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ILO, Moldova to promote Decent Work
CHISINAU, Moldova (ILO news) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Republic of Moldova will work together to address labour market challenges and create more and better jobs, under a new partnership agreement announced here on 10th December 2008.
The ILO, the Ministry of Economy and Trade of Moldova and the organizations representing employers and workers in Moldova launched the new “Decent Work Country Programme” (DWCP) for Moldova covering the 2008 – 2011 period in the presence of the country’s UN Resident Coordinator. The agreement, which promotes decent work as a key to national development, is based on the previous successful cooperation between the ILO and Moldova.
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ILO, Serbia to promote Decent Work
BELGRADE (ILO news) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Republic of Serbia will work together to address labour market challenges, with the aim of creating more and better jobs, under a partnership agreement signed on 4th December 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.
High-level representatives of the ILO and Serbian Government signed the first “Decent Work Country Programme” (DWCP) for Serbia for the 2008 – 2011 period, promoting decent work as a national development priority. The Programme of Cooperation was signed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic, the Minister of Labour and Social Policy Rasim Ljajic, Director of the ILO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe Mark Levin in the presence of representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations.
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 Sub-regional Tripartite Roundtable on "Lessons learnt in labour force restructuring: process and measures to be put in place for socially responsible restructuring"
2-3 December 2008, Belgrade, Serbia
The event is organized in the framework of the ILO project funded by the Czech government on „Socially responsible restructuring via social dialogue and social finance in Serbia: Putting in practice policy recommendations: the Serbian Railways".
The objective of the round table discussion is to share the lessons learnt of the project aimed at the Serbian Railways with social partners, and to enlarge the knowledge base of the social partners regarding the experience of labour force restructuring. The round table also aims at sharing experience regarding the support provided to the workers made redundant through a series of case studies in other sectors in Serbia, and in selected countries of the region. These case studies will be presented during the roundtable and will be the basis for the elaboration of guidelines and recommendations on labour force restructuring.
 Regional Workshop to prepare a network of Trade Union Focal Points in source and destination countries
25 - 26 November 2008, Kiev, Ukraine
This high-level event is closely linked to the Global Trade Union Alliance to Combat Forced Labour and Trafficking and will raise awareness and facilitate co-operation and partnership to fight human trafficking, bringing together representatives from trade unions and NGOs from Greece, Italy, Ireland, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and Ukraine.
The regional workshop is part of the EC funded ILO project “Elimination of human trafficking from Moldova and Ukraine through labour market based measures” and is organized in cooperation with ILO and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The workshop will feature experts and key actors in the fight against forced labour and trafficking for labour exploitation.
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The "Danas" daily newspaper in Serbia is going to organize a round table discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, and invited the ILO to participate in the panel discussion on "Employment of Persons with Disabilities: positive examples and real problems - presentation of practical examples".
19 November 2008, Belgrade, Serbia
The round table will be organized around the following main topics:
Panel 1: The Law on professional rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (PwDs) and creation of conditions for permanent employment of PwDs
Panel 2: Employment of PwDs: positive examples and real problems - presentation of practical examples
Panel 3: Reporting about the employment of PwDs - corporative responsibility of the media
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Study on Micro-finance Support to Start-up in Serbia
by Igor Brkanovic, Milan Lalovic, Aleksandar Lakic, Srdjan Tilger
2007 Belgrade, Serbia
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Flexicurity. A relevant approach in Central and Eastern Europe
by Sandrine Cazes and Alena Nesporova,
Geneva, ILO, 2007
The new ILO study says that economic growth has accelerated in Central and South Eastern Europe after 2000, but it has not adequately translated into employment creation. The positive economic trend also coincided with a relative worsening of youth unemployment and decreasing protection at the workplace. The study argues that an approach combining flexibility and security is the most relevant for the region and suggests appropriate reforms of economic, labour market and social policies. ILO Online spoke with the co-authors and editors of the book, Sandrine Cazes and Alena Nesporova. Interview with the authors |
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Biz-up: Self-employment skills for young people
Facilitators' guide and a toolkit
User's guide
by Valli Corbanese, Gianni Rosas, Geneva, ILO, 2007
The aim of the Guides "Biz-up: Self-employment skills for young people" is to raise awareness on the set of skills that are important for self-employment creation, but also for responding to changing labour market demand and for encouraging young people to find new ideas and ways of doing things. These Guides have been designed for the promotion of self-employment through group sessions organized by staff of labour market institutions in charge of employment promotion. They can also be used by employment service advisers while providing counselling services and preparing individual employment plans for young people." The package consists of a guide for facilitators and a toolkit and of a user's guide that can be used to inform the development of similar tools that are crafted according to the specificities of the national context. |
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| ILO Film |
| Fully fit at work |
Film about the advantages of employing persons with disabilities. As this ILO film (Fully Fit at Work) shows, not only may people with disabilities be more productive, they may actually be more skilled in some jobs than non-disabled people. Produced for the ILO by the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.
Watch the film online in Polish with English subtitles. Duration: 21 min 11 sec
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