Wahyu Dwi Anggoro
IDXChannel - The 16th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (16th ACMW Meeting) was held on 26-27 July via videoconference.
The event was hosted and chaired by Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower as the ACMW Chair 2023-2024.
Over 50 delegates from the ACMW focal points of all ten ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the ASEAN Secretariat attended the meeting. Participants from Timor-Leste’s focal points also attended as observers for the first time.
"The meeting reviewed the progress on the implementation of the Action Plan (2018-2025) of the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers. Key outcomes and challenges of the completed initiatives as well as the implementation of ongoing and planned projects were discussed," said the ASEAN Secretariat in a media release published on the regional bloc's official website.
The meeting also examined the results of the AMS’ second self-assessment on the implementation of the ASEAN Consensus. Steady progress and increased efforts were observed to have been made in realising the commitments of the ASEAN Consensus.
