Workshop on Labor Market Information and Analysis in ASEAN Countries
Agenda

Session I: Introduction

Registration

Welcome - Representative of the Government of Brunei Darussalam

Opening - Representative of the ASEAN Secretariat

Introduction to the Workshop

Opening Remarks - John West, Asian Development Bank Institute

Opening Remarks - Duncan Campbell, International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva

Kee Beom Kim, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

• Presentation: ASEAN Capacity-building workshop on Labor Market Information and Analysis [ PDF 559.9KB | 9 pages ]

Coffee Break

Session II: Economic Indicators

Economic Indicators
This presentation provides an overview of the main economic indicators critical for the effective analysis of labor markets (e.g. GDP, productivity, industrial production, manufacturing and trade statistics, prices, etc.).

Guntur Sugiyarto, Economic Research and Development, Asian Development Bank

• Presentation: Analyzing the Labor Market [ PDF 709.8KB | 27 pages ]

ASEAN Initiatives on Macroeconomic Indicators
This presentation provides participants information on ASEAN initiatives in the development of regional economic indicators and harmonization of economic statistics in the region.

John De Guia, ASEAN Statistics, ASEAN Secretariat

• Presentation: ASEAN Cooperation in Statistics [ PDF 136.4KB | 27 pages ]

Lunch

Session III: Labor Market Information

This session introduces the participants to decent work indicators and key labor market indicators, their concepts, definitions and methods of collecting data underpinning them (such as household surveys and other data sources). The session also provides an overview of the Asia-Pacific regional framework for monitoring and assessing progress on decent work and current initiatives on labor market information and analysis.

Labor Market Information and Decent Work Indicators

Igor Chernyshev, Department of Statistics, International Labor Organization, Geneva

• Presentation: Labor Market Information and Decent Work Indicators [ PDF 308.2KB | 77 pages ]

Asia-Pacific Initiatives on Decent Work Indicators

Phu Huynh, International Labor Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

• Presentation: Asia-Pacific Initiatives on Decent Work Indicators [ PDF 276.9KB | 13 pages ]

Coffee Break

Three countries share their experiences in the collection and production of labor market information, including challenges confronted and how they have been overcome.

Presentations on ASEAN Member Country Initiatives on the Collection and Production of Labor Market Information

Brunei Darussalam

• Country Presentation: Initiatives on the Collection and Production of Labour Market Information [ PDF 396.8KB | 15 pages ]

Malaysia National Statistics Office

• Country Presentation: Labor Market Information System: Data at DOSM [ PDF 331.2KB | 30 pages ]

Philippine National Statistics Office

• Country Presentation: Collection and Production of Labor Market Information: Philippine Experience [ PDF 170.3KB | 15 pages ]

Welcome Dinner hosted by Brunei Darussalam

Session IV: Labor Market Analysis

Labor and Social Trends Reports
This presentation provides an overview of how labor market information are analyzed in a number of ASEAN Member Countries in the form of Labor and Social Trends reports, and their uses for policy design, implementation and monitoring.

Sukti Dasgupta, International Labor Organization Sub-Regional Office for East Asia

• Presentation: Labor and Social Trends Reports: An Overview [ PDF 1.1MB | 18 pages ]

Employment Targeting
Many countries around the world have set employment targets as part of their development plans. This presentation will provide information on appropriate methodologies for setting appropriate employment targets.

Duncan Campbell, Economic and Labor Market Analysis Department, International Labor Organization, Geneva

• Presentation: Setting an Employment Target: Some Considerations [ PDF 219KB | 27 pages ]

Coffee Break

Four countries share their experiences in formulating their national development plans based on the analysis of economic and labor market information.

Employment in National Development Plans

Indonesia Ministry of Planning and Economy

• Country Presentation: Employment Development Plans in Indonesia [ PDF 175.6KB | 19 pages ]

Viet Nam Ministry of Planning and Economy

• Country Presentation: Viet Nam Employment Trends 2009 (VET) [ PDF 844.7KB | 24 pages ]

Myanmar Ministry of Planning and Economy

• Country Presentation: Capacity Building Workshop on Labour Market Information and Analysis in ASEAN [ PDF 328.2KB | 16 pages ]

Lao PDR Ministry of Planning and Economy

Lunch

Session V: Regional Integration and Labor Markets

Trade, Migration and Labor Markets
This session examines the issues of trade liberalization and the freer movement of labor across ASEAN, appropriate methodologies of assessing their impacts on national economies and domestic labor markets, and policy implications.

Jean-Christophe Dumont, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Presentation: Trade, Migration and Labor Markets [ PDF 1013.8KB | 18 pages ]

Coffee Break

Countries share their experiences in analyzing the labor market impacts of trade liberalization and/or overseas migration and appropriate policy responses.

Country Presentations on Regional Integration and Labor Markets

Cambodia Ministry of Labor

• Country Presentation: Cambodia's Labor Market Challenges and Policy Measure [ PDF 470KB | 17 pages ]

Singapore Ministry of Labor

• Country Presentation: Singapore's Labor Market and the Impact of the Foreign Workforce [ PDF 1MB | 12 pages ]

Thailand Ministry of Labor

• Country Presentation: The Labor Market Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Overseas Migration and Appropriate Policy Responses [ PDF 644.4KB | 22 pages ]

Session VI: Group Discussions - Way forward

Participants are divided into three groups to discuss the topics below and identify recommendations and initiatives in the respective areas:

1. Strengthening economic indicators
2. Strengthening labor market information
3. Strengthening the analysis of labor markets

Group Work on Way Forward
Groups to be chaired by the ADBI, ASEAN Secretariat, and ILO

Each group present their discussions and recommendations to the plenary for endorsement.

Plenary: Presentations of Group Work

Chair: Brunei Darussalam

• Presentation: Group Discussion 1 [ PDF 77.8KB | 3 pages ]

• Presentation: Group Discussion 2 [ PDF 64.9KB | 4 pages ]

• Presentation: Group Discussion 3 [ PDF 82.5KB | 7 pages ]

Wrap-up and closing remarks
Brunei Darussalam