All resources: Russian Federation

ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: foreseeing trends for the next biennium

23-24 November 2023, TASHKENT – The ILO staff gathered here to take part in an innovative Foresight exercise facilitated by ITC ILO. The exercise served to foster team spirit, reflect on working modalities internally and externally - with the...

BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment meeting

ILO Director-General welcomes BRICS commitment to ensuring decent work, dignity and respect for all

Speaking at the meeting of BRICS nations*, Gilbert F. Houngbo emphasized the importance of inclusive and sustainable development, promoting labour rights for all, ensuring universal access to social protection systems, closing the skills gap in the...

Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant workers subjected to forced labour by Russian forces, say trade unions

The ILO expresses grave concerns about civilian casualties and the severe impact of the Russian Federation aggression on workers and employers who risk their lives to continue working and operating.

BRICS-ILO Cooperation

An overview of recent collaboration on development cooperation between governments, social partners, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and private partners from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (the BRICS) and the International Labour...

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...

Peak-level social dialogue and COVID-19: The European experience

This report outlines the role social dialogue played in designing response measures to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through six country case studies, it shows the value of social dialogue in times of crisis, and the pitfalls when dialogue did not take...

Media Advisory

ILO to release latest Monitor on the world of work, analyzing impact of multiple crises

The ILO will publish the 9th edition of its Monitor report series, which tracks the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises on workers and businesses worldwide.

ILO and IMO call for urgent action on seafarers stranded in Ukraine following Russian aggression

An estimated 1,000 seafarers are currently stranded in Ukrainian ports and waters with dwindling vital supplies.

Ukraine

ILO Governing Body adopts resolution on Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine

A resolution passed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization calls on the Russian Federation to ‘immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression’.

Ukraine

ILO Director-General condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine

"The ILO’s duty is to stand in solidarity with the government, workers, and employers of Ukraine and to join with the rest of the United Nations system in providing all possible assistance to them," says the ILO Director-General.

ILO Project Supports Young Entrepreneurs in Astrakhan region

Representatives of the ILO Project "Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States" and the Agency for Employment of Population of the Astrakhan Region completed the second round of review of business plans presented by...

Knowledge exchange on formalisation between BRICS and CIS

From 2 November 2021 to 9 December 2021, tripartite constituents and academic partners from the BRICS and the CIS countries exchanged experiences in transitioning to formality organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with the...

Towards a human-centred agenda: Human resource management in the BRICS countries in the face of global challenges

This book examines novel evidence of human-centred human resources management (HRM) practices in five leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa.

ILO Moscow all-staff motivational team building event

The online all-staff motivational event took place on 15 and 17 November 2021.

CIS countries shared progress on transition to formality during the inter-regional dialogue with the BRICS

On 16 November 2021, representatives of the tripartite constituents from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan discussed the progress on transitioning to the formal economy with their BRICS counterparts during the BRICS-CIS...

Work and Employment Forum “Future of Work in Russia”

On 27 October Olga Koulaeva, Director of the ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, made a presentation at the Work and Employment Forum “Future of Work in Russia”.

Application of key labour law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Russian...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented countries with unprecedented challenges. While understandable given the unprecedented scale of the economic impact, one of the questions that can be asked in this respect is whether businesses that terminated...

ILO presented a Global Call to Action for a Human-Centred Recovery at Lomonosov Moscow State University conferences

On 8 and 26 October 2021, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (DWT/CO-Moscow) contributed to two conferences held by Moscow State University (MSU), presenting a human-centred approach to...

VI Research Conference “Social Labour Conflicts in Russia and Worldwide”

Post-pandemic realities of the world of work, digitization, rise of temporary and precarious employment, global transformation of industrial relations … These trends and mechanisms for settlement and prevention of social labour conflicts were...

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...