This was presented by Denis Pennel, Ciett Managing Director, at the Ciett Board Meeting in Singapore in March 2014 and is an overview of Ciett and an introduction for the roundtable that took place.

1. Promoting Decent Work through private employment
services in South East Asia
Singapore, 6th March 2014
Ciett South East Asia Roundtable

2. Ciett President
Welcome by
Fred van Haasteren

3. Ciett Managing Director
Introduction by
Denis Pennel

4. Ciett at a glance
• Founded in 1967
• Represents 137.000 companies (203.500 branches), employs 624.500 internal
staff and more than 11.5 million agency workers on a daily average (full time
equivalents) and around 36 million a yearly basis (headcounts) in Europe.
• Only association representing the private employment services industry:
- at large (brings together 50 countries)
- in its diversity (uniting 8 of the largest multinational staffing companies as well as
hundreds of thousands of SMEs)
• Recognised as such by international organisations (e.g. ILO, European Union,
OECD), key stakeholders (e.g. IOE, ITUC, academic world) and national
governments
• Represents the full spectrum of HR services: temporary agency work, recruitment,
interim management, executive search, outplacement, training

5. A global confederation
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Netherlands
Southern Asia
Australia
India
New Zealand
Nepal
Singapore
Africa
Morocco
South Africa
Zambia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
UK
Northern Asia
China
Japan
South Korea
North America
Canada
Mexico
USA

6. Corporate Members

7. What does Ciett do?
Advocating
(safeguarding
interests)
• Lobbying
• Positioning
• Social dialogue
Capacity
building
(market
development)
• Membership
development
• Sharing practices
• Advising
governments
Educating
(authority &
expertise)
•Conferencing
•Data collection
•Disseminating
surveys
•Networking

8. What are our guiding principles
Work is an essential part of people’s life and identity
Dynamic labour markets need facilitating intermediaries
and transitions agents
Freedom of choice in the labour market should be
promoted to meet the variety of work expectations and
increase labour market participation
Appropriately regulated agency work is an embodiment of
decent work

9. A strong, unified vision for the PrES industry

10. Our global pledges to better labour markets

11. Spreading the news

12. Whom does Ciett work with? Our key global stakeholders
Trade
Labour
Micro/Macro-economics
Social partners
Thought leadership

13. Ciett added value to members
Getting fit
regulation
Opening
up new
markets
Sharing
practices &
knowledge
Accessing
market
data &
researchImproved
image &
quality
label
Reaching
out global
stakeholders
Capacity
building
Safety wall
for
controversial
issues

14. Follow Ciett !
www.ciett.org
Ciett – The Way to Work
@Ciett_waytowork
New Reality of Work

15. Promoting Decent Work through private employment
services in South East Asia
Singapore, 6th March 2014
Ciett South East Asia Roundtable

16. ManpowerGroup President
Q&A with Darryl Greene

17. How to promote Decent Work
through private employment services
in South East Asia?
Panel Discussion
• Christopher Ng, Regional Secretary, UNI-Global
• Datuk Hj. Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director of the Malaysian
Employers Federation
• Steve Shepherd, Ciett Regional Representative for SE Asia
• Nilim Baruah, Senior Regional Migration Specialist for Asia and the
Pacific, International Labour Organisation (ILO)
•

18. Promoting Decent Work through private employment
services in South East Asia
Singapore, 6th March 2014
Ciett South East Asia Roundtable

19. Follow Ciett !
www.ciett.org
Ciett – The Way to Work
@Ciett_waytowork
New Reality of Work