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Central Asia Youth Discuss Promoting Trade Union Rights

5-7 of July in Kyrgyzstan a meeting of Central Asia Young Trade Union Activists’ Network was organized with support of the ILO. The topic of the meeting was c „Fundamental workers’ rights and their promotion by young trade unionists”. The event...

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

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.

Youth Employment Network: Conference in Stockholm and Oslo

The bi-annual network conference was organ¬ized on 17-25 May in Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo, Norway, at the request of the tripartite constituents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...

Working Meetings in Kazakhstan

On April 5, 2016, President of the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan Abelgazi Kusainov had a meeting with officials of the ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Lejo Sibbel and Sergeyus Glovackas.

Testing Innovative Approaches: Voluntary Peer Review of Youth Employment Policies

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has successfully tested an innovative mechanism - voluntary peer reviews, in which countries assess one another’s youth employment policies and share good practices during joint meetings. It is one of the...

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

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”...

Results of the third round of peer review of youth employment policies summed up in Sochi

On 12 – 17 October, southern Russian city of Sochi hosted a conference of the Youth Employment Network members. The Network is part of the project "Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS countries," which is being implemented by the ILO Moscow...

Rail unions focus on organising and promoting ILO conventions

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...

Youth employment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to be discussed in Sochi, Russian Federation

The 5th Regional Network meeting will take place in Sochi, Russian Federation between 13 and 17 October 2015.

Azerbaijan hosts third round of peer review of youth employment policies

As part of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” implemented by ILO and financed by Public Joint Stock Company LUKOIL, a Peer Review network focusing on youth employment policies was launched in...

YOUTH

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

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

Action Plan on Youth Employment presented in Astana

On 26 June, the final version of a Action Plan on Youth Employment was presented at a multi-stakeholder conference in Astana, Kazakhstan.

ILO/ITUC/PERC Workshop on Reinforcing trade union policies in OSH prevention

Participants from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine took part in the fifth NIS OSH Network meeting in Armenia organized together with the ILO Moscow and financial support from the LO/TCO.

Inernational integration

Kazakhstan attaches great importance to cooperation with International Labour Organization - Secretary of State

In Astana, Secretary of State Gulshara Abdykalikova met with the Director of the Regional Bureau of the International Labour Organization for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Heinz Koller, the press service of Akorda reports.

International experts familiarize themselves with Uzbekistan’s trade union movement

On April 24, Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted an international conference focusing on trade unions’ role in ensuring citizens’ guarantees to decent work and the republic’s experience.

Employers’ organizations work towards improving the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, met in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 20-21 April 2015 at an ILO Sub-regional...

Youth employment in the CIS discussed in Krasnoyarsk

On 20-24 April 2015 the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia hosted a meeting of the Youth Employment Network members within the framework of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment Project in the CIS” implemented by the ILO Moscow Office in...

ILO’s manual “National employment policy” presented in Astana

From April 8 to 12 Kazakhstan’s capital Astana hosted a presentation of the ILO’s manual “National employment policy” and a training on how to use this manual in shaping national employment policy.

Employment policy in the spotlight

On April 8, a subregional seminar on the role of trade unions in making national employment policy in the New Independent States started its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

Kazakh delegation visits Germany

On 1-5 March a delegation from Kazakhstan, accompanied by ILO experts, visited Berlin to study German employment policies. Special focus was put on the German dual education system and employment legislation - issues which are currently high on the...