Events and meetings
The ILO organizes and takes part in a wide range of meetings, conferences, workshops and training events, throughout Asia Pacific. More information about the events listed below can be found by clicking on the relevant link, or by contacting the regional Meetings Unit (Email us)
April 2023
March 2023
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Multi-stakeholder Partnership in Facilitating Inclusive Economies and Protecting Rights of Migrant Workers
28 March 2023
Discussions will address the critical role that Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs) play in delivering services to migrant workers in order to promote their rights and the importance of multi-stakeholder approaches in facilitating such services.
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Project Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting 2023, Lao People's Democratic Republic
14 March 2023
Tripartite Constituents of Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Lao Federation of Trade Union convened a Project Advisory Committee Meeting of ILO/China Partnership Programme on 14 March 2023 at Don Chan Palace, Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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The Opening Workshop of TOT Online New Energy Vehicle Programme by Vocational Education Development Institute of Lao PDR and Hangzhou Technician College of China
13 March 2023
Jointly organized by the ILO/China Partnership Programme, Vocational Education Development Institute of Lao People's Democratic Republic and Hangzhou Technician College of China
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Promoting Quality Industry-based Apprenticeship: Video Launch and Talkshow for Industries and Trade Unions
7 March 2023
The video screening is aimed to raise the awareness of policymakers and social partners on quality industry-based apprenticeships to improve skilled labour and to promote quality industry-based apprenticeship programmes.
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Promoting SMEs through Access to Digital Financial Services: Launching of PROMISE IMPACT Phase 2 Project Implementation
2 March 2023
The main objective of this event is to officially mark the start of the project activities implementation. In the first intake, the project selected locations in the East Nusa Tenggara and West Java provinces.
February 2023
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Industry-specific vocational career guidance on TVET in Cebu
27 - 28 February 2023
Nearly a hundred TVET learners received industry-specific vocational career guidance through the ILO Skills for Prosperity Programme, funded by the U.K. Government, together with TESDA and CCA in Cebu City.
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Communications Training for Employers and Workers Organizations on Labour Standards, OSH and Gender Equality
27 February - 2 March 2023
The 4-day course aims to help actors in the organization to build capabilities to communicate and raise awareness on the promotion of workers’ rights in their workplaces, which weave the fabrics of formal and informal working conditions.
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Regional training to strengthen labour migration and reintegration in Western Visayas
27 February - 1 March 2023
Local governments, Migrant Resource Centres (MRC) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) helpdesks from six provinces in Western Visayas and partners in Iloilo City gather for an ILO training through its migration programmes to strengthen interagency coordination mechanisms on fair and ethical recruitment and sustainable gender-sensitive reintegration.
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Capacity building training for trade unions on Green Jobs and Just Transition in chemical and pharmaceutical industry
27 - 28 February 2023
This workshop will introduce the project “Making Just Transition work though stronger workers’ organizations in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry” to the partner unions (VGCL/VUIT and its local/sectoral affiliates) in southern Viet Nam, raise their awareness and build their capacity to promote green jobs and a just transition of the chemical industry through social dialogue.
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Third Joint Dialogue on labour migration between the ASEAN Confederation of Employers and the ASEAN Trade Union Council
24 February 2023
The ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) and the ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC) and their country level affiliates are meeting in Tokyo, Japan on 24 February 2023 for a Third Joint Dialogue on labour migration.
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High-Level Tripartite Regional Seminar on Industrial Relations in Southeast Asian Countries
22 - 24 February 2023
Review current approach to labour relations, build shared understanding on way forward for collaborative industrial relations and promote follow up initiatives at country level for working together for growth, productivity and decent work.
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Strengthening labour migration and reintegration in Western Visayas through Migrant Resource Centres and helpdesks
21 - 23 February 2023
The ILO, through the BRIDGE and Safe and Fair Programmes, and the Sub-Committee on International Migration and Development in the Philippines have collaborated to strengthen capacity and interagency coordination mechanisms on fair and ethical recruitment and sustainable gender-sensitive reintegration of migration service providers in Western Visayas.
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Cambodian Skill Competition Trainers and Champion to be trained in China under South-South Cooperation Skills Development Network
16 February 2023
With the coordination from ILO-China Partnership Programme, the discussion workshop on Training Cambodian Skills Competition Champion in China was organized under the South-South Cooperation Skills Development Network
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Strengthening gender-responsive recruitment and reintegration and social protection for migrant workers in Western Visayas
15 - 17 February 2023
The ILO BRIDGE Project and the Safe and Fair Programme with the Center for Migrant Advocacy and Migrants Coordinating Group (MCG) brought migrant workers and their families in Western Visayas to strengthen gender-responsive recruitment and reintegration and social protection services.
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Expanding Social Security Coverage to Informal Workers in Lao People's Democratic Republic
15 - 17 February 2023
ILO and the Lao Social Security Organisation (LSSO) hold a multi-stakeholder workshop to discuss how to promote social security membership among informal workers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and share the findings of a recent quantitative study.
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Executive course on Strategic Compliance Planning
6 - 8 February 2023
Under the Rural Sectors Project, the ILO and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have collaborated and convened Regional Directors for an executive course to develop Strategic Compliance Plans for the labour inspectorate to better protect vulnerable workers.
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Workshop on Prevention of Violence and Harassment in the Workplace for Labour Inspectors
1 February 2023
The workshop aims to enhance and strengthen the awareness of social partners regarding ILO Convention No. 190 and the Law on Sexual Violence Act 12 of 2022 towards a safe working environment.
January 2023
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A Consultation Workshop to summary the Pilot Benchmarking of the Skill Standards of Automotive Sector and ICT Sector
31 January 2023
Jointly organized by the ILO/China Partnership Programme and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Lao People's Democratic Republic
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A Consultation Workshop on Good Practices on Skill Development and Employment in Lao PDR
30 - 31 January 2023
Jointly organized by the ILO/China Partnership Programme and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Lao People's Democratic Republic