All resources: Europe and Central Asia

Cooperatives and post-2015 conference in Brussels

"Cooperatives are major job creators”

Simel Esim, Head of the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit, underlined the key role cooperatives could play in the post-2015 development agenda.

Conference "Europe at a Crossroads"

"More and better jobs have to go hand in hand with fiscal and monetary policies in Europe"

Speaking at the ETUC-ETUI Conference "Europe at a crossroads. Which way to quality jobs and prosperity?", ILO Deputy Director-General Gilbert Houngbo called for a balanced approach where job creation and fiscal and monetary policies go hand in hand.

Lunch lecture on "Growing Inequalities and Social Unrest in the World" in Brussels

At a lunch lecture in Brussels, ILO Research Director Raymond Torres presented recent ILO findings on income inequality in the world.

Conference "Europe at a Crossroads"

ILO: "Economic and social dimensions of European integration are slipping out of balance"

Europe’s response to the different crises has left many Europeans wondering what happened to the vitally important social dimension of the European project, Gilbert Houngbo (ILO) warns.

Informal economy

Eastern Europe: Strong Social Dialogue needed, Unions say

European Parliament hearing

ILO: “True sustainable progress requires clear regulation and enforcement”

Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General, told the European Parliament that clear regulation and law enforcement are key challenges in moving towards a fair and sustainable globalization.

Kazakhstan to provide free technical vocational education

Kazakhstan will provide free first technical vocational education. At a Cabinet meeting on September 23 Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov introduced a bill amending and supplementing several legal acts on education.

Informal economy: trade unions’ policy and actions

On September 17-19, Armenia’s capital Yerevan hosted a subregional meeting on informal economy. It was organized by the Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (PERC-ITUC) and the ILO to develop recommendations...

Uzbekistan creates Coordination Council on Child Labour Issues

Uzbekistan has created the Coordination Council on Child Labour Issues that consists of representatives from the Council of the Trade Unions’ Federation, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, the Chamber of Commerce and...

Informal economy

ILO Director-General: Labour inspections key to fighting undeclared work

Guy Ryder urges EU member states to ramp up steps to support formalization of the informal economy, spotlighting specific action for tackling undeclared work.

Moscow hosts international seminar of public employment services

On September 17-18, Russia’s Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) held an international seminar for members of the World Association of Public Employment Services focusing on models of public employment service (PES): centralized and...

The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation

No Quick Fix: Policies to Support the Labor Market Integration of New Arrivals in Sweden

A world without fatal work accidents is possible

A world without fatal or serious occupational accidents is possible, the organizers of the XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014 have appealed, as the largest global occupational safety event opened in Frankfurt, Germany on Monday 25...

Youth employment

Street interviews with Brussels youth on jobs and their expectations of a job

The ILO-Brussels office hit the city centre of Brussels for some street interviews with young people about their actual jobs or studies, their expectations of a job, what they want to become, the skills they think they'll need and their views on the...

Green economy

Ryder: World of work critical to greening the economy

ILO Director-General calls on EU environment and labour ministers to align policies for sustainable development.

Advisory report on vocational rehabilitation and employment of people with disabilities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Alena Nesporova, Olga Koulaeva ; ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Offi ce for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. - Moscow: ILO, 2014

Albania

Can you speak Italian?

Italian companies are increasingly turning to Albanian migrant workers who are going back home to work at their call centres. An EU-funded ILO project is helping employment centres in Albania to modernize and to assist migrant workers looking for a...

The Labour Market Integration of New Immigrants in Europe: Analysis and Policy Evaluation

Moving Up or Standing Still? Access to Middle-Skilled Work for Newly Arrived Migrants in the European Union

Lessons for the Adults to Learn

The video "Lessons for the Adults to Learn" contains basic info on HIV and AIDS, replies from the workers on basic questions concerning the disease, and stories of people living with HIV.

Cartoon on Adressing HIV Workplace Stigma and Discrimination

The Cartoon on addressing HIV workplace stigma and discrimination focuses on possible ways of violation of the rights of workers living with HIV and provides basic approaches on addressing HIV and AIDS at the workplaces based on the ILO...