Promoting
a process to develop action plans for Bangladesh, Korea and
New
Zealand to encourage them to ratify the ICMR
Aim: This project would be an action
project to
promote ratification of the 1990 Convention in three countries from the
first
stage.
Method: The APMRN would act as a
facilitator in this
process by using its country coordinators and other appropriate people
to set
up and run a set of two workshops in each country. UNESCO, ILO, IOM and
other
players in this field would also be encouraged to be involved in this
process.
Workshop 1 in each country would be
conducted with
government officials to talk through the obstacles, objectives and
implications
of ratification. The country coordinator would set up and manage this
meeting
and invite a facilitator from inside the country to conduct this
workshop. This
would be held in the first nine months of the project (October
2004-June 2005).
After the workshop a report would be circulated to government
officials.
Workshop 2 would bring
together NGOs,
trade
unionists, migrants, etc to discuss issues that were raised I the first
workshop. The aim would be to highlight opportunities for making
progress
towards ratification and strengthen networking amongst non-government
players
so that they could become more effective lobbyists.
Research contacts:
Paul Spoonley, New Zealand (p.spoonley@massey.ac.nz)
Tasneen Sidiqui, Bangladesh (rmmru@aitbd.net)
Hae-woo Yang, Korea (skyhaewoo@hanmail.net)
Patrick Taran (Special advisor) (taran@ilo.org)
Report
