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Kyrgyzstan to interview 6,000 households within national child labour survey

Kyrgyzstan’s National Statistics Committee will hold a child labour survey within the framework of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) in Central Asia, interviewing 6,000 households. The survey’s results...

Youth employment in the CIS discussed in St Petersburg

Within the framework of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment Project in the CIS”, a Peer Review Conference was conducted in St Petersburg on 13 – 17 October. The project is implemented by the ILO Moscow Office in partnership with Russian...

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.

Opportunities for upgrading training programmes in Tajikistan’s education system

n October 7, Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of Population hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss opportunities for upgrading training programmes and curricula in Tajikistan’s education system.

Cooperation priorities discussed in Bishkek

On September 8-9, Ms Dimitrina Dimitrova, Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to meet with representatives of the government, trade unions and...

Kyrgyzstan’s National Statistics Committee to monitor worst forms of child labour

Pursuing the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Kyrgyzstan’s National Statistics Committee would collect statistics data on the worst forms of child labour, the committee’s press service said on August 29.

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...

Kyrgyz Social Fund: Pensions for June 2014 fully funded

Pensions in the Kyrgyz Republic were fully funded for June 2014. The press office of the Social Fund reports.

Kyrgyzstan makes further efforts to stop child labour

1 July 2014. On July 1, Bishkek hosted a roundtable meeting focusing on stronger inter-ministerial coordination and unification of efforts in eliminating the worst forms of child labour.

Russia and Kyrgyzstan agree to transfer pensions of migrant workers according to principle of proportionality

This was announced today at the roundtable "Pension reform: key conclusions and recommendations", the representatives of the Social Fund informed.

Kyrgyzstan’s Social Development Minister discusses child labour in Geneva

On June 2, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Social Development Kudaibergen Bazarbayev met with senior officials of the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

Roadmap of Kyrgyzstan's accession to Russia-led Customs Union approved

29 May 2014. A roadmap of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union [of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus] has been approved, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said.

International labour standards on social security – capacity building training workshop in Kyrgyzstan

On May 21-23, a three-day training workshop on international social security standards for members of the working group responsible for drafting Kyrgyzstan’s Social Protection Development Strategy for 2015-2017 took place in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.

Roadmap on Kyrgyzstan's accession to Customs Union can be signed in late April

The Roadmap on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union can be signed up in the end of April, Russian media sources reported.

New Kyrgyz government appointed

4 April 2014. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev appointed the members of the new government, Kabar news agency reported on April 4.

Aiylchy Sarybaev: Foreign debt of Kyrgyzstan exceeds $3.3 bln

Foreign debt of Kyrgyzstan exceeded $3.3 billion, the Doctor of Science Economics Aiylchy Sarybaev said today at the research and practice conference on the results of April revolution.

Kyrgyzstan set to strengthen social protection floors

At the end of March Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Social Development with the support of the ILO and the European Union held a meeting in Bishkek to discuss and adopt a national roadmap on strengthening social protection floors for children and families...

Kyrgyzstan’s Social Development Ministry discusses ILO Social Security Convention and Social Protection Floors Recommendation

On February 20, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Social Development discussed the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) and Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No.202).

ILO to conduct child labour survey in Kyrgyzstan

The International Labour Organization will conduct a child labour survey in Kyrgyzstan. This information became known on January 18 at the meeting between Kyrgyz Social Development Minister Kudaibergen Bazarbayev and expert of the ILO International...

About 500,000 Kyrgyzstanis- migrant workers in Kazakhstan

According to unofficial data, about 500,000 Kyrgyz citizens are currently in labor migration in Kazakhstan, Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan human rights movement reported.