All resources: Kyrgyzstan

Project “Transition from Informal to Formal Employment”, Kyrgyzstan

Project implementation period: 1 October 2021 – 31 May 2023. The video-reel captures key achievements of the project, namely: (i) capacity building activities for workers’ organizations; (ii) gender-responsive diagnostics and focus-group...

ILO experts and trade unions in Central Asia discuss workplace safety in the region

On June 23, 2023 a two-day Regional Conference of Trade Unions of Central Asia on “The role of trade unions in ensuring occupational safety and health and the effective functioning of the labour inspectorate” opened in Astana. It was organized by...

ILO holds third regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project

The project’s national researchers and regional advisory committee members exchanged around the progress of the research on the social and solidarity economy in Cambodia, Mongolia, Thailand, and Vietnam on 9 June 2023.

Closing legal and policy gaps in maternity protection in the Kyrgyz Republic

This report documents the changes which have taken place in national policies and legislation related to maternity protection in the world of work since the Government received the reports and publications reviewing relevant laws of the Kyrgyz...

Kyrgyz Republic: Social Protection Profile

The social protection system of the Kyrgyz Republic has undergone several reforms on the level of individual programmes in the last three decades. Yet, significant gaps persist in both legal provisions and in terms of effective coverage, adequacy of...

Applying design thinking to develop new service models for inclusion of working age persons with disabilities in community and labour...

This report presents the results and the process of “Applying design thinking to develop new service models for inclusion of adult persons with disabilities in community and labour market in Kyrgyzstan”. The process included a research phase as well...

Social protection budget planning and monitoring from disability perspectives – a workshop in Kyrgyzstan

Оn March 07 and 09, 2023 the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek hosted a national workshop focusing on “Social protection budget planning and monitoring from disability perspectives” for organizations of persons with disabilities, the Ministry of...

ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: plans for the next biennium defined

22-24 February 2023, TASHKENT – ILO conducted its programming meeting for the Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia to discuss plans for 2023 and formulate strategy for 2024-2025. The team aimed to define a...

ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: plans for the next biennium defined (subregional programming meeting, 22-24 February 2023,...

ILO holds second regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project

The project’s national researchers and regional advisory committee members exchanged around the progress of the research on the social and solidarity economy in Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Vietnam on 6 February 2023.

Sectoral Collective Agreements and Prevention of Informal Employment - a meeting of trade unions of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

On January 24, 2023, a technical working meeting was held online to validate the results of the analysis of the collective agreements of the sectoral trade unions of the two countries. The analysis focused on preventing the transition of formal jobs...

ILO holds kick-off briefing session for the project on the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan

The briefing session was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to introduce the Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia project to the ILO Constituents and social and solidarity economy (SSE) partners. The participants in the session included...

Partners in the Kyrgyz Republic are trained in strategic planning for the development of the National Programme for the transition from the...

On December 14-15, 2023, in Bishkek, more than 30 members of the interagency working group took part in a training seminar on strategic planning, during which they analyzed political and legal measures aimed at reducing the informal economy...

International Day of People with Disabilities Marked in Kyrgyzstan

On December 3, 2022, the Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Bishkek hosted a public event to mark the International Day of People with Disabilities "Birge kotorgon juk jenil bolot- the burden of moving together is light".

ILO holds three kick-off briefing sessions for the project on Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

The three country briefing sessions for Mongolia, Cambodia, and Thailand were held to introduce the Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia project to the ILO Constituents and social and solidarity economy (SSE) partners. The...

Video: Design-thinking workshop on the expansion of labour market inclusion for workers with disability. November 2022, Kyrgyzstan

Design Thinking Workshop Allows to identify needs of persons with disabilities for supporting the design of social protection benefits enabling inclusion into labour market. The project Enhancing disability - inclusiveness of social protection...

Social protection and employment services to increase inclusiveness of persons with disabilities – workshop in Kyrgyzstan

On 23-25 November, 2022 Kyrgyzstan’s capital city of Bishkek hosted a workshop to jointly develop a concept of new social protection and employment services to increase the inclusiveness of persons with disabilities.

National Programme on Transition from Informal to Formal Economy to Be Developed in Kyrgyzstan

On 11 November 2022, the Ministry of economy of the Kyrgyz Republic convened in Bishkek a meeting of the inter-agency working group established to develop a National Strategy on Transition from Informal to Formal Economy for the period of 2023-2025.

ILO organizes orientation to strengthen understanding around the social and solidarity economy in Asia

The ILO organized a two-day orientation to guide the national researchers in undertaking the mapping study on the social and solidarity economy in Asia-Pacific.

Enhancing disability - inclusiveness of social protection system in Kyrgyzstan - Project brief