Jobs at the Border
Agenda and Program
Agenda
Multi-Stakeholder Workshop
Jobs in SEZs: Promoting Gender-Sensitive Policies in the Mekong Region
20 – 21 June 2019
Centre Point Hotel Sukhumvit 10, Bangkok, Thailand
Organised by
Mekong Migration Network (MMN) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Supported by
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
Day 1
June 20, Thursday, 2019
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:30
Opening remarks
Ms. Ayesha Rekhi,
Counsellor (Political/Economic) and Permanent Observer to ESCAP,
Representative of Ambassador Donica Pottie,
Embassy of Canada to Thailand, Lao and Cambodia, Thailand
Ms. Gillian Dowie,
International Development Research Centre, Canada
Dr Eden Y. Woon,
President, Asian Institute of Technology,
Pathumthani, Thailand
Ms Reiko Harima,
Regional Coordinator, Mekong Migration Network
09:30 - 09:50
Keynote address:
SEZs and implications for labour rights
Ms Marja Paavilainen, International Labour Organization
(Download)
09:50 - 10:00
Group photo
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:50
Participant introductions
10:50 - 11:30
Introduction to the workshop and Launch of the report
Presentation by Ms. Carli Melo, Mekong Migration Network
(Download)
11:30 - 12:45
Lunch
12:45 - 14:30
Panel 1: Labour rights and working conditions in SEZs
Facilitator: Mr. Bent Gehrt, Workers Rights Consortium
Presentation of key findings and recommendations,
Ms. Carli Melo, Mekong Migration Network
(Download)
Commentators
- Ms Pataraporn Laouwong,
National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand
(Download) - Mr Randolph Dacanay,
Asian Development Bank
(Download) - Mr. Kaing Monika,
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, Cambodia - Mr Komsoth Tim,
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Cambodia - Mr Thit Lwin Aung,
Future Light Centre, Myanmar
(Download)
Open discussion
14:30 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 16:30
Panel 2: Skills development and recognition in SEZs
Facilitator: Mr. Sokchar Mom, Legal Support for Children and Women, Cambodia
Presentation of key findings and recommendations,
Professor Kyoko Kusakabe, Asian Institute of Technology
(Download)
Commentators
- Ms. Hnin Phyu Phyu Aye,
Aung Myin Hmu Training Centre, Myanmar
(Download) - Mr Sun Sameoun,
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Management, Cambodia
(Download) - Ms Marja Paavilainen,
International Labour Organization
(Download) - Mr Soe Naing,
Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar
(Download)
Open discussion
19:00 - 21:00
Welcome dinner
Day 2
June 21, Friday, 2019
09:00 - 09:15
Recap of Day 1
09:15 - 10:45
Panel 3: Childcare and family care in SEZs
Facilitator: Mr. Brahm Press, MAP Foundation
Presentation of key findings and recommendations, Professor Kyoko
Kusakabe, Asian Institute of Technology
(Download)
Commentators
- Dr. Than Than Thwe,
Thilawa Special Economic Zone Management
Committee, Myanmar
(Download) - Ms Sally Barber,
UN Women
(Download) - Mr. Sai Aung Tun,
Foundation for Education and Development,
Thailand
(Download)
Open discussion
10:45 - 11:10
Break
11:10 - 12:30
Group work: Country-level discussion
Group discussion instruction
(Download)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
Reporting back from group work
Group discussion
- Cambodia Team
(Download) - Myanmar Team
(Download) - Thailand Team (Introduction)
(Download) - Thailand Team
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