ofw info: Finance Ministers

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Finance Ministers

DELEGATES OF THE G8 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING POSE FOR A GROUP PHOTO SESSION IN FRONT OF THE OSAKA CFront row LR: EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, Australian Finance Minister Wayne Swan, Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga, Thailand Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, British Finance Minister Alistair Darling, Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk. Back row L-R: FSF Chairman Mario Draghi, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Germany State Secretary Thomas Mirow, Brazil Secretary for International Affairs Marcos Galvao, Chinese Vice Finance Minister Li Yong, South Korean Vice Minister Choi Joongkyung, South Africa Special Advisor Michael Sachs, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, IEA (International Energy Agency) Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka. The world's top finance ministers urged oil producers to increase their output as they warned that runaway prices imperil global economic growth.

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Philippines Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

Sending Workers Abroad. Manolo Abella. Examines the role played by the state and private sector in organizing labour migration It explores the question of whether, and how, migrant workers should be controlled and regulated to safeguard the interests of the sending state without infringing the basic rights of the individual.

WHAT I.L.O. CAN Do?

The ILO can offer countries of origin advice on many aspects of labour migration, including training on labour policy and management. Usually we work with the Ministry of Labour or with a ministry that has been created for overseas employment — as well as with employers, trade unions and migrant workers organizations.

Among other things, we can assist countries in their efforts to integrate labour migration issues with other key economic and social concerns, including employment, national and local economic development, education and skills development, and gender empowerment

LABOUR MIGRATION IN ASIA ROLE OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND MOUs

Major issues to be covered in BAs

Exchange of information

Recruitment, testing and certification of applicants Sectors, quotas, duration, possibility of renewal

Employment contracts and conditions of work

Provisions to deal with migrant workers in irregular status

Dispute settlement

Social security arrangements

Return provisions

Jurisdiction and enforcement: Joint review committees

Diversity of agreements

Bilateral labour agreements

Memorandum of understanding: MOU (common in Asia)

Statements of mutual labour cooperation or informal assurances

Bilateral social security agreements

Anti- trafficking agreements:

Mekong subregion; Thailand with neighbours.

Agreements between labour-sending countries:

Philippines and Indonesia

Model employment contracts

Objectives of BAs and MOUs in Asia

Sending countries

To ensure continued access to labour markets of receiving countries.

Reduce domestic unemployment pressures

Ensure protection of migrant workers’ rights and welfare.

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