News and articles

April 2018

  1. Head of ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities: Meetings in Moscow

    02 April 2018

    In late March, a delegation of the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) headed by Maria Helena Andre, ACTRAV Director, visited the Russian Federation. The programme of the visit included participation in international trade union fora, meetings with heads of trade union associations and staff of the ILO Moscow Office.

September 2016

  1. Future of Work: ILO calls for more engagement of workers’ organizations

    14 September 2016

    At a high-level meeting in Almaty, the Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’Activities (ACTRAV) calls for more engagement of workers’organisations in the discussion and promotion of the ILO’s future of work initiative.

June 2016

  1. Subregional seminar on “Informal Economy: trade union policies and actions”

    14 June 2016

    On 13-14 June Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted the ILO seminar entitled “Informal Economy: Policies and actions of trade unions" and devoted to the ILO Recommendation No 204.

October 2015

  1. ILO constituents endorsed national OSH profile “Labour Protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan”

    22 October 2015

    On 22 October 2015, ILO representatives took part in a tripartite round table meeting at the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, where the national OSH profile “Labour Protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan” was formally launched. The document has been prepared in cooperation with the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, based on the ILO’s methodological guidance.

  2. Rail unions focus on organising and promoting ILO conventions

    07 October 2015

    Around 40 leaders from railway unions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met with ILO experts and senior ITF representatives in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 September to 1 October to discuss organising and the promotion of ILO conventions throughout the rail industry.

July 2015

  1. ITUC-PERC/ILO Workshop for Central Asian trade unions: "Trade union youth and their role in organising"

    20 July 2015

    Young Trade Union Activists in Central Asia to improve unions’ efficiency

February 2015

  1. Women trade union leaders from Central Asia discuss promotion of equal opportunities

    28 February 2015

    From February 23 to 27 Moldova’s capital Chisinau hosted a seminar entitled “Decent labour rights of women and promotion of equal opportunities: best practices and prospects.”