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Digital channels improve access to employment support

A new ILO policy brief shows how public employment services are using technology to increase the help available to people whose jobs have been affected by COVID-19.

Labour market policies and employment services are critical ingredients of the COVID-19 policy responses

This article presents highlights of the new policy brief on “COVID-19: Public employment services and labour market policy responses”.

Public Employment Services Role in Overcoming COVID-19 Crisis, and the Future of Work

On 23 July, the ILO Moscow launched a new series of webinars devoted to the PES Role in Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis and the Future of Work. The webinar was attended by about 70 representatives of Labour Ministries, workers and employers’...

Functional Self-Assessment for Public Works Fund Launched in Uzbekistan

Designed by ILO specialists, the PWF functional self-assessment methodology was introduced amid COVID-19 pandemic to the management and specialists of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations at a webinar on May 26, 2020.

A new milestone in the development of employment strategy in Uzbekistan

The large-scale tasks of economic and social reforms in Uzbekistan reinforce the need to transform the model of public employment policy, and in this matter we rely on the ILO technical and expert support. This was stated by the constituents who...

The importance of strengthening social protection systems to cope with the impact of Covid-19 on the world of work

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has not only caused millions of confirmed cases and hundreds of thousands death worldwide, but also brought significant impact on the economy, employment and social affairs.

Indonesia to improve its social protection system by adding unemployment benefit

The Government of Indonesia is in the process of setting up an unemployment benefit scheme to better protect the workers from any involuntary resignation cases. To find the most suitable mechanism for Indonesia, the government and other related...

Indonesia to learn unemployment benefit schemes from five countries’ experiences

Experts from five countries share their experiences in providing protection against unemployment as lessons learnt for Indonesia.

Indonesia to build a new scheme to protect the unemployed

The ILO with support from the Fast Retailing Co. Ltd commenced a new project to help Indonesia developing an effective mechanism for the unemployed through employment insurance, re-skilling and up-skilling programme and improved public employment...

The ILO “Employment Academy II” a timely support to the Russian reform of the employment centres

The second ILO Employment Academy organized on 20-22 November 2019 in Moscow in partnership with the Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) discussed the achievements and challenges faced during the first year of implementation of the...

Development cooperation

ILO and Fast Retailing group join forces to promote employment and social protection in Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Japanese apparel retail holding company Fast Retailing have signed a US$1.8 million partnership agreement supporting an ILO led programme to promote employment and social protection in Indonesia.

Fair recruitment

Philippines, Hong Kong agencies ink fair recruitment code

Two of the biggest employment agencies in Hong Kong and the Philippines signed a Code of Conduct to promote fair recruitment of domestic workers. The Code, based on the International Labour Organization’s guidelines, is a milestone agreement as the...

Future of Work Agenda for Young Workers in Azerbaijan

A training workshop for the Public Employment Services (PES) was held on 16-19 April in Baku. Focused on youth employment, lifelong-learning and youth labor transitions, bringing into action the policy recommendations for investing in people's...

ILO Academy on Employment: A Training Course in Moscow

The ILO Academy on Employment, a three-day training course for the Public Employment Service staff, took place at the Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) on March 19-21, 2019.

International Labour Standards

Viet Nam ratifies ILO Employment Service Convention, ready to make labour market effective

An ILO study with data from the General Statistics Office found that around 40 per cent of employed young people had found their jobs by asking friends and family.

Fifth Training Course for Public Employment Service Conducted in Baku

The course that was held from 4 to 7 December 2018 was the fifth in a series of capacity building activities aimed at strengthening the Public Employment Service (PES) in Azerbaijan within the framework of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth...

Kazakhstan: Parliamentary Hearings on Labour Market and Youth Employment

On 28 September the Kazakhstan’s Parliament held hearings, titled “Problems and prospects of development of the employment sphere,” on 28th September. The participants discussed the current state of the labour market, employment, and formalization...

ILO constituents from Uzbekistan were trained at the International Training Center in Turin

11 specialists from Uzbekistan, including representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the Federation of Trade Unions and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry attended the training course "Designing...

Better employment services

Peer-to-peer learning to make employment services more inclusive in the Western Balkans

Practitioners and decision-makers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia gathered in Budapest on 25-26 June 2018 to participate in the closing event of the first peer-learning programme for public...

Training Course for Public Employment Service Conducted in Baku on 3-6 July 2018

The course is the fourth one in a series of capacity building activities aimed at strengthening the Public Employment Service (PES) in Azerbaijan conducted in 2017-2018 within the framework of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in...