Conference: Routes out of the crisis: Strategies for local employment recovery and skills development in Asia (Malag-Java)
Joint expert meeting organised by the ILO and the OECD
Follow up to the Global Jobs Pact and as part of the Joint Initiative on Employment and Skills Strategies in South-East Asia (ESSSA)
1-3 December 2009
Malang (Java), Indonesia
While no country has been spared from the effects of the financial and economic crisis, the diverse impact has been quite evident in Asia.
The overall aim of the meeting was strengthen the capacity of constituents, policy makers and practitioners at local level to undertake effective employment recovery and skills strategies in response to the financial and economic crisis.
Expected country participants: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Philippines and Indonesia . The meeting was open for other South-East Asian countries; neighbouring economies and other OECD and non-OECD countries were also be invited.
Long abstract