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Sub-regional Programming Meeting: Advancing ILO strategies for the 2024-25 biennium
The ILO Team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia charts the path forward
ILO and Uzbekistan agree to develop new programme to improve labour conditions and strengthen social justice
The announcement was made during the ILO Director-General’s official visit to Uzbekistan from 7-11 July.
ILO and EUROSTAT host global conference on measuring new forms of employment
The ILO called for better and authoritative data to track the changing world of work at the conference, which discusses the development of reliable statistics to measure and understand new forms of employment, setting a common path for the coming...
International Labour Conference takes first step towards ground-breaking international regulation of biological hazards
The annual meeting of the International Labour Organization’s Member States concluded with progress towards regulating biohazards, a review of work conditions in the care sector and the key role of fundamental principles and rights in a rapidly...
World leaders call for urgent action to advance social justice at the Inaugural Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice
The Presidents of Brazil and Nepal joined the Inaugural Forum, which was held during the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference.
Kyrgyzstan ratifies the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)
Kyrgyzstan the 41st country to ratify this convention.
ILO Director-General Houngbo warns that multiple crises could jeopardize recent advances in the world of work
The Director-General stressed the need for more social justice at the opening session of the 112th International Labour Conference.
World Employment and Social Outlook
ILO expects global unemployment to drop slightly in 2024, but slow progress to reduce inequalities is “worrying”
Unequal access to employment opportunities remains a problem worldwide, even as new projections from the ILO show an improvement in global joblessness this year.
Leadership and management training for ILO staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Director, specialists and programme officer of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia gathered to undertake leadership and management training in the context of multiple crises. The exercise served to...
ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: foreseeing trends for the next biennium
23-24 November 2023, TASHKENT – The ILO staff gathered here to take part in an innovative Foresight exercise facilitated by ITC ILO. The exercise served to foster team spirit, reflect on working modalities internally and externally - with the...
Trade unions
Workers’ rights in Europe in decline, says ITUC Global Rights Index 2023
In July 2023, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its 10th Global Rights Index. The report paints a grim picture of workers’ rights around the globe. According to ITUC, Europe is no longer a bastion of workers’ rights.
ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: plans for the next biennium defined
22-24 February 2023, TASHKENT – ILO conducted its programming meeting for the Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia to discuss plans for 2023 and formulate strategy for 2024-2025. The team aimed to define a...
ILO participates in European Parliament hearing on trade union rights in Belarus
Freedom of association rights
ILO Director-General calls for the release of Belarusian trade union leaders
More than a dozen Belarusian trade union leaders have been arrested and their homes and offices searched.
ILO Moscow all-staff motivational team building event
The online all-staff motivational event took place on 15 and 17 November 2021.
ILO Launches a Flagship Course for Social Partners to Boost Interaction with UN System
On 8-24 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Center in Turin (ITCILO) organized an online training for social partners under the title of “Making the voices of social partners count in UN...
ILO Moscow Manual for Public Employment Services
Statement by the ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Heinz Koller
ILO Presents a Flagship Training Manual for Public Employment Services
The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is pleased to announce the launch of its flagship publication “Public Employment Services and the Future of Work. Training Manual for the CIS Regional...
Regional Alliance of Labour Inspections of CIS and Mongolia Holds General Conference
On December 23, 2020 the Regional Alliance of Labour Inspections of the CIS and Mongolia (RALI CIS and Mongolia) held its General Conference which went online for the first time. The event was attended by the Alliance representatives from Armenia,...
ILO priorities during the pandemic and beyond: Subregional programming meeting
How to organize activity of the International Labour Organization during the pandemic and beyond? What experience has been accumulated in the past year? What are the lessons learned? These issues were high on the agenda of the ILO Subregional...