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Points of view from the distinguished participants

Point of view on labor mobility by Mr. Nilim Baruah, the
representative from International Labour Organization (ILO)

In my opinion, the practice of National Qualifications
is important for labor mobility. I would like to talk about rec-
ognition of qualifications which should cover all skills – for

electricians, for carpenters, etc. because when people are
moving, their skills need to be recognized. Moreover, if the

skill of workers is recognized, employers will be able to fit the
jobs to the workers. Therefore, the qualification recognition
should happen across different skilled labor, including medical

skill, law skill, etc. Additionally, I also think that the process of
qualification recognition should be facilitated. I also noticed

that when we talk about MRAs, including this morning, we usu-
ally talk about medical, engineering or architecture area but I
think we should talk more about the mobility in tourism area.

5 For those who think that the recognition of qualifications will increase the
number of labor migrants, the speakers also emphasized that recognition is
not related to the immigration rate because the number of migrants depends
on the immigration law and the method to recruit the foreign workers.

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