All news: Ukraine

International OSH Day

Work health and safety with the eyes of a child: drawing contest to build culture of safety in Ukraine

Labour Safety Magazine organized its annual drawing contest for the 7th time in partnership with ILO in Ukraine. Not less than 16,000 entries were accepted this year, showing youngsters’ keen interest and understanding of the importance of safe and...

More and better jobs for Ukraine

Why support Ukraine? Why working with the ILO?--Interview with Danish government officials

Marie Pedersen Haug, Senior Advisor, and Lotte Mindedal, Development Counsellor at the Department of European Neighbourhood of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs explain why Denmark engaged in inclusive job creation in Ukraine and chose ILO as...

HIV/AIDS education for maritime students

Ukrainian trade unions and ILO join forces to introduce HIV/AIDS prevention training for seafarers

The Maritime Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU) in collaboration with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has facilitated an HIV/AIDS prevention module in the Kherson State Maritime Academy (KSMA), being the first...

More and better jobs for Ukraine

Denmark pledges to scale up inclusive job creation in Ukraine

The Government of Denmark signed a 5-year development agreement with the International Labour Organization to address labour market deficiencies standing in the way of development in Ukraine.

UN support to Ukraine

Ukraine-UN Partnership signed for 2018-2022 with strong ILO involvement

Sustainable Development Goals

Employers’ organisations commit to implementing Agenda 2030 at first international symposium

On December 13th and 14th Employers’ Associations hold for the first time ever an international meeting with support from the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities discussing how to support the Sustainable Development Goals often refered to as...

Enabling Environments for Sustainable Enterprises

Ukrainian employers present business priorities for sustained growth

Last month the Federation of Employers of Ukraine presented their reform proposals for creating an enabling business environment in the country. The launching event was attended by the Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister, Pavlo Rozenko, the President of...

Meeting of CIS Advisory Council for Labour, Migration and Social Protection

On 17 November, St. Petersburg hosted the 30th anniversary meeting of the Advisory Council for Labour, Migration and Social Protection of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states.

Enabling Environments for Sustainable Enterprises

New report identifies 7 major risks for business development in Ukraine

Occupational Safety and Health

New ILO Project aims to reduce work accidents and occupational diseases in Ukrainian mines

ILO News talked to Kenichi Hirose, Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO-Budapest, and Iryna Peksheva, National Project Coordinator, Kyiv, about a new ILO project aimed at improving safety and health for Ukrainian miners. In June, they visited...

Labour Inspection

Effective communication training for labour inspectors in Ukraine

New techniques to promote transition to formal employment.

Alliance 8.7

Advancing Alliance 8.7 in Europe and Central Asia

ILO and OSCE host Europe and Central Asia regional meeting on achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 of eradicating child labour by 2025 and forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030.

Budapest hosts Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on achieving the SDG Target 8.7 with regard to Child and Forced Labour

Improving Safety and Health in the Mining Industry

ILO launches project to improve safety and health in the mining industry of Ukraine

The ILO will support Ukraine to improve the safety and health conditions in mining work.

Ukraine

Reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination at workplace through training for labour inspectors

An ILO training equipped Ukrainian labour inspectors with skills and knowledge to implement awareness-raising and training activities and to provide advisory services to employers and workers.

Ukraine-Poland migration corridor

Achievements and the way forward to protect the rights of migrant domestic workers

On Thursday June 23rd, representatives of Polish and Ukrainian trade unions gathered in Lviv, Ukraine for a one-day workshop organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss achievements under the Global Action Programme on...

Social Security

Ukraine ratifies the major Social Security Convention of the ILO

During the 105th session of the International Labour Conference, Ukraine became the 53rd ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 102 on minimum standards of social security - the key international instrument defining a comprehensive and adequate...

Ukraine

140 Ukrainian men and women employees took voluntary HIV test at their workplace

Employees of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, as well as of the State Labour Service (70 per cent women workers), including the Deputy Minister of Social Policy, Mr. Victor Ivankevych and the Head of the State Labour Service, Mr. Roman...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2016

'Workplace stress: It’s time to lift the burden'

"Work-related stress affects workers in all professions in developed and developing countries alike. It can gravely harm not only workers’ health but also, and all too often, the wellbeing of their families," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

Decent Work Country Programme

ILO, Ukraine to promote decent work

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Ukraine will continue to work together to promote decent work and improve social protection systems under a new partnership agreement signed on 7 of April 2016 in Kiev, Ukraine.