All resources: Europe and Central Asia

WESO Report 2020

What does the new WORLD EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK: TRENDS 2020 report say about Central and Eastern Europe?

10th European Regional Meeting, Instanbul, 2-5 October 2017

Infographic Report on the promotion and application of the MNE Declaration in Europe and Central Asia

Youth employment

Activation strategies targeting young welfare beneficiaries: An ILO ‘how to’ guide based on the ongoing experience in Montenegro (part 1).

Activation strategies have been a core pillar of many governments’ efforts to support the labour market integration of young people.¹ Activation includes measures such as job search assistance, individual action planning, job search monitoring,...

Unpaid care work and motherhood employment penalty widen gender gaps

Unpaid care work is the main reason why women are outside the labour force, the Director of ILO-Brussels has said at an exchange on the EU Gender Equality Strategy with EU Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli, organized by FEPS and Friedrich Ebert...

Decent minimum wages across the EU

Analysis of Demand for and Supply of Skilled Labour Force in the Kyrgyz Republic

The ILO G20TS project assisted Kyrgyz partners to conduct an analysis of demand and supply of skilled labour force in the Chuy region of Kyrgyzstan. Now the national stakeholders are able to take informed decisions to adjust the Technical and...

The Ukrainian pension system at crossroads: Key policy messages from the recent ILO report

In 2017, the Ukrainian Government adopted a pension reform that increased the level of pensions in payment but severely restricted future pensions. After three years’ implementation of the reform, it is time to assess the impact of the changes and...

Better Work in Vietnam and the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement

Roopa Nair, Head of Operations, Quality, and Innovation at Better Work, participated at a High-Level Conference on the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement, organized in the European Parliament.

ILO International Training Centre

Top 10 ILO trainings on TVET and Skills Development in 2020

In this fast-paced world, technological and labour market changes profoundly affect TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) and Skills Development. Skills needs anticipation, digital skills, e-learning tools and innovative training...

Promoting decent work in global value chains

Audrey Le Guével, Programme and Operations Officer at ILO-Brussels, participated in a panel debate on “Reshaping the future of work in global value chains”, organized by the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE).

ILO and TURKSTAT Sign Cooperation Protocol to Reduce Gender Pay Gap in Turkey

The Cooperation Protocol aims to calculate gender pay gap and take steps to reduce accordingly, and contribute to ultimately achieving gender equality and improving decent work conditions for women

Youth employment

Meet our iTrack-Skills: Artificial Intelligence for tracing TVET students

How many TVET graduates found a stable job? Are they working in a job they are qualified for? How many graduates are unemployed or inactive? How relevant and effective was the training?

HIV/AIDS at the workplace

Take an HIV test and keep sailing! ILO promotes HIV/AIDS awareness among seafarers

Ukraine remains among the European countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. Every day, fifty people get infected and ten die from AIDS. The epidemic is driven by key populations: partly by people who inject drugs, but the prevailing cause has been...

Future of the Ukrainian Pension System: Adequacy, Coverage and Sustainability

This report conducts an in-depth analysis of the Ukrainian pension system and develops policy options to safeguard the adequate levels of pensions in line with international labour standards, to extend the coverage particularly to the workers in the...

ILO discusses the International Labour Standards and their supervision at the European Parliament

Karen Curtis, Head of the Freedom of Association Branch at the International Labour Standards Department, participated in an exchange of views on International Labour Standards and their supervision, organized by the Committee on International Trade...

World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2020

Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows

A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and...

World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2020

Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows

A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and...

The 2019 ITC-ILO Rural Academy includes an elective on cooperatives

Co-organized by the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit and its partner, Agriterra, the elective focused on a range of topics including the role of cooperatives in rural development, basics of the cooperative business model and methodologies for cooperative...

Report of the India-EU Seminar on Talent Mobility

This is a meeting report of the ILO under the EU-India Cooperation and Dialogue on Migration and Mobility Project organized a one-and-a-half day seminar on India-EU Talent Mobility.

ILO COOP sends a message to the MedUp Project Peer Review Meeting in Tunis

The message from ILO COOP Manager focused on the role of the ILO in the development of cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) and how they can contribute to the promotion of gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa...