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Azerbaijan hosts third round of peer review of youth employment policies

As part of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” implemented by ILO and financed by Public Joint Stock Company LUKOIL, a Peer Review network focusing on youth employment policies was launched in...

ILO officials discuss youth employment issues with partners in Azerbaijan

From 6 to 8 July 2015 ILO officials Mikhail Pouchkin and Julia Surina paid a visit to Baku within the frames of project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States”.

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Get formal, be successful: Supporting the transition to formality of youth-led enterprises in Azerbaijan

Read about a pilot programme that is helping young Azerbaijani entrepreneurs build successful formal businesses of all kinds.

Employers’ organizations work towards improving the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, met in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 20-21 April 2015 at an ILO Sub-regional...

Youth employment in the CIS discussed in Krasnoyarsk

On 20-24 April 2015 the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia hosted a meeting of the Youth Employment Network members within the framework of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment Project in the CIS” implemented by the ILO Moscow Office in...

Azerbaijan to analyze Tajikistan’s youth employment policy

“Azerbaijan will hold a peer review of Tajikistan’s youth employment policy,” Mikhail Pouchkin, ILO Moscow Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS”, told a conference focusing on macroeconomic policy...

Trade unions’ activity discussed in Baku

On November 10, Baku hosted a seminar focusing on the role of trade unions in building tripartite social dialogue and creating the Tripartite Commission.

Experts from Europe, CIS and Baltic states discuss e-Services in social security

On October 23, representatives of social security institutions from 15 countries, of Europe, the CIS and Baltic states finished up their discussion of problems emerging with the enhancement of quality and scalability of e-Services in social security...

Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action

The ILO-IPEC Project “Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action” organized two sub-regional workshops for tripartite participants from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

Moscow hosts international seminar of public employment services

On September 17-18, Russia’s Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) held an international seminar for members of the World Association of Public Employment Services focusing on models of public employment service (PES): centralized and...

Strategic focus on enhancing employment

On August 27, our colleagues – Senior Employment Specialist Olga Koulaeva and Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO project “Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS” Mikhail Pouchkin – arrived in Azerbaijan for a three-day visit to discuss with...

Trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health at railways of CIS and Baltic states – seminar in Astana

On July 9, the first joint seminar for trade unions of railway workers from CIS and Baltic states ended its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. It focused on trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health and traffic safety at...

OIC member-states adopt action plan

The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Document on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ended in Baku on June 18.

Meeting of the Working Committee of Ministers of Labour of the OIC

Meeting of the Steering Committee established in accordance with the decision of the Second Conference of Ministers of Labor, Employment and Social Security of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) began in Baku on Tuesday.

Delay to be granted for e- registration of labor contracts in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani employers will be granted a delay for the registration of employemnt contracts in the electronic system of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Azerbaijan , Minister Salim Muslimov said.

ILO highly estimates Azerbaijan's efforts in reducing unemployment

Azerbaijan has achieved great results in socio-economic and non-oil economic sector

Azerbaijan seeks ILO’s expert help

3 June 2014. This issue was discussed at the meeting between Azerbaijan’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population Salim Muslimov and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the sidelines of the 103rd session of the International Labour...

Role of trade unions in shaping youth employment policy – conference in Azerbaijan

Baku hosted a conference focusing on the role of trade unions in shaping youth employment policy. It was jointly organized by the International Labour Organization and the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation.

Azerbaijan to toughen measures in the fight against child labour

On October 1, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population and State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs signed a joint action plan to eliminate child labour drafted within the framework of the EU twinning project...

International Youth Day in Azerbaijan

On August 12 a meeting on the occasion of the International Youth Day, focusing in 2013 on “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward”, took place at the UN Office in Baku and brought together representatives of youth NGOs, experts from the ILO,...