Countries covered

The ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia coordinates ILO activities in ten countries – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The ILO work in the subregion focuses primarily on promoting Decent Work Country Programmes in the subregion; development of social dialogue; social protection; employment development; occupational safety and health; gender equality in the world of work; HIV/AIDS at the workplace; elimination of child labour and other areas.

Five countries of the subregion - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Tajikistan – have signed Decent Work Country Programmes.

Country decent work prioroties, formulated at the Sub-regional Conference on Decent Work Priorities and Anti-crisis Response for 2010-2013, December 10-11, 2009, Baku/Azerbaijan (as of December 11, 2009) (PDF 21 Kb)