Bahrain participates in ILO Asia and Pacific Regional meeting

TDT | Manama                      

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Labour Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan headed the Bahraini delegation at the 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO) which opened yesterday and will run until December 9.

The conference is chaired by Singapore President Halimah Yacob along with delegations from 47 countries. He stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation between the countries of Asia and the Pacific for the success of economic recovery plans, decent job opportunities, and the promotion of fruitful cooperation between the three production parties in the member states to serve development and production issues in this region and work to invest in developing the skills needed by the present and future labour markets.

The conference focuses on the most important political, economic, and social issues in the field of work related to the countries of Asia and the Pacific in particular. It highlights ILO’s programs, in addition to projects and programs related to job growth, and the best successful experiences to confront the economic and social effects of COVID-19 on the economy and how to recover from them.

The meetings also shed light on financial and investment policies in the labor markets, as well as the possibilities of investing in digital infrastructure to meet the future needs of skills and human resources, and the efforts of countries to promote equality between men and women in labor markets.

The conference promotes the importance of improving productivity levels in enterprises and revitalising skills as a means of job development, and building skills within institutions, especially for medium, small and micro enterprises.