To enhance organisation building capacity of activists of fishery workers’ unions.

To make the Employment Officers of North Eastern States and Government Officials who are working in the area of Employment and skill development of North Eastern States, aware of the Labour Market trends, Employment opportunities and important role being played by National Career Service project in this area.

The programme endeavours to sensitize the participants about the inequalities prevalent in the world of work and the challenges faced by women in the labour market. It would also enable the participants in developing an understanding about the existing legal instruments and international labour standards for ensuring equality at workplace and promoting workers’ rights based on a model of social justice. The programme aims to address the larger questions on intersection of paid work and unpaid unpaid/care work and recognition of care as a right that need to be incorporated into the policy framework for facilitating women’s employment and sustenance in the labour market.The programme would also provide an orientation on the new labour codes and its implications on the labour market.

The programme aims at enhancing enforcement competence and skills of Enforcement Officers pertaining to women employees.

The course aims at acquainting the participants with the emerging labour issues for research in an interdisciplinary framework, strengthening their knowledge with various methods used in labour research, thereby enabling them to contribute further in the field of labour research.

The programme aims to sensitize the participants about the changing nature of employment, the inequalities arising out of these changes and the need for social protection. It would enable participants to understand the international standards and existing legal instruments as well as some global best practices in order to promote workers’ rights, based on a model of social justice.

Historically, there is a strong urban-bias in the developmental strategy of the third world. The growth (economic) trickle-down still is the predominant approach of development. The result has been concentration poverty in the rural areas. India is no exception to it. The unprecedented migration crisis indicates towards sever employment challenges in the rural sector. The potential of rural workers without getting sufficient decent employment opportunities end up with forced migration very often resulting in distress. Creation of decent rural employment opportunities provides a crucial livelihood options and an alternative to the rural workers other than taking the root of distressed circular migration. Focus must be shifted to find and create decent employment avenues in the rural areas.

The programme aims at equipping the participants with the broad scheme and key features of various labour codes.