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Digitalization to promote Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN

This report was prepared as a thematic background paper to inform discussions at the 11th AFML on how to maximize positive impacts of digitalization to promote wellbeing of migrant workers.

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22 July 2019

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Working Paper

General Principles and Operational Guidelines For Fair Recruitment and Definition of Recruitment Fees and Related Costs

This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs. The principles and guidelines were developed by a Tripartite Meeting of Experts, held in September 2016.

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22 May 2019

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Establishing Fair Recruitment Processes: An ILO online training toolkit

A comprehensive modular training manual on fair recruitment to support its constituents to design, support and implement fair recruitment practices. This training course is available as an interactive (readymag) version and as individual downloadable modules (PDF). It contains four modules covering...

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06 April 2019

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Training / Workshop Material

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Building Partnerships for Effectively Managing Labour Migration: Lessons from Asian Countries

This report analyzes labor migration trends in Asia and emphasizes the importance of partnerships to promote effective labor migration management. It addresses temporary migrant worker programs, focusing on the Republic of Korea’s Employment Permit System and Malaysia’s Electrical and Electronics...

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02 April 2019

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

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Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists

This toolkit provides information and advice to media professionals on how to report accurately and effectively on forced labour and fair recruitment. The toolkit includes the Media-friendly glossary on migration. Available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish and adapted to the national context...

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01 April 2019

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Access to the Labour Market for Admitted Migrant Workers in Asia and Related Corridors

This report aims to help policy makers and stakeholders develop informed strategies and programmes supporting greater flexibility and decent work for migrant workers while enhancing labour market efficiency and labour migration governance.

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07 February 2019

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Social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN: Developments, challenges, and prospects

This report provides an overview of the developments, challenges, and prospects of social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN. Based on extensive analysis of national and regional legal and policy measures, and a review of relevant international and human rights standards, unilateral standards...

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18 December 2018

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Skills for Employment Policy Brief - Skills for Migration and Employment

This policy brief focuses on how mainstream Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and skills development systems can contribute to improving the labour market situation of migrant workers.

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27 November 2018

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Policy Brief

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Learning Package

This tool is designed to support ILO constituents and senior government officials, among others, to establish, assess or revise system for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). As countries increasingly recognize the value of informal and non-formal learning, this tool seems important for member...

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21 April 2018

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies

This report is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union. The project aimed to provide empirical evidence – both quantitative and qualitative – on the multiple ways immigrants affect their host...

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24 January 2018

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Guidelines on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning

These guidelines aim to assist local and regional authorities in enhancing their efforts to mainstream migration, into all governance areas, for enhanced policy coherence in migration and development. These Guidelines achieve this through a set of indicators that show how migration and development...

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31 December 2017

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Addressing Governance Challenges in a Changing Labour Migration Landscape

This report constitutes a source of information on the current state of labour migration governance challenges, bilateral agreements on labour migration, regional labour migration and mobility and fair recruitment.

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31 December 2017

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Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage

The 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery focus on two main issues: forced labour and forced marriage. The estimate of forced labour comprises forced labour in the private economy, forced sexual exploitation of adults and commercial sexual exploitation of children, and state-imposed forced labour.

Date of publication:

19 September 2017

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Analysis

Access to Justice for Migrant Workers in South-East Asia

This report analyses access to justice for migrant workers in South-East Asia and provides recommendations for improving complaint mechanisms for labour rights abuses.

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01 July 2017

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Promoting a Rights-based Approach to Migration, Health, and HIV and AIDS: A Framework for Action

Migration is a permanent feature of contemporary life and can take many forms. People move from one place to another within their countries of residence and they also cross borders. People move for different reasons: as a consequence of the absence of decent work or as a means to securing a...

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01 January 2017

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General Practical Guidance on Promoting Coherence among Employment, Education/Training and Labour Migration Policies

This practical guidance is part of a broader ILO effort to foster coherence among employment, education/training and migration policies and address constituents’ demands in this area. It is a building block towards further country analyses and a guide and training manual in the future.

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01 January 2017

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Towards a framework for fair and effective integration of migrants into the labour market

This paper takes stock of the broad issues involved in the labour market integration of immigrants in G20 countries, as well as of the policies at hand to free their full potential.

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19 December 2016

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Decent Work for Migrants and Refugees

The brochure illustrates the social and economic contributions of migrant workers for both origin and destination countries.

Date of publication:

19 September 2016

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