116. The role of active labour market policies.

Advisory services covered topics ranging from labour migration policies and protecting the rights of migrant workers to the development of labour statistics systems.

20.1 The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare's Policies Plans Projects for Home Workers.

The mismatch between labour market demand and supply is partly a result of educational policies.

Labour market policies at present are not aimed at securing full employment, but rather at promoting active measures on the part of the labour market.

Restrictive policies imposed for nationalistic or security reasons affected negatively both exporters and importers of labour.

The State party should strengthen the enforcement of the existing legislation and policies against child labour.

Given the level of job mobility and dislocation inherent in today's dynamic labour market, active labour market policies are essential to fostering the smooth reallocation of labour from declining industries to new and emerging ones.

This bias usually arises from policies that in themselves are not specifically aimed at SMEs (such as fiscal and labour policies) and from complex regulatory frameworks.

In Malaysia, land development policies were combined with measures to raise productivity of land and agricultural labour.

Notes 1 See International Labour Organization, World Employment 1996 97 National Policies in a Global Context (Geneva, 1996).

3. Training policies and programmes for the new skills required for women apos s entry into the labour market

17. The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) provides ILO with an operational arm to assist countries in formulating national policies on child labour in line with international standards and to build the national capacity to combat child labour.

The project is also exploring questions of social services and policies and labour legislation relating to women, work and family.

An increasing number of Governments10 took steps to mainstream gender perspectives into economic policies and programmes, including in the labour market.

Some participants observed that the movement of labour across countries was increasing substantially and that the policies on mode 4 movement of labour to supply services needed to be further examined in WTO discussions.

Authorities must also consider objective factors that correspond to objectives of the overall labour market, equal opportunities and social and employment policies.

79. The objective of ILO activities in public administration and development is to strengthen the capacity of labour administrations to design and implement effective policies for the protection of workers and the efficient functioning of labour markets.

On the labour front, Omani women were legally entitled to pursue the career of their choice and were active participants in social development policies.

Without the use of these active labour market policies the number of unemployed persons and thus also the unemployment rate would be markedly higher.

In 1994, about DM 52,800 million was spent on active labour market policies in 1995, about DM 51,000 million was earmarked for this purpose.

Besides the general policies pursued by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, which include policies on ethnic minorities, specific measures are needed to increase the participation of ethnic minority women (and men) in the labour market.

Both the Cayman Islands and Bermuda participated in a conference, which was a major event on policies and implementation of programmes concerning labour market information.

Moreover, policies should include measures for labour intensive growth, as over the next 10 years the region will require 35 million jobs to reduce unemployment rates.

Tunisia is convinced that youth employment policies should not be confined to intervention in the labour market, but include social, educational and fiscal dimensions as well.

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries will be able to absorb only limited numbers of surplus workers from labour exporting countries owing to current work nationalization policies.

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On a positive note, however, the report had argued that forced labour could be abolished if Governments and national institutions pursued active policies and vigorous enforcement measures.

49. In the area of child labour, her Government s public policies had focused on repressing illegal practices and attempting to eliminate the root causes of the problem.

What programmes and policies have been implemented by the Department of Welfare and Labour Protection, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare's office on home workers, and are there plans to bring home workers and other workers in the informal sector under the Social Insurance Act?

Was the Ministry of Labour developing any workplace policies to combat gender discrimination in recruitment and promotion, especially in the case of older women, who were more vulnerable?

The Australian Government develops policies and manages programmes that support efficient and effective labour market assistance higher productivity, higher pay workplaces and increased workforce participation, including for women.

The Plan pays utmost attention to active employment policies in promoting employment, thus supporting the personal initiative of the unemployed in changing their status in the labour market.

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Time bound programmes comprised comprehensive policies and measures with clear goals, specific targets and a defined time frame aimed at preventing and eliminating the worst forms of child labour.

The International Labour Organization (ILO), for example, advocates the measurement of employment and income contributions by informal household enterprises in countries with a view to promoting appropriate governmental policies.

30. ILO will continue to approach the issue of employment generation with particular reference to labour market information systems, employment and manpower policies, private sector development and employment services.

A number of Andean countries are now putting into place stronger policies to eradicate debt bondage and other forms of forced labour to which indigenous people are too often subjected.

The instability of the lead institution in the agricultural sector and the unpredictability of the resources for the implementation of policies for the integration of women in the labour market.

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