News and articles
2013
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News
Vocational Training Course for Young Migrant Workers launched in Samut Sakhon
27 August 2013,
With technical and financial support from the ILO/IPEC the Labour Rights Promotion Network (LPN) has begun collaborating with the Provincial Non-Formal Education Office and the Mahachai Automotive Institute of Technology (MIAT) to provide vocational training and job alternatives for young migrant workers in the Maung District of Samut Sakhon.
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Press release
Pacific Island Countries benefit from ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC,2006)
26 August 2013, Pacific Island Countries
A new “bill of rights” – the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention – comes into force, ensuring protection for the world’s 1.5 million seafarers and fair competition for shipowners.
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Press release
New Zealand supports Secretary of State of Timor-Leste for the Support and Promotion of the Private Sector through the ILO’s Business Opportunities and Support Services Project
23 August 2013, Dili, Timor-Leste
The Ambassador of New Zealand H.E. Tony Fautua and the Secretary of State for the Support and Promotion of the Private Sector H.E. Veneranda Lemos, and Ms. Michiko Miyamoto, Deputy Director of the International labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste today signed an agreement for New Zealand contribution of 3.9 million US Dollars to the Business Opportunities and Support Services Project (BOSS) Project, implemented by the (ILO) and the Instituto de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Empresarial (IADE).
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News
Request for Proposal (RFP)-Study on the implications of Food provision on Garment Worker’s Health and Productivity
23 August 2013,
On behalf of the International Labour Organization (hereinafter the “ILO”), I would like to invite your company to submit a proposal for the provision of internet services as described in the Terms of Reference (TOR) attached as Annex I and the Terms and Conditions applicable to ILO Contracts for Services attached as Annex II. The services relate to the provision of a Study on the implications of Food provision on Garment Worker’s Health and Productivity (hereinafter the “Services”) to the ILO Country Office in Cambodia. This solicitation letter together with its Annexes listed below form an integral part of the present Request for Proposal (RFP). To ensure competition, all interested bidders will receive the same RFP documentation.
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Social security
Report projects future financial woes of social security fund
22 August 2013,
A report released today by the International Labour Organization (ILO) suggests that the Viet Nam Social Security Fund (VSS) could start having deficits by 2021 and experience depletion by 2034 if no reforms are made.
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Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
Global shipping industry sets sail under new standard
20 August 2013,
A new “bill of rights” – the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention – comes into force, ensuring protection for the world’s 1.5 million seafarers and fair competition for shipowners.
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Press release
Global shipping industry sets sail under new standard
20 August 2013,
A new “bill of rights” – the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention – comes into force, ensuring protection for the world’s 1.5 million seafarers and fair competition for shipowners. Viet Nam is the 37th country to ratify the Convention.
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Press release
ILO to mark entry into force of Maritime Labour Convention on 20 August
16 August 2013,
To mark the day, the ILO will organize a panel with high-level representatives of seafarers, ship-owners and port authorities from Singapore's maritime sector, and Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director of the ILO International Labour Standards Department, who is the key ILO expert on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC 2006).
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News
Policy dialogue on the mobility of health professionals
15 August 2013,
The EU-funded ILO - Decent Work across Borders Project organized a policy dialogue and discussed conclusions of commissioned papers on effectiveness of bilateral labour arrangements, working conditions of Filipino and Indian-born nurses in the UK, impact of migration of health professionals and services available to skilled migrants.
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Press release
Job quality undermines youth potentials and national growth
12 August 2013,
The quality of jobs available for young people aged between 15 and 29 is ringing an alarm in the youth labour market in Viet Nam, the first national school-to-work transition survey has shown on the occasion of the International Youth Day (12 August).