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Kyrgyzstan’s Social Development Minister discusses child labour in Geneva

On June 2, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Social Development Kudaibergen Bazarbayev met with senior officials of the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

Roadmap of Kyrgyzstan's accession to Russia-led Customs Union approved

29 May 2014. A roadmap of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union [of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus] has been approved, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said.

International labour standards on social security – capacity building training workshop in Kyrgyzstan

On May 21-23, a three-day training workshop on international social security standards for members of the working group responsible for drafting Kyrgyzstan’s Social Protection Development Strategy for 2015-2017 took place in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.

Roadmap on Kyrgyzstan's accession to Customs Union can be signed in late April

The Roadmap on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union can be signed up in the end of April, Russian media sources reported.

New Kyrgyz government appointed

4 April 2014. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev appointed the members of the new government, Kabar news agency reported on April 4.

Aiylchy Sarybaev: Foreign debt of Kyrgyzstan exceeds $3.3 bln

Foreign debt of Kyrgyzstan exceeded $3.3 billion, the Doctor of Science Economics Aiylchy Sarybaev said today at the research and practice conference on the results of April revolution.

Kyrgyzstan set to strengthen social protection floors

At the end of March Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Social Development with the support of the ILO and the European Union held a meeting in Bishkek to discuss and adopt a national roadmap on strengthening social protection floors for children and families...

ILO-IPEC contributions to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Kyrgyzstan 2005-2013

Kyrgyzstan’s Social Development Ministry discusses ILO Social Security Convention and Social Protection Floors Recommendation

On February 20, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Social Development discussed the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) and Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No.202).

ILO to conduct child labour survey in Kyrgyzstan

The International Labour Organization will conduct a child labour survey in Kyrgyzstan. This information became known on January 18 at the meeting between Kyrgyz Social Development Minister Kudaibergen Bazarbayev and expert of the ILO International...

From the crisis towards decent and safe jobs in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project RER/09/05/FIN - Evaluation Consultant: Alex Kuzmin

Living and working conditions in inland navigation in Europe

This study explores various aspects of the inland navigation in the European region, addressing all the essential aspects in relation to the working and living conditions of the crews, including relevant laws and regulations, occupational safety and...

About 500,000 Kyrgyzstanis- migrant workers in Kazakhstan

According to unofficial data, about 500,000 Kyrgyz citizens are currently in labor migration in Kazakhstan, Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan human rights movement reported.

Labor Ministry helps to employ 30,000 people in Kyrgyzstan

More than 30,000 people have been employed through the Labor Ministry in Kyrgyzstan, Labor, Migration and Youth Minister of Kyrgyzstan Aliyasbek Alymkulov told today at a press conference.

Preparatory research project on the involvement of migrant workers and their families in the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan,...

Migrant workers and returning migrants are increasingly turning to cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy (SSE) enterprises to ensure they have full access to the development benefits of labour migration. In light of these trends, the...

Work for Youth (W4Y) (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/11/01/MCF Master Card Project

Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy on occupational safety and health: Workers and enterprises benefit from improved safety and...

Volume II is accesible online only and contains annexes 3,4 which are case studies on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia and Viet Nam

Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy on occupational safety and health: Workers and enterprises benefit from improved safety and...

Although the focus of this evaluation is on the strategy, it also analyses the effectiveness and efficiency of the organizational structure established by the Office to support the implementation of the global occupational safety and health (OSH)...

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...