Thailand.

  8. From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labour - Phase II (The Bridge Project II) - MONGOLIA

    15 December 2022 - 14 December 2024

    This project aims to support global and national efforts to combat forced labour under the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labour in Mongolia.

  9. Building resilience for the future of work and the post COVID19: Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) Phase II

    1 December 2022 - 30 November 2023

    The project aims to contribute to the reduction of decent work deficits and gender inequalities in the informal economy and promote the transition to the formal economy in Nepal, India and Pakistan.

  10. Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

    1 October 2022 - 30 September 2027

    The ProGRESS Project is a joint initiative of the Government of Bangladesh and the International Labour Organization (ILO), funded by the Government of Canada.

  11. Labour Mobility for Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience in the Pacific (Kiribati, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji)

    1 September 2022 - 31 August 2024

    The project “Labour Mobility for Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience in the Pacific” is jointly implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

  12. Young Futuremakers Thailand - Phase II

    1 September 2022 - 31 December 2023

    Supported by the Standard Chartered Foundation, the ILO launched the Young Futuremakers Thailand-Phase II project with the aim to support disadvantaged young women and men through the provision of demand-led technical skills training, employability training, career guidance and job placements.

  13. Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains Asia (RISSC) in Thailand

    1 September 2022 - 31 August 2025

    Funded by the Government of Japan, the RISSC project aims to build more resilient, inclusive and sustainable global supply chains as an entry point and catalyst for advancing decent work, addressing human and labour right risks, and building forward better from recent global disruptions, including COVID-19 pandemic. In Thailand, the RISSC project focuses on the automotive manufacturing sector.

  14. Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains Asia (RISSC)

    1 September 2022 - 31 August 2025

    Funded by the Government of Japan, the RISSC project aims to build more resilient, inclusive and sustainable global supply chains as an entry point and catalyst for advancing decent work, addressing human and labour right risks, and building forward better from recent global disruptions, including COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Young Futuremakers Malaysia - Promoting the career progression of young women through up/reskilling in STEM, including digital skills, and employment services

    1 July 2022 - 31 December 2023

    The Young Futuremakers Malaysia project is part of the Futuremakers by Standard Chartered initiative and aims at: (i) providing up/reskilling training opportunities, especially for young women, with a focus on industry demand-driven tech-oriented STEM and core skills towards their career advancement; and (ii) supporting TVET graduates’ labour market transition through awareness raising on up/reskilling and career opportunities as well as strengthened post-training employment services.

  16. Advancing the SDGs by Improving livelihoods and resilience via economic diversification and digital transformation

    29 June 2022 - 30 May 2024

    This joint project will support SDG acceleration by building community resilience and fostering economic diversification in Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

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    Building Social Protection Floors for All: Support to the Extension of Social Health Protection in Asia

    1 May 2022 - 30 December 2025

    The Project has for overall goal to help more women and men in Asia access adequate social health protection, under the overall umbrella of national strategies toward UHC and the global development agenda including ILO's Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors.

  18. Reduced Vulnerability of Returnee Migrant Workers through Linkages to Employment Opportunities and Integration into Local Economic Development in Response to COVID-19

    1 April 2022 - 31 May 2023

    The project focuses on facilitating returned migrant workers to take up existing wage employment opportunities; and supporting aspiring entrepreneurs, MSMEs and local economic development through strengthened local production and services.

  19. Building Youth Capacity and Network in Asia Pacific

    1 April 2022 - 31 March 2024

    The ILO's technical cooperation project to empower 50,000 youth and vulnerable people using sustainable, scalable and impactful training tools in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste.

  20. Building Social Protection Floors for All - Phase II

    1 March 2022 - 30 June 2023

    The project aims to provide the ILO’s stakeholders with analysis and knowledge on the role of social insurance schemes in the context of climate change.