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ILO Launches a Flagship Course for Social Partners to Boost Interaction with UN System

On 8-24 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Center in Turin (ITCILO) organized an online training for social partners under the title of “Making the voices of social partners count in UN...

ILO – Uzbekistan cooperation is on track: Decent Work Country Programme for 2021-2025 signed

On 22 September the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its constituents in Uzbekistan – Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations – signed a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for 2021-2025.

Occupational Safety and Health

Uzbekistan ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention

The Government of Uzbekistan has deposited the instrument of ratification of the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187). The Convention is one of the key ILO instruments on workplace safety and health and...

Unemployment and Child Benefits Together Can Sustain Households in Need

The United Nations Joint Programme supports Uzbekistan to reform its social protection system in line with international security standards. Special emphasis is made on unemployment and child benefits as important source of income for families...

From Stand Alone to Joined Up Social Protection and Active Labour Market Services: workshop in Tashkent

Tashkent hosted a workshop on development of integrated social protection and active labour market services based on user-specific needs and improvement of electronic management information systems. The inception workshop was organized by the...

Key principles of gender-responsive budgeting discussed in Uzbekistan

The United Nations Joint Programme on Strengthening Social Protection in Uzbekistan conducted the sixth online webinar on gender equality. This time members of the Uzbek parliament, government agencies and ILO’s social partners got acquainted with...

Key findings of the report on social protection in case of job loss discussed in Tashkent

On July 14, the ILO conducted a webinar to discuss findings of the updated report on social protection in case of unemployment. The webinar was a part of a series delivered within the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan aimed to...

ILO guidance on measuring remote work presented at webinar in Uzbekistan

9 June 2021 – As part of the ILO-Uzbekistan cooperation on introduction of remote work system, the first webinar to present the ILO guidance on measuring remote work was held in Tashkent.

Gender Audit of Labour Laws was discussed in Uzbekistan

The fifth online workshop on gender equality that was held on 25 May 2021 targeted the issue of gender audit of labour laws. These webinar series are delivered within the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan and aimed at building...

Social Protection for All

Career or maternity? Both! – Laziza’s story

Laziza (the name has been changed for privacy reasons) is an energetic woman, one of the best HR specialists and an important employee of her company, with 13 years of work experience and a mother of three wonderful children. You wouldn't think so...

ILO Moscow Manual for Public Employment Services

Statement by the ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Heinz Koller

ILO Presents a Flagship Training Manual for Public Employment Services

The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is pleased to announce the launch of its flagship publication “Public Employment Services and the Future of Work. Training Manual for the CIS Regional...

Key principles and practices on maternity protection discussed at the ILO webinar in Uzbekistan

On April 8, the International Labour Organization (ILO) within the framework of the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan organized the third webinar in a series related to mainstreaming gender equality in employment, economic and...

Equal pay for work of equal value discussed at the ILO webinar in Uzbekistan

On March 11, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized the second webinar in a series related to equality of opportunity and treatment focused on gender equality. The participants discussed the notion of “equal pay for work of equal...

Webinar on social protection in case of job loss was held for government officials in Uzbekistan

On 5 March, the International Labour Organization (ILO) within the UN Joint programme workplan organized a webinar on social protection in case of unemployment. This was a second in a series of technical discussions about social security standards...

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a Decree “On measures to improve the system of social protection of the population of...

Tashkent, 17 February 2021 – The President of Uzbekistan signed a Decree “On measures to improve the system of social protection of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2021-2030”. The decree approves the Concept Note of the National...

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How the ILO can support vital public employment programmes during the COVID-19 crisis

Public employment programmes have played an increasingly important role in government responses to the COVID-19 crisis. In this article, Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song, ILO Specialist on the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) sheds light on...

ILO and Uzbekistan: Assessing progress towards ending forced labour, promoting sustainable and inclusive employment, expanding social...

Uzbekistan's commitment to fostering decent employment opportunities and adhering to labour standards is unwavering. This was stated by the participants of the videoconference “Towards Sustainable Development through Decent Work” held on 27 January...

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,...

ILO priorities during the pandemic and beyond: Subregional programming meeting

How to organize activity of the International Labour Organization during the pandemic and beyond? What experience has been accumulated in the past year? What are the lessons learned? These issues were high on the agenda of the ILO Subregional...