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Tripartite Action to Protect the Rights of
Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region ASEAN TRIANGLE PROJECT July, 2012
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Background and Rationale
ASEAN commitments to enhance labour migration governance and protect migrant workers include: Roadmap for an ASEAN Community ASEAN Labour Minister’s Work-plan ASEAN Declaration on Promotion and Protection of Migrant Workers (2007) ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour The project will advance these commitments utilising ILO’s tripartite approach, technical expertise and regional experience.
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Aim & Approaches Increased labour rights protection and decent work opportunities for women and men migrant workers in Southeast Asia. CDN$ 5.5 million allocation over four years (2012 – 2016). Tied to ASEAN objectives & strategies. Tripartite: ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Confederation of Employers and ASEAN Trade Union Council. Adopts a rights-based and a gender-responsive approach. Inter-related with the GMS (Greater Mekong-Sub-region) TRIANGLE project-funded by AusAID. The outcomes of the two distinct projects are intertwined, but are clearly distinguished by their emphasis on regional and national level activities.
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Project Results Strengthened regional legal and policy framework to more effectively govern labour migration and protect the rights of women and men migrant workers. Enhanced capacity of governments to oversee enforcement of labour and migration laws and regulations. Enhanced capacity of social partners to influence migration policy and protect the rights of women and men migrant workers.
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Upcoming Activities Consultations with ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Secretariat, ATUC and ACE on work-plan – on-going. 5th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour in October 2012. Training: ILO Labour Migration Academy, July 2012; ILO and Oxford University – Harmonizing Migration Policies and Governance in S.E. Asia, February 2013 (tentative). ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on "Assessing labour market requirements for foreign workers and policies for regional skills mobility“, January 2013.
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Thank you For more information, please contact: Nilim Baruah
Regional Migration Specialist ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Tel: , Fax:
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