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Employment promotion and South-South cooperation
Promoting the Global Development Initiative with a Focus on South-South Cooperation in Employment in ASEAN
The Project seeks to enhance collaboration between China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to promote South-South cooperation among ASEAN Member States in the areas of employment, public employment services, and entrepreneurship development.
Tripartism and social dialogue
Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains Asia (RISSC)
Funded by the Government of Japan, the RISSC project aims to build more resilient, inclusive and sustainable global supply chains as an entry point and catalyst for advancing decent work, addressing human and labour right risks, and building forward better from recent global disruptions, including COVID-19 pandemic.
Tripartism and social dialogue
Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains Asia (RISSC) in Indonesia
Funded by the Government of Japan, the RISSC project aims to build more resilient, inclusive and sustainable global supply chains as an entry point and catalyst for advancing decent work, addressing human and labour right risks, and building forward better from recent global disruptions, including COVID-19 pandemic. In Indonesia, the RISSC project focuses on the electronics manufacturing sector.
Tripartism and social dialogue
Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains (RISSC) in the Philippines
Enterprise development
Building Youth Capacity and Network in Asia Pacific
The ILO's technical cooperation project to empower 50,000 youth and vulnerable people using sustainable, scalable and impactful training tools in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste.
Skills development
Strengthening Labour Market Information Systems (LMIS) in ASEAN for better skills and employment policies
The project aims to increase capacity of ASEAN Member States to identify current skills mismatches, anticipate future skills needs and prevailing barriers to access by specific groups, and to generate evidence with a view to inform skills and employment-related policy formulation.
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)
Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally
The ILO and the Government of Japan have partnered to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) operate safely under the prolonged community quarantine and adapt to the New Normal business environment with improved workplace safety and health practices and better equipped to take advantage of the available digital tools and the expanding digital economy opportunities.
Employment promotion
Promoting productive employment and skills development in BARMM: Assessing the economic and labour market situation and skills needs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
With the support of the Australian Embassy in the Philippines, the ILO will undertake studies and consultations to better understand the skills development and labour market needs in BARMM and identify opportunities for policy making and programming.
Application of International Labour Standards (ILS)
Trade for Decent Work Project
The ILO-EU Trade for Decent Work Project (Trade4DW) in the Philippines is part of the global Trade for Decent Work Project, which was established in 2019 by both the European Commission (EC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to help improve labour relations and working conditions, and ensure better application of international labour standards (ILS) in the EU’s trading partner countries, including the Philippines.
The ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work: activities in the Philippines
The project promotes the responsible transition from cash to digital wage payments for the benefit of workers, employers, and the government. Its target beneficiaries are small and medium sized enterprises that continue to pay cash-based wages and have an interest in digitizing their payroll and workers employed in these. The Philippines is one of the countries in which the project operates globally.
Women's entrepreneurship development
Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19
The Rebuilding Better project, supported by J.P. Morgan, supports women entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and adopt more sustainable and resilient business models by strengthening their access to vital support services.
Social Dialogue, Tripartism, and Application of FoA CB
Improved social dialogue, tripartism and better application of basic rights on freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
This intervention promotes social dialogue to improve the Philippines’ compliance with national and international labour standards in selected economic zones and is part of an integrated strategy that feeds into policy and legal reforms, including COVID-19 responses.
Workers' rights in rural sectors
Improved Workers' Rights in Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a Focus on Women
This ILO project, funded by the US Department of Labor (US DOL), aims to improve the promotion and compliance to labour laws, occupational safety and health, and gender equality in the rural sectors in the Philippines and Indonesia, with a focus on women workers.
Recruitment to reintegration in migration governance
Bridging Recruitment to Reintegration in Migration Governance: Philippines (BRIDGE)
This Joint Programme helps ensure that government initiatives for fair and ethical recruitment and reintegration are evidence-based, gender-responsive and coordinated, and seeks to translate evidence into policy and practices on recruitment and reintegration. Funded by the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF), BRIDGE is being implemented in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO), and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
Reduction of Child Labour in BARMM
Achieving reduction of child labour in support of education: Programme to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agriculture sector in BARMM
The ILO and the Government of Japan through the ILO-Japan Multi-bilateral Programme have partnered to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agricultural communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The initial target provinces are Maguindanao and Lanao Del Sur.
Strengthened capacity of member States
Strengthened capacity of member States to ratify and apply international labour standards and to fulfil their reporting obligations
This intervention aims to strengthen constituents’ engagement on compliance with and reporting on international labour standards. It provides specific assistance in follow-up to the comments of the ILO’s supervisory bodies on the application of ILO conventions on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).
Labour migration
Governance of Labour Migration in South and South-East Asia (GOALS)
GOALS project is aimed at ensuring labour migration is safe, orderly and regular for all women and men from Colombo Process Member States through strengthened collaboration and effective migration governance.
Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia - Indonesia
The Project aims to promoting regular and safe labour migration among South East Asian countries in fishing and seafood processing sectors.
Capacity Building of Employer and Business Membership Organizations
Data as a strategic asset for the organizational development and capacity building of Employer and Business Membership Organizations
Aligned to Outcome 1.1 of the Programme and Budget, the project aims to develop deeper insights into the opportunities for EBMO to position data as a strategic asset and while enhancing organizational capacities to take action.
Employment promotion
Future of Work in the Philippines: Assessing the impact of technological changes on occupations and sectors
With the support of the Australian Embassy in the Philippines, the ILO undertook research and consultations to better understand and measure the impact of technological change in the context of national strategies related to Industry 4.0, in particular the adoption of AI, as regards job disruption, transformation and skills development.