Following a request by the Ministry of Labour and the social partners in the Russian Federation, the ILO began, in March 1994, a pilot project concerning economic restructuring and Social Dialogue in the Ivanovo oblast’, a textile region north-east of Moscow with severe economic and social problems. The general aim of this project has been to contribute to employment-led growth during transition through sectoral policies, social partnership and efficient and equitable labour market policy at the regional and local levels. Initially, the authority for implementing this project resided with ILO Headquarters in Geneva. From October 1994, ILO-CEET was made responsible for carrying out the project.
In May 1995, a group of experts, consisting of three government officials
from Moscow, three members of ILO-CEET and three external experts including
an employer, a trade unionist and an independent consultant visited Ivanovo
on an exploratory mission. Based on this mission and other background material,
each expert wrote a paper with recommendations for the region. These papers
were discussed at a meeting in Budapest in September 1995 and a package
of policy recommendations was agreed. These recommendations constitute
the framework of a draft advisory report which has been translated into
Russian and presented to the national and regional counterparts for their
comments.
When revisiting the regional situation in Ivanovo, and also in formulating
recommendations, the ILO-CEET Team has taken a broad, holistic view of
the problems. It has carefully traced the interconnection of the issues
of employment, working conditions and social standards with those of the
industrial and production structure, technology, physical and social infrastructure,
trade relations, and the macroeconomic policy environment.
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| 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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World Day Against Child Labour
12 June 2008
Education: The right response to child labour
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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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