ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers

ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers (ACMW) Meeting 2017

ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers (ACMW) Meeting 2017 When : 21 - 22 February 2017 Where : Boracay, Philippines ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers (ACMW) Meeting 2017 When : 21 - 22 February 2017 Where : Boracay, Philippines

ASEAN Forum on Youth Employment: Effective Youth Employment Policies and Programmes for Better Employability of Young People

The Forum recommended that ASEAN Member States tackle youth unemployment through: 1) sharing of experiences, best practices, policy, approaches and measures in tackling youth unemployment and development among ASEAN Member States; 2) raising the awareness of the ASEAN Member States on the global issues on youth employment through discussion...

8th Meeting of ACMW Drafting Team

The ACWC DT met to re-discuss chapters I - IV: 1.General Principles, 2.Definition of Migrant Workers, both documented/ regular and undocumented/irregular, 3.Fundamental Rights of Migrant Workers and Family Members 4.Specific Rights of Regular Migrant Workers. 14 articles were agreed to by 8 ASEAN Member States and two articles...

7th Meeting of ACMW Drafting Team

The ACMW DT discussed Chapter III on the Fundamental Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and Chapter VI on the Obligations of Receiving States. The DT agreed to re-discuss chapters I - IV during their 8th meeting in order to try to reach an consensus on...

Experts Meeting on the Changing Workplace and Employment patterns: The Challenges and Opportunities for ASEAN Employers

This experts meeting will consider the employment-related challenges posed by ASEAN integration. A Report, based on the collective inputs into the meeting, will be produced by ACTEMP, that will provide consolidated analysis on the changes in the labour markets in the ASEAN region along with recommendations for business membership...

3rd Meeting of ACMW

ACMW decided that: a) the instrument on migrant workers rights drafting team should continue its work; b) ACMW would explore innovative approaches to reaching consensus, for example by firstly focusing on common ground amongst the Member States and c) expansion of the drafting team members.