ILO-China South-South Cooperation Project to Expand Employment Services and Enhance Labour Market Information in Cambodia and Lao PDR

The main purpose of this Project is to improve labour market efficiency and participation, reducing unemployment, and enhancing linkages and information flows between job seekers and employers, which will in turn contribute to the reduction of poverty in Cambodia and Lao PDR. Improving the quality of employment services through strengthened client orientation and capacity building of job centres and their officials, and improving the quality and analysis of labour market information will be the core components of this Project. Appropriate methodologies and tools for capacity building will be developed with tripartite partners—governments, employers’, and workers’ organizations. In addition, a wide range of activities including coaching, training, seminars, specific capacity development workshops, study tours and immersion programmes will be carried out enhancing knowledge of employment services, counselling and other key functioning matters. Furthermore the project will be implemented under the ILO South-South cooperation Framework, within which China’s support will combine the provision of financial resources and a wide range of knowledge exchange initiatives based on experiences at both national and provincial levels.

Project symbol

RAS/12/17/CPR

Admin unit

DWT-Bangkok
CO-Bangkok

Start date

01/05/2013

End date

30/09/2017

Total allocation

999980

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

989631

Development Partners

China, Ministry of Human resources and Social Security

Country/Countries

Cambodia
Lao People's Democratic Republic

Outcomes

More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects