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Georgia to switch pension system based on funded component

Georgian Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri held several meetings in Washington. The Georgian delegation met with Meg Lundsager, U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to discuss the situation in Georgia, mainly steps Georgia had to...

ILO - European Parliament

Forced labour remains main challenge of 21st century, says ILO at European Parliament hearing

Jean-Marie Kagabo of the ILO Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labour spoke at a European Parliament Hearing on Contemporary Forms of Slavery in the Sahel Region.

Labour standards and Social Dialogue

Georgia : A new start to promote ILO Standards and strengthen Social Dialogue

Georgian Trade Union Confederation (GTUC) launched a new program for the promotion and the ratification of ILO Conventions for the period 2013-2017 and strengthening social dialogue.

European Union

ILO welcomes European Commission commitment to include social pillar in economic and monetary union

The ILO welcomes the European Commission Communication on the Social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), adopted on 2 October 2013. With this Communication, the European Commission proposes to add a scoreboard on employment and...

Trade union training on how to conduct negotiations with employers in Karaganda, Kazakhstan

How to keep disagreements from escalating into riots? Experts from the International Labour Organization – Magnus Berge, Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), and Sergeyus Glovackas, ILO Moscow Senior...

Kazakhstan’s Labour Ministry makes efforts to refine minimum subsistence level

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection set up a working group of national and foreign experts that will develop initiatives towards refining a minimum subsistence level.

Making Migration Work

New thinking on labour migration needed

As a High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development is taking place in New York, ILO Director General Guy Ryder discusses ways to improve labour migration governance for the benefit of all.

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...

ILO to kick off project on Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

A project to improve the effectiveness of youth employment policies in order to support the creation of more and better jobs for young people in the CIS countries is to be kicked off on 3 October by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Youth unemployment rate is 5.9% in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Labor

New report

ILO says global number of child labourers down by a third since 2000

A new ILO report shows that the fight against child labour is on the right track, but the goal of eliminating its worst forms by 2016 will not be met at the current pace.

Kyrgyzstan’s Labour Ministry and ILO experts discuss ways out of crisis towards decent jobs

The second stage of the ILO project “From the crisis towards decent and safe jobs” was discussed at the meeting between Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Youth Kasym Chargynov and Chief Technical Adviser of the International...

ILO at Eurofound Conference on home care services

On 12 September 2013, Ms Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard (ILO/EUROPE) participated in a Eurofound - Lithuanian Presidency conference on “More and better jobs in home care services”. She reminded the participants of the importance and relevance of ILO...

Cabinet to discuss implementation of program on single-industry towns development

Today, the Government meeting is to discuss the implementation of the program on development of single-industry towns, spokesman of the Central Communications Service Altay Abibullayev said yesterday at a briefing, Primeminister.kz informs.

Trade unions bill discussed between Kazakhstan and the U.S.

Head of the Kazakh Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Tamara Duisenova met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the U.S. to Kazakhstan Kenneth J. Fairfax , the press service of the authority reports.

New ILO tool steps up fight against child labour

The International Labour Office (ILO) has launched a new tool to guide efforts towards the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.

Maritime Labour Convention 2006

European Commission welcomes entry into force of ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The European Commission welcomes the entry into force, on 20 August, of the International Maritime Labour Convention establishing the minimum working and living conditions for more than 1,2 million persons working at sea and ensuring fair...

International labour standards

Germany ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Government of Germany registered its ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the International Labour Office on 16 August 2013.

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,...

Kyrgyzstan marks International Youth Day

On August 12 Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Labour, Migration and Youth in Bishkek hosted an event entitled “Youth Migration – Moving Development Forward” to mark the International Youth Day.