Singapore, 31 October 2024 – The twenty eighth ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Assembly (twenty eighth ALMM) and thirteenth ASEAN Plus Three Labour Ministers’ Assembly (thirteenth ALMM+3) concluded at present in Singapore. The conferences have been participated by ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the Secretary-Common of ASEAN. China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea attended the thirteenth ALMM+3. Timor-Leste participated in each conferences as an observer.
The twenty eighth ALMM commemorated 50 years of cooperation within the labour sector since its inaugural assembly in 1975. A Commemorative video and the launching of a time capsule marked the celebration, which highlighted the important thing milestones, tasks and accomplishments of ASEAN labour cooperation over the past 5 many years. The time capsule can be placed on show on the ASEAN Secretariat/Headquarters in Jakarta.
The Assembly was opened by the ALMM Chair of 2024-2026, H.E. Dr. Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Minister for Manpower. “As ASEAN celebrates 50 years of labour cooperation, we mirrored on our shared achievements and the progress made in constructing a resilient workforce throughout the area. Singapore is proud to be a part of this journey and stays dedicated to strengthening regional cooperation to handle the challenges of the longer term world of labor. By enhancing expertise growth, defending staff’ rights, and selling first rate work, we are able to make sure that ASEAN’s workforce is able to seize the alternatives forward.”, stated H.E. Dr. Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Minister for Manpower and Chair of ALMM.
In his remarks, the Secretary-Common of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, highlighted the ALMM’s pivotal function in addressing key labour points inside the area for the previous 5 many years. He careworn the relevance of the theme for the twenty eighth ALMM, “Strengthening Resilience and Selling Innovation”, being consistent with the realisation of the forthcoming ASEAN Neighborhood Imaginative and prescient 2045 for a resilient, revolutionary, dynamic, and people-centred ASEAN Neighborhood. Dr. Kao expressed confidence that the ALMM cooperation past 2025 can be profitable, by leveraging expertise, fostering expertise growth, and selling a future-ready workforce that’s aware of the area’s dynamic labour markets.
The Conferences reviewed the progress of implementation of the ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Work Programme 2021-2025 within the areas of occupational security and well being, labour inspection, safety of migrant staff, together with migrant fishers, social safety, inexperienced jobs promotion, gender mainstreaming in labour and employment insurance policies, and promotion of future-ready workforce, amongst others.
Comply with-up initiatives to quite a few ASEAN Declarations adopted previously 5 years have been deliberated. The Assembly additionally mentioned the Vientiane Declaration on Expertise Mobility, Recognition and Improvement for Migrant Staff and its Guidelines, ASEAN Declaration on The Prevention of Baby Labour, Together with The Elimination of Worst Types of Baby Labour, ASEAN Pointers on Portability of Social Safety Advantages for Migrant Staff in ASEAN and ASEAN Pointers on the Placement and Safety of Migrant Fishers. These final result paperwork have been just lately adopted or famous on the forty fourth and forty fifth ASEAN Summits on 9 October 2024, in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
The Conferences supported the event of the ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Work Programme for 2026-2030, guided by the ASEAN Neighborhood Imaginative and prescient 2045 and aware of present labour points within the area. Labour-related priorities of Malaysia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2025 have been shared together with a collection of actions for the ASEAN Yr of Expertise 2025 deliberate by Malaysia.
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