Policy Coherence

Under the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Indonesia and the Philippines, Japan started to accept Indonesian candidates in the field of nursing and nursing care on an annual basis in fiscal 2008 and Filipino counterparts in fiscal 2009.

The agreements required such overseas candidates to undergo six-month Japanese-language training (except for those candidates already possessing a certain level of proficiency in the language).

 

The Project “Vocational Training in the North of Sri Lanka” (VTN) is a bilateral cooperation between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Federal Republic of Germany.

The objective is to establish a new vocational training institute in Kilinochchi - the Sri Lankan German Training Institute (SLGTI) - together with various partner institutions working in the region. The SLGTI will offer training programs to young people which will enable them to acquire qualifications for employment or self-employment according to the needs on the market.

The Governments of India, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates launched a pilot project to test and identify best practices in managing the temporary contractual employment cycle. The lessons learned from the pilot project will form the basis for developing a comprehensive regional framework that can be carried out on a much larger scale.

Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) was established in 2007 with the objective of supporting the Indian Diaspora connect better with India and assisting them in deepening their economic and intellectual engagement with India. Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, set up OIFC, a Public Private Partnership, in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India’s apex industry chamber.

The Indian government, tasked a High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora to analyze the location, situation and potential development role of the estimated 20 million non-resident Indians (NRI's) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO's).

The information resulting from this two-year exercise led to a new direction in diaspora policy, including the creation of a Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs in 2004.

The UAE Ministry of Labour and India’s Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs signed a protocol to streamline the admission of Indian contract workers by way of an electronic contract registration and validation system.

The Permanent Migratory Statute is an instrument that aims to facilitate the migratory regularization and stay of migrants between Ecuador and Peru in order to eliminate irregular migration on the basis of the principles of transparence, coherence, shared responsibility, good faith and the defense of the migrants' human rights with non-discriminatory and fair treatment practices.

This document was prepared by the special Commission of the Council for the Protection of the Human Being (CDDPH). The national Plan follows the determinations of the National Human Rights Plan and reflects a public policy that should be monitored by a national organ or forum dedicated to the fight against slave labour.

The Portuguese and Brazilian Governments signed a bilateral agreement in 2009 aimed at regularizing the immigrant status of several Brazilian nationals residing in Portugal. 

The Council of Brazilians Abroad (Conselhos dos Brasileiros no Mundo) establilshes the principles and directives of the Brazilian Government policy towards its communities residing abroad. It created the Brazilians around the World Conferences - CBM, the Council of Representatives of Brazilians abroad - CRBE and, under the coordination of the MInistry of External Relations, acts on behalf of the Brazilian communities abroad.