The TRIANGLE project aims to significantly reduce the exploitation of labour migrants in the region through increased legal and safe migration and improved labour protection. The project will promote both bilateral and regional approaches to deal with shared concerns, make regionalism more effective, and enhance the capacity of institutions in ASEAN. The project objectives are in line with the strategic priorities of the ASEAN Labour Ministers Work Programme (2010-2015).

Canada provides $5.5 million over five years to promote and protect the rights of the Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) migrant workers. The project, which is being implemented by the ILO, aims to harmonize labour migration governance frameworks in the ASEAN region to maximize the protection of migrant workers and their contributions to equitable and inclusive growth in the region. The project works with policymakers from national ministries of ASEAN member states as well as regional bodies, workers’ organizations, the private sector, civil society groups, and academic institutions.

The beneficiaries of this project are the estimated six million women and men migrant workers within the ASEAN region who will benefit from improved social protection mechanisms, increased economic and social benefits from migration as well as increased mobility opportunities as a result of regional frameworks and initiatives that are inclusive, efficient and gender-responsive. The direct beneficiaries are policymakers who will be better equipped to identify, adopt and implement policies and programmes that improve social protection, maximize economic and social benefits from migration and increase labour mobility opportunities, particularly among women, in the region.