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World Day for Decent Work: Prioritizing ILO Global Call to Action

The Trade Union Federation of Uzbekistan held a webinar on post-COVID employment recovery to commemorate the World Day for Decent Work celebrated worldwide on 7 October upon the initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

Social protection in case of job loss: possible options to expand the coverage with unemployment protection programmes in Uzbekistan

This national report was drafted under the guidance of the International Labour Organization (ILO) team within the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan funded by the Joint SDG Fund. The purpose of this report is to provide options...

ILO Launches a Flagship Course for Social Partners to Boost Interaction with UN System

On 8-24 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Center in Turin (ITCILO) organized an online training for social partners under the title of “Making the voices of social partners count in UN...

ILO – Uzbekistan cooperation is on track: Decent Work Country Programme for 2021-2025 signed

On 22 September the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its constituents in Uzbekistan – Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations – signed a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for 2021-2025.

Occupational Safety and Health

Uzbekistan ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention

The Government of Uzbekistan has deposited the instrument of ratification of the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187). The Convention is one of the key ILO instruments on workplace safety and health and...

Unemployment and Child Benefits Together Can Sustain Households in Need

The United Nations Joint Programme supports Uzbekistan to reform its social protection system in line with international security standards. Special emphasis is made on unemployment and child benefits as important source of income for families...

From Stand Alone to Joined Up Social Protection and Active Labour Market Services: workshop in Tashkent

Tashkent hosted a workshop on development of integrated social protection and active labour market services based on user-specific needs and improvement of electronic management information systems. The inception workshop was organized by the...

ILO in action

An end to child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton harvest

Uzbekistan is the sixth largest producer of cotton in the world. Two million people pick the cotton every harvest. The ILO is working with the government, workers, employers and civic society to bring about an end to child labour and forced labour...

Key principles of gender-responsive budgeting discussed in Uzbekistan

The United Nations Joint Programme on Strengthening Social Protection in Uzbekistan conducted the sixth online webinar on gender equality. This time members of the Uzbek parliament, government agencies and ILO’s social partners got acquainted with...

Key findings of the report on social protection in case of job loss discussed in Tashkent

On July 14, the ILO conducted a webinar to discuss findings of the updated report on social protection in case of unemployment. The webinar was a part of a series delivered within the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan aimed to...

ILO guidance on measuring remote work presented at webinar in Uzbekistan

9 June 2021 – As part of the ILO-Uzbekistan cooperation on introduction of remote work system, the first webinar to present the ILO guidance on measuring remote work was held in Tashkent.

Uzbekistan - Feedback mechanism on forced labour and other labour rights violations

This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).

Gender Audit of Labour Laws was discussed in Uzbekistan

The fifth online workshop on gender equality that was held on 25 May 2021 targeted the issue of gender audit of labour laws. These webinar series are delivered within the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan and aimed at building...

Towards integrated strategy for the transition to formality: road maps for Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

The South-South triangular cooperation initiative in Eastern Europe and Central Asia aims to facilitate knowledge-exchange and mutual learning to promote the development of coherent and integrated strategies to facilitate the transition to formality...

Social Protection for All

Career or maternity? Both! – Laziza’s story

Laziza (the name has been changed for privacy reasons) is an energetic woman, one of the best HR specialists and an important employee of her company, with 13 years of work experience and a mother of three wonderful children. You wouldn't think so...

ILO Moscow Manual for Public Employment Services

Statement by the ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Heinz Koller

ILO Presents a Flagship Training Manual for Public Employment Services

The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is pleased to announce the launch of its flagship publication “Public Employment Services and the Future of Work. Training Manual for the CIS Regional...

Key principles and practices on maternity protection discussed at the ILO webinar in Uzbekistan

On April 8, the International Labour Organization (ILO) within the framework of the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan organized the third webinar in a series related to mainstreaming gender equality in employment, economic and...

Women and the World of Work in Uzbekistan. Towards Gender Equality and Decent Work for All

This report responds to the need for a comprehensive analysis of the position of women in the world of work of Uzbekistan. It aims to inform policy, legislation, and initiatives that seek to develop and promote decent work for all women and men. The...

Equal pay for work of equal value discussed at the ILO webinar in Uzbekistan

On March 11, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized the second webinar in a series related to equality of opportunity and treatment focused on gender equality. The participants discussed the notion of “equal pay for work of equal...