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On 18-19 September 2002, the Regional Technical Workshop on Labor Standards was held at the ADB Headquarters, in Manila, Philippines. Representatives from the Governments of Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines, and Thailand, labor and employer organizations, labor/research institutes, social accountability/standard organizations, NGOs, international aid agencies, ILO and ADB staff participated in the workshop.

The participants discussed the issues on the role of labor standards in broad based development, namely, those related to child labor, occupational health and safety and gender discrimination at work. The workshop recommended that Governments, ADB, and ILO will:

• highlight labor standards in policy dialogue with governments
• promote improved labor standards by designing projects to address child labor, improve occupational safety, reduce discriminations at the workplace or eliminate bonded labor
• strengthen monitoring of working conditions in the region
• develop capacity building and awareness raising activities to improve labor standards

• Read the agenda, papers, and presentation
• View the list of participants [ PDF: 35kb | 7 pages ]