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Russia Ratifies ILO’s Part-Time Work Convention Ratified

On 2 March, President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law “On Ratification of the Convention Concerning Part-Time Work (ILO Convention № 175).” The State Duma passed the Federal Law on February 19, 2016, and it was approved by the Federation...

Young Trade Unionists from Northern Regions Meet in Murmansk

On 16 – 18 February northern Russian city of Murmansk hosted an international conference of young trade trade-unionists and employment specialists from northern regions who gathered to discuss youth employment promotion in the remote and north ...

Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment

Labour and Employment Ministers of the BRICS countries adopted a joint declaration

On 25–26 January, at the initiative of the Russian Federation, the first ever meeting of BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment was held in the city of Ufa, in order to discuss the areas of cooperation in the field of labour relations and...

Minister Maxim Topilin Meets Director General of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder

25 January 2016 – As part of the programme of the first meeting of Ministers of Labour and Employment of the BRICS countries, which opened today in the city of Ufa, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Maxim Topilin met...

The Programme of Cooperation between Russia and the International Labour Organization May be Extended

25 January 2016 – During their meeting in the city of Ufa today, the Russian Minister of Labour Maxim Topilin and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discussed the continued cooperation between the Russian Federation and the ILO on the basis of the...

Testing Innovative Approaches: Voluntary Peer Review of Youth Employment Policies

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has successfully tested an innovative mechanism - voluntary peer reviews, in which countries assess one another’s youth employment policies and share good practices during joint meetings. It is one of the...

ILO Takes Part in Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition

From 8 to 11 December 2015 the national exhibi¬tion centre in Moscow (VDNKh) was the venue of the XIX International Exhibition “Occupation¬al Safety and Health – 2015.” The exhibition is a leading forum to showcase the latest achievements in the...

Employing people with disabilities benefits themselves, the whole society and the state

Specialists of the Social Security Fund of the Russian Federation and ILO experts exchanged experience. How are the social security systems in other countries functioning? What foreign experience can be useful in this country, and which Russian ways...

Results of the third round of peer review of youth employment policies summed up in Sochi

On 12 – 17 October, southern Russian city of Sochi hosted a conference of the Youth Employment Network members. The Network is part of the project "Partnerships for youth employment in the CIS countries," which is being implemented by the ILO Moscow...

Rail unions focus on organising and promoting ILO conventions

Around 40 leaders from railway unions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia met with ILO experts and senior ITF representatives in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 September to 1 October to discuss organising and the promotion of ILO conventions throughout the...

Youth employment in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to be discussed in Sochi, Russian Federation

The 5th Regional Network meeting will take place in Sochi, Russian Federation between 13 and 17 October 2015.

Eurasian Women’s Forum: Towards Peace, Harmony and Social Well-Being

“At a time when the global economy is still struggling to regain its footing after the massive financial crisis and other economic shocks, and with a new generation of wars and unrest and flows of desperate people around the world, the need for a...

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...

Международный день молодежи

Stand up for workers rights, forum of trade unionists urges

The end of summer proved to be one of the busiest periods in the calendar of trade unions of the Siberian Federal District. On 26 August in Gorno-Altaisk a district conference on “Promotion of social dialogue at federal district level" was organized...

Round table on the implementation of international labour standards in Uzbekistan

A round table on progress in the cooperation between Uzbekistan and the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held in Tashkent on 5 – 6 August 2015.

Trade Unions of BRICS Countries Address Common Problems

Trade union leaders from Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa took part in the 4th Trade Union Forum of BRICS countries, which ended in Ufa, Russian Federation, on 9 July.

ILO approves inclusion of Russia in the list of Members fully meeting requirements of Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) of the International Labour Organisation at its 324th (June) session approved the inclusion of the Russian Federation as the first ratifying Member to be listed as fully meeting the minimum...

ILO/ITUC/PERC Workshop on Reinforcing trade union policies in OSH prevention

Participants from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine took part in the fifth NIS OSH Network meeting in Armenia organized together with the ILO Moscow and financial support from the LO/TCO.

Social Protection

More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care

ILO report shows huge differences in health care access between rural and urban areas worldwide.

International experts familiarize themselves with Uzbekistan’s trade union movement

On April 24, Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted an international conference focusing on trade unions’ role in ensuring citizens’ guarantees to decent work and the republic’s experience.