http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th daily 1 2011-03-31T09:59:06Z http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/enabling-asias-women-to-fulfill-their-potential The Japan Times Online - May 18, 2012. "Everyone's eyes are on Asia's rise. China, once dismissed as poor and backward, is now the world's second-largest economy. India, with its huge population, scientific prowess and entrepreneurial vitality, is another powerful engine of Asian growth." No publisher Administrator 2012-05-18T04:40:30Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/govt-to-create-1-million-skilled-manpower-in-next-five-years The Times of India - May 13, 2012. "The state government has decided to convert employment exchange offices into career guidance centres in a bid to meet the target of creating one million skilled manpower in the state in the next five years. At these centres, candidates will be counseled and screened for appropriate skill development training, said chief secretary B K Patnaik. He was speaking at a skill summit organized by the State Employment Mission and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Odisha chapter." No publisher Administrator 2012-05-15T03:52:22Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/ying-kong-young-gifted-and-asian-take-heart Nzherald - May 13, 2012. "Young, Asian and unemployed? Know thyself. Struggling to find employment or even land an interview and find yourself or your friends blaming racist attitudes of New Zealand employers? Think again. Blaming racism relinquishes self- accountability, and changing the attitudes of the people around you can be an impossible task that could leave you suffering a lifetime of frustrations." No publisher Administrator 2012-05-14T10:18:33Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/hilton-partners-with-room-to-read-will-donate-as-much-as-150k IndUS Business Journal - May 10, 2012. " Hilton Worldwide has entered a three-year partnership with Room to Read, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy and gender equality in education. The partnership supports Room to Read’s holistic approach to literacy and girls’ education in South and Southeast Asia — aiming to reach more than 2,000 young people in the first phase of the program. Hilton Worldwide will also support Room to Read’s annual spring fundraising campaign promoting the Girls’ Education program by matching donations up to $150,000. " No publisher Administrator 2012-05-11T03:00:14Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/not-an-ordinary-may-1st-says-ilo-chief ILO - May 1, 2012. "Tens of thousands of people around the world are taking to the streets today to mark May 1st. What else is new? Well, plenty. The continuing economic crisis is hitting workers hardest. The macroeconomic policies of the past decades have downgraded the meaning of decent work. The current growth model considers work as a production cost that must be as low as possible in order to raise competitiveness and profits. Workers are seen as being consumers of all sorts of loans rather than as having a legitimate share through wages in the wealth they contribute to create. Lost in translation is the fact that quality work is a source of personal dignity, family stability, peace in the community and, certainly, a source of credibility for democratic governance. However, in too many places we have lost the basic notion that labour is not a commodity." No publisher Administrator 2012-05-02T11:29:45Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/governments-moved-to-prevent-job-loss-boost-skills-in-response-to-global-financial-and-economic-crisis ILO - April 20, 2012. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank (WB) released a joint report and new online data tool with the first comprehensive stocktaking of countries’ jobs-related policy responses to the recent global financial and economic crisis. No publisher Administrator 2012-05-01T02:48:45Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/eight-blocks-for-building-better-working-lives ILO - April 27, 2012. May 1st is Labour Day, an opportunity to reflect on the near-universal experience of work, its quality and quantity. One ILO initiative is seeking to achieve 100 per cent ratification of the eight ILO Conventions covering fundamental labour standards by 2015. The ILO’s Specialist on Labour Standard explains why these instruments are important and how they are linked to relieving poverty and improving lives. No publisher Administrator 2012-04-29T12:02:57Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/temporary-employment-boosts-early-recovery-from-fiji-floods-un ILO - April 25, 2012. "The cash-for-work initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from UN Women and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is being implemented with the Government of Fiji to focus initially on market vendors in Rakiraki, one of the country’s worst affected districts, located halfway between the capital Suva and the western town of Nadi." No publisher Administrator 2012-04-26T02:48:59Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/12th-plan-to-focus-more-on-skills-development-montek Business Line - April 17, 2012. "The Planning Commission is working on composite set of policies to include skills development in the 12th Plan. Speaking after laying foundation stone for ‘Multi Skill Development Centre' (MSDC) in Bangalore, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission said, “We have realised skills development is an important condition to achieve 9 per cent growth.”" No publisher Administrator 2012-04-19T00:51:45Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/social-protection-for-thailand2019s-informal-economy-workers ILO - April 5, 2012. "People working in the informal economy are vulnerable and often lack social protection. When natural disasters such as the 2011 flood in Thailand strike, they are frequently left without adequate support. But now the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other United Nations agencies are working with the Thai Government to change this and create a suitable social protection system. Alice Molinier and Kakkanang Ghettalae, ILO Social Protection Consultants, and Poonsap Tulaphan, Foundation for Labour and Employment Promotion report." No publisher Administrator 2012-04-17T05:26:42Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/hays-talent-mobility-can-tackle-its-skills-gap Market Watch - April 16, 2012. "The mobility of talent across Asia Pacific can ease the IT skills shortage, says Hays Information Technology. But according to Hays, while employers may be slowly embracing this solution, it is far from universally accepted. " No publisher Administrator 2012-04-17T05:17:56Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/australia-a-world-leader-in-skilled-migration Knox weekly - April 9, 2012. "AUSTRALIA is leading the world in removing barriers for foreign workers with an agenda for ready recognition of overseas credentials which is "radical in global terms", according to a world authority on skilled labour migration." No publisher Administrator 2012-04-09T13:23:12Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/formal-education-failing-to-secure-jobs-for-arab-youth Gulf News - March 25, 2012.(opinion piece) "Private sector plays a major role both in creating opportunities and in providing quality education" No publisher Administrator 2012-04-04T03:30:23Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/india-journal-is-2018trainable2019-the-new-2018employable2019 The Wall Street Journal INDIA - April 3, 2012. "Surveys are wonderful things. They “reveal” the obvious in a manner that forces us to pay attention. For instance, we’ve long suspected that India’s educational system is ineffective in giving students the ability to eke out a living. It’s great at mass production of “higher end” professionals (think engineers or doctors), leaves the “lower end” (unskilled labor) to take care of itself, but leaves a gigantic deficit in the middle as anyone knows who has tried to hire foremen, sales guys, plumbers, or middle managers." No publisher Administrator 2012-04-04T02:57:25Z News Item http://skills-ap.ilobkk.or.th/news/asia-coming-together-for-sound-and-sustainable-development China Daily - April 4, 2012. "Vice-Premier Li Keqiang delivered a keynote speech at the opening plenary of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2012 on Monday in Boao, in South China's Hainan province. The following is the translated version of the full text of his speech" No publisher Administrator 2012-04-04T02:50:39Z News Item