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Kazakhstan ratifies ILO Asbestos Convention

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to have common labour market soon

Kazakh leader urges small business development

Tripartite meeting on Labour Administration Facing the Jobs Crisis

Labour migration and child labour in Kazakhstan

How to protect labour migrants’ rights and prevent child labour? These issues topped the agenda of a roundtable meeting focusing on working conditions of migrants employed in agriculture in the Almaty region.

“Employment of migrant workers in the informal economy in Kazakhstan”

The study Employment of migrant workers in the informal economy in Kazakhstan: a study of Southern Kazakhstan has been recently published within the framework of the ILO-EU project “Towards Sustainable Partnerships for the Effective Governance of...

Conference on Decent Work Country Programme priorities

The sub-regional conference to set up the Decent Work priorities and anti-crisis response in five CIS countries – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan -- was organized by the ILO Moscow Office and the...

UN Ministerial Conference, 2009

UN Ministerial Conference meets to review social policy options for a region, hard hit by the global economic crisis

The global economic and financial crisis has affected all countries, and Kazakhstan was no exception. In early 2009 the country faced a difficult situation on the labour market, particularly in oil- and gas-producing regions, Gulshara Abdykalikova,...

UN Ministerial Conference, 2009

UN Ministerial Conference to address the social impact of the economic crisis in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey

High-level representatives from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey will examine regional policy responses to the economic crisis at a UN Ministerial Conference jointly organized by four U.N. agencies (the ILO, UNICEF, FAO and UNDP) and hosted...

Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference

On 28-30 October 2009 the Third regional Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference took place in Moscow. More than 2500 delegates from all CIS countries as well as from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and many other countries took part in the...

Tripartite meeting on Labour Administration Facing the Jobs Crisis

Preparatory training on social protection for Tajik migrants in Kazakhstan

Vocational Education and Business: the Dialogue of Partners

Sub-regional Training “HIV/AIDS and the world of work” for constituents’ focal points

Kazakhstan’s oil industry accounts for the highest OSH expenditures

Kazakhstan’s oil industry accounts for the highest expenditures on occupational safety and health (OSH), Kazakh Labour and Social Welfare Minister Berdibek Saparbayev told the forum Social Responsibility of Business 2008 held in Almaty on September...

“We will continue to move forward”: managing risk at work in Kazakhstan

The 18th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Seoul, Republic of Korea, will unveil best practices and examples in promoting effective occupational safety and health (OSH) systems as one of the key factors in sustainable economic growth...

Kazakhstan’s national OSH profile presented in Astana.

Kazakhstan ’s Labour and Social Protection Ministry represented a national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) profile on March 19.

New Labour and Social Protection Minister appointed in Kazakhstan.

Tashkent hosts conference on occupational safety and health.

On May 21-24, Tashkent hosted a conference on occupational safety and health problems organized by the Council of Trade Unions Federation of Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan and ILO signed Decent Work Country Programme for 2007-2009.

The Decent Work Country Programme for 2007-2009 was signed today in the Labour and Social Protection Ministry of Kazakhstan. "The Programme has been developed within a broader context of approaches outlined in a variety of global development...