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Latest labour survey data
Workers’ education level for their jobs: is it a match in South East Europe?
Many people are working in jobs that do not match their level of education. At the same time, many employers claim to have difficulties in finding workers with the skills that they need to expand their business and innovate successfully. This...
Decent Work Country Programme
Republic of Moldova and ILO sign new cooperation agreement to ensure best results in delivering decent work
On 7 October, 2021 the Republic of Moldova and the ILO signed the next Decent Work Country Programme that will guide the work on creating more and better jobs for the country in the coming four years. In the focus of the programme are inclusive and...
Labour rights infringed during the pandemic
Three essential questions to Aleksandar Ristovski, Professor of Labour Law, Skopje
In the third issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies, we talked to Aleksandar Ristovski, Professor of Labour Law at ‘Ss. Cyril...
Job-rich recovery for women
Three Essential Questions: Interview with Réka Sáfrány, President of European Women's Lobby
This is the second issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies. The interviewee this time is Réka Sáfrány, newly elected President...
ILO support for Trade Unions during the pandemic
ITUC Global Rights Index for 2021 shows that COVID-19 impacted workers’ rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its yearly Global Rights Index for 2021. The report shows that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in violations of workers’ rights across the globe. In Europe, the most frequently...
Inclusive employment
Honey and berries: untapped growth potential in Moldova’s agricultural sector
New ILO research on the honey and berry value chains in the Republic of Moldova reveals how these two sectors can further grow and promote inclusive employment. Honey exports increased 10 times in the past decade. The berry sector has grown to...
Occupational Safety and Health
The Republic of Moldova ratifies the Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161)
International Training Centre of the ILO
New challenges for TVET and skills development - what do you want to learn today?
The importance of learning new skills has never been as evident as in the last year. Almost overnight, all of the global workforce had to admit they faced challenges with their digital skills. We had to switch to new ways of managing work and doing...
ILO Convention No. 161
Moldova pledges safer and healthier workplaces
In Moldova, if you choose to work in construction, agriculture or transportation you may run a high risk of work-related injury. This is what the statistics tell us. In 2019, every third work-related accident in the construction sector caused a loss...
Towards a comprehensive and resilient social security system
Social security and COVID-19: Which measures were effective in protecting workers?
The recent ILO report reviews the national social security measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis, analyses their effectiveness, and discusses future challenges in improving the social security systems. The report covers seven countries in the...
My labour, my rights
Do you know your labour rights? Web-based solutions developed by ILO keep youth and workers informed in North Macedonia and Moldova
Youngsters tend to be inseparable from their phones, spending hours connecting with friends, searching for information, or playing games. This habitual use of smartphones is what the ILO built on when it launched the national competition for...
The Republic of Moldova ratifies the 1986 Constitutional Amendment
Lifelong learning
Why Trade Unions should act on Skills Development – and how?
To build a ‘better normal’ in the post-COVID-19 world of work, skills development and lifelong learning need to be part of economic transformation. This responsibility should not reside with governments and companies alone. Trade Unions have an...
Preventing work accidents
Reform of the reform in the Republic of Moldova: New law puts State Labour Inspectorate back in charge of occupational safety and health
The Republic of Moldova adopted, on 22 December 2020, the amendment law that restores the functions of the State Labour Inspectorate as the control body of occupational safety and health (OSH) and the investigation of work accidents. This is a first...
ILO Voices | Employment creation
Bees – A remedy for business success
Viorica Anghel transformed her life when she signed up for a beekeeper’s course run by the ILO in Moldova. She now runs her own business and uses the honey for medicinal purposes to treat her son.
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,...
Photo story
Moldova honey cooperative makes a beeline towards success
This photo essay tells the story of an ILO intervention in rural Moldova.
Labour Inspection
Moldova: Trade unions succeed in obtaining amendments to labour inspection law
After years of negotiations, trade unions have obtained amendments to labour inspection law in Moldova. The new law will provide more protection to workers through increased occupational safety and health at work.
The ILO Participates in a session on Gender and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum
Representatives from ILO COOP and ILO Pretoria participated and presented at a session on women in SSE institutions that took place on October 20 as part of the GSEF Global Virtual Forum
Honey and cheese cooperatives created in Cahul district in Moldova, with ILO’s support
In Cahul district, Moldova, the public-private Local Employment Partnership (LEP) funded by the ILO and local stakeholders, supported the creation of two cooperatives processing honey and cheese.