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

The project will support two conferences: • Part I: ASEAN+3 Meeting on Employment Services, which shall be under the responsibility of ILO DWT-Bangkok. The outcome of the PES meeting is the strengthened ASEAN+3 network on PES and the output is the improved knowledge on the operations and functioning of PES in the ASEAN region. PES are government institutions which plan and execute labour market policies that governments use to help workers enter the labour market facilitate labour market adjustments and to cushion the impact of economic transitions. This definition is consistent with the ILO Employment Services Convention, 1948 (No. 88) and ensure the maintenance of a free PES. The ILO has been integrating employment services promotion into its Programme and Budget (P&B Outcome 1 – cover page). • Part II: ILO/China International Conference on Building Social Protection Floors for All, which shall be under the responsibility of the Social Protection Department of the ILO. Outcome of this component is the strengthened capacity of ILO constituents from the ASEAN countries and China to build and reform their social protection policies and strategies in line with ILO Recommendation No.202, Convention No. 102 and other ILO social security standards, including Maternity Protection Convention (No.183). More specifically, the Conference will produce three outputs: Output 2.1: Experiences and knowledge on social protection policies and strategies exchanged among ASEAN countries; Output 2.2: China’s experiences from universalising social protection shared with ASEAN countries; Output 2.3: Increased SSTC and partnership on SPFs among ASEAN countries, China and the ILO.

Project symbol

RAS/16/06/CHN

Admin unit

DWT-Bangkok

Start date

01/07/2016

End date

30/09/2017

Total allocation

198463

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

198463

Development Partners

China, Ministry of Human resources and Social Security

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional

Outcomes

Advocacy for decent work