ACN, along with more than 100 representatives from government and trade union bodies in ASEAN, supported the Manila Tripartite Joint Statement Towards Strengthening Social Partnership in an Integrating ASEAN on 19 Oct 2017. The joint statement sounded the call for better private-public collaboration to tackle emerging challenges in industrial relations, including migration and technological disruption. This marked the conclusion of the 2-day 8th ASEAN Regional Tripartite Social Dialogue Conference in Manila, organised by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Philippines, ASEAN Services Employees Trade Union Council (ASETUC), ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Confederation of Employers (ACE) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Germany.

Ms Lynda Lim, Programme Director of ACN, moderating a panel on 'Advancing Good Industrial Relations Practices and Other Decent Work Initiatives'

Ms Khine Khine Nwe, Trustee of ACN, a panellist for a discussion on 'Strengthening Decent Work Promotion in the Public Sector'

Prior to this, ACN was also involved in the drafting of the ASEAN Guidelines for CSR on Labour, which was adopted by the ASEAN Labour Ministers in May 2016. ACN continues its commitment to and the promotion of these Guidelines, which can be found here.