All resources: Georgia

Children's work-related illness and injury: Evidence from Georgia

Employers’ Organizations discuss membership strategies

In collaboration with the ILO International Training Center (ITCILO) in Turin, ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia has organized a Sub-regional training on Membership strategies and Service design and delivery, which was held on 19 - 21...

Training for journalists in Georgia

Eighteen journalists came together on November 17-18 in Borjomi, Georgia to discuss the impact of a series of ILO training courses on reporting on labour issues, and to identify possible next steps. The training was organized within the framework of...

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Namibia

Regional conference on Labour Inspection in NIS

The ILO-ACTRAV, in cooperation with the Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-PERC) organized a regional conference for the ITUC-PERC affiliates in the Newly Independent States (NIS) on 26-27 September in...

Training for Assistant Judges in Georgia

Sixteen assistant judges came together on July 20-21 in Kasbeki, Georgia to learn how international labour standards can be used in resolving labour disputes in domestic courts. The training was organized within the framework of the ILO Project...

President of Georgia assures ILO representatives of his full support to improving work safety and labour rights

Today H.E. Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia, discussed labour safety issues with representatives of trade unions and the Inernational Labour Organization (ILO). The meeting focused on the recent tragic workplace incidents in coalmines in...

Better jobs and entrepreneurship for Georgia

Denmark and the ILO work together in Georgia to promote better jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities

The Government of Denmark signed a 5-year development agreement with the International Labour Organization to strengthen labour law reform and compliance, promote youth entrepreneurship, formalize businesses and strengthen responsible business...

More and better jobs for Ukraine

Why support Ukraine? Why working with the ILO?--Interview with Danish government officials

Marie Pedersen Haug, Senior Advisor, and Lotte Mindedal, Development Counsellor at the Department of European Neighbourhood of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs explain why Denmark engaged in inclusive job creation in Ukraine and chose ILO as...

Subregional conference sums up results of Youth Employment Project, identifies priorities for Phase 2

TURIN (ILO News) - On 13-16 February, a sub-regional kick-off conference for the second phase of the ILO Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the CIS" was held. The second phase will be implemented in 2018-2022 by ILO Moscow with financial...

Presentation of the Training Manual "Georgian Labour Law and International Labour Standards"

On December 14, the High School of Justice of Georgia and the International Labour Organization presented the training manual – “Labour Law of Georgia and International Labour Standards”.

Conducting Labour Inspections on Construction - A guide for labour inspectors

The objective of this guide is to assist labour inspectors fulfil their inspectorial function by providing information, in a user friendly format on, a suggested methodology for conducting inspections of construction activities; from planning to...

“ILO Week” in Georgia

In July, Georgia hosted three major events in Batumi, Adjara, organised with the ILO support and attended by representatives of the ILO, government, trade unions, as well as legal professionals and members of academia. Thus, the week of 11 to 15...

One Team, One Dream

On 4-6 July 2017, all ILO staff from our subregion, including colleagues working on projects, met for a retreat outside Moscow. The purpose of the retreat was more than important as it was the team-building. The slogan ‘One team, one dream’ had...

Alliance 8.7

Advancing Alliance 8.7 in Europe and Central Asia

ILO and OSCE host Europe and Central Asia regional meeting on achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 of eradicating child labour by 2025 and forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030.

Budapest hosts Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on achieving the SDG Target 8.7 with regard to Child and Forced Labour

Russian edition of the ILO Minimum Wage Policy Guide Released

In recent years, many countries have established or strengthened minimum wages to eliminate unduly low pay and promote decent work. In this context, governments from all parts of the world, as well as employers' and workers' organizations, have...

Training of Labour Inspectors in Georgia

On 20-21 April 2017, a two-day training seminar for employees of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs was held in Georgia.

International Conference on Labour Law in Georgia

On 3-4 March 2017, Gudauri, Georgia, hosted the international conference “Legislative and Practical Challenges of Georgian Labour Law”.

Tripartite Constituents from the sub-region meet to learn more about International Labour Standards

Over 30 participants representing governments, trade unions and employers’ organizations from all countries in the sub-region, gathered in Moscow from 14-17 November to discuss and learn more about international labour standards.