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ILO constituents to address root causes of gender inequality and discrimination in Uzbekistan

Proposals call for measures to ensure decent work opportunities and social protection for women and men, including the groups in situations of vulnerability.

Risks associated with informal employment: information sessions for graduates of universities and technical schools in Uzbekistan

Information sessions for graduates of universities and technical schools in Tashkent were held from May 16 to May 19, 2023 by the Republican Council of the Trade Union of Transport, Road and Capital Construction Workers, the Construction Industry of...

Uzbekistan: Trade unionists learn to organize and protect the rights of informal workers

The Trade Union of Information Technology and Mass Communications Workers of Uzbekistan held a training seminar for trade union activists on the topic: “Involvement in trade unions and promotion of the rights of informal workers”, which was attended...

Employment Promotion – Experience sharing between Sweden and Uzbekistan

18-21 April 2023 – Stockholm. Uzbekistan delegation of ILO tripartite constituents and Senate visited Stockholm to exchange knowledge and experience on the best practices and their application by Arbetsförmedlingen (National public employment...

Uzbekistan: bring the social protection system in line with international standards

Social protection is necessary for all people throughout their lives. It is needed both by those who work and those who are temporarily or permanently unable to work. It is essential for children and the elderly.

Training on soft skills for labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

Training on Soft Skills for Labour Inspectors on 27 February - 2 March 2023 was organized in the Khiva city, Uzbekistan, for 56 state labour inspectors coming from all 14 regions of the country.

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...

Advancing decent work for social justice – a high-level event in Tashkent

Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted a high-level event with the participation of the representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), government, workers’ and employers’ organizations to touch basis on achievements, challenges and...

Sectoral Collective Agreements and Prevention of Informal Employment - a meeting of trade unions of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

On January 24, 2023, a technical working meeting was held online to validate the results of the analysis of the collective agreements of the sectoral trade unions of the two countries. The analysis focused on preventing the transition of formal jobs...

Uzbekistan: household survey to measure informal employment

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: On January 17-19, 2023, employees of research institutes and representatives of social partner organizations of Uzbekistan took part in a training workshop on international standards of labour statistics.

Trade unions of Uzbekistan go to social networks

Trade unions in Uzbekistan intend to raise public awareness of their activities and the benefits of joining trade unions. To this end, communication specialists from six sectoral trade unions in Uzbekistan were trained to improve their skills and...

Building Trust in the Cotton Fields: ILO Activities in Uzbekistan

On November 22, Usbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent hosted a presentation of a book by the former adviser to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization Kari Tapiola “Building confidence in the cotton fields: the activities of...

Gender-responsive diagnostics of the informal economy and employment in Uzbekistan – consultations with social partners

On 9 November 2022, social partners and key national stakeholders participated in the inception workshop in Tashkent to discuss methodology for a gender-responsive diagnostics of the scope, incidence and drivers of the informal economy and...

Government agencies, ILO and IMF experts discussed financing opportunities for social protection system in Uzbekistan

The International Labour Organization (ILO) jointly with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan with participation of representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducted in Tashkent a two-day training on financial...

Uzbekistan: Better Work Feasibility Study results discussed with ILO constituents

A mission of Better Work Programme visited Tashkent from 17 to 21 October 2022 to present results of the feasibility study conducted in 2022 and to hold consultations with the ILO constituents – government, employers’ and workers’ organizations.

Training on Combating Forced Labour for State Labour Inspectors in Uzbekistan

On 26 and 27 September 2022, further to a request from the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations of Uzbekistan, the ILO Bridge Project delivered a two-day training on combating forced labour for state labour inspectors, social partners and...

Uzbekistan

ILO addresses business conference on GSP+ and the opportunities in the Uzbek textile sector

At a business conference for textile companies from Uzbekistan, the ILO welcomed the progress achieved by the tripartite constituents and reflected on the continued work of the ILO and the Uzbek constituents.

Workshop on Advancing Tripartite Social Dialogue in Uzbekistan

On 27 July 2022, taking stock on the recent success of Uzbekistan in eliminating the systematic resource to child and forced labour in cotton harvesting, the ILO Bridge Project organized in Tashkent a one-day workshop on social dialogue mechanisms.

The Strategy for Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Uzbekistan approved

The President of Uzbekistan signed a Decree dated July 25, 2022 “On approval of the Strategy for social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.

The role of trade unions in Central Asia in mitigating the consequences of natural disasters and conflicts in the region

Participants of the sub-regional trade union workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (7-9 July 2022) discussed how to promote peace, prevent crises, ensure recovery and build resilience, including emergencies, including those associated with the pandemic,...