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ILO Projects in the subregion
» PROject of Technical assistance against the labour and sexual Exploitation of Children, including Trafficking, in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (PROTECT CEE) - is the programming framework for ILO IPEC in the sub-region. It includes the following participating countries / province: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and the UN administered province of Kosovo.
» Employment, Vocational Training Opportunities and Migration Policy Measures to Prevent and Reduce Trafficking in Women in Albania, Moldova, Ukraine
Activities in the subregion
 Regional Workshop for Employers' Organisations on Strategies against Human Trafficking and Forced Labour
Organized by the ILO, the International Center for Migration Policy Development and the Federation of Employers of Ukraine
21-22 May 2008, Kiev, Ukraine
The workshop brought together representatives of employers' organisations and international enterprises from Moldova, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Ukraine, as well as experts from the ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour (Geneva), ILO SRO-Budapest and ILO SRO-Moscow, representatives of OSCE, IOM, UN Global Compact, and La Strada Ukraine. The regional workshop was organized in the framework of the "Elimination of human trafficking from Moldova and Ukraine through labour market based measures" project, financed by the European Commission.
The overall objective of the workshop was to demonstrate the role employers' organizations and business can play at different levels of their management and operations to prevent forced labour and trafficking, and to support employers' organizations to develop strategies and activities against human trafficking and forced labour.
Launch of the Code of Conduct for Employers on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Agriculture and the Food Industry
19 December 2007, Chisinau, Moldova
On 19 December the Council of the National Federation of Employers in Agriculture and Food Industry (FNPAIA) in Moldova unanimously endorsed a Code of Conduct for Employers on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Agriculture and the Food Industry with the support of the Bureau for Employers Activities (ACT/EMP) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Code was the result of a three year long project funded by the Norwegian Government. The Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade, Mr Sergiu Sainciuc who met with representatives of FNPAIA and ACT/EMP on the previous day expressed his appreciation that the National Federation of Employers in Agriculture and Food Industry had responded so positively to the challenge of child labour in this sector. He considered this initiative gave practical support and reinforcement to the Government’s ratification of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 182 in July 2007.
Interview with Ms Anne Knowles, Senior Specialist of the ILO SRO-Budapest Office on Employers' Activities about the significance of this Code of Conduct
12 June: World Day Against Child Labour:
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Seminar on Promoting a Sound Policy of Non-discrimination in Employment and Occupation in Bulgaria in the light of ILO Standards and Community Law, Sofia,
9-10 April 2003.
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World Day Against Child Labour
12 June 2008
Education: The right response to child labour
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New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 - Despite major progress, workplace discrimination persists and is taking on new forms
GENEVA (ILO News) – Despite major advances in fighting discrimination at work, mounting inequalities in income and opportunities and significant and persistent forms of workplace discrimination are causing growing concern, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) published on 10 May 2007. more
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A package for social and economic progress
The Albanian pilot of the One UN Programme will make use of the experiences of the International Labour Organization (ILO) gained in the field. As the only tripartite organisation within the United Nations system, the ILO plays a key role in involving social partners in the recently launched UN reform process.
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