"ASEAN labor officials prepare action on Vientiane declaration", 21 April 2017

Concrete measures to assist more people to access decent employment opportunities were on the agenda... as senior labor officials from the governments of ten ASEAN member states met... 

They met to develop a regional action plan on the Vientiane Declaration on Transition from Informal Employment to Formal Employment towards Decent Work Promotion in ASEAN... 

...The regional action plan is set to outline various steps required to promote sustainable economic growth, employment, labor productivity and decent work with the aim to strengthen lifelong learning, skills development plus public-private partnerships for training and re-training of workers.

Collaboration is sought with the private sector to foment innovation, diversification of business, labor skills and new knowledge for the labor force and registered business sectors.

They also agreed promote joint work and sharing of best practices and methodologies...  and possibly with Dialogue Partners in assessing the factors, characteristics and circumstances of informality in employment in respective national contexts.

...They vowed to collaborate on...the design and implementation of laws, policies and other measures aiming to facilitate the transition from informal employment to formal employment in all economic sectors, particularly in rural and remote areas.