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  1. Central and Lusophone African Countries

    ILO to host high-level conference on the future of work we want

    24 September 2018

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    Labour market integration

    A new law in Moldova projects more employment and better life opportunities

    22 August 2018

    On August 9th, 2018 the Government of Moldova introduced a new Employment Promotion Law. With a very low labour force participation rate (slightly above 40 percent in 2017), Moldova is faltering far behind its peers in the region. The law aims at more employment opportunities and better life prospects for many Moldovans, both women and men. The ILO has provided technical guidance and played a facilitating role in the process leading up to the adoption of the new law.

  3. Occupational Safety and Health in mines

    Safety pays: ILO trains top level managers of state coal mines in Ukraine on work safety

    16 August 2018

    The ILO project on improving safety and health in Ukrainian mines brought together for the first time ever 28 top executives of mining corporations to increase their awareness about their responsibilities and the business case for investing into work safety.

  4. © Michael Coghlan 2018

    Crowdworking in Ukraine

    Crowdworking in Ukraine: A success for some but concerns for others

    02 August 2018

    Translator, Julia Gotra, has made a success of working on a digital labour platform. However, an ILO report on online work in Ukraine shows that there are also risks associated with this new flexible way of working.

  5. © GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP 2018

    Social dialogue at the workplace

    ILO bolsters occupational safety and health committees in Albanian construction sector

    30 July 2018

    The ILO organized a two-day workshop to enhance Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) through social dialogue at the workplace in Tirana, Albania. The meeting took place on 26-27 April 2018, within the EU-funded project “Economic and Social Affairs Platform” (ESAP), in cooperation with the Albanian Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Labour Inspectorate. Eighty labour inspectors and representatives of the social partners examined how the functioning of enterprise-based OSH committees in the construction sector should be improved.

  6. Labour rights

    Sub-regional network of Labour Dispute Agencies meet in Serbia

    19 July 2018

    The ILO project Economic and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP) organized the third Annual Meeting of the Sub-regional Network of Agencies for Amicable Settlement of Labour Disputes on 4-6 July, 2018 in Arandjelovac, Serbia. The meeting brought together directors of bodies for peaceful settlement of labour disputes and labour conciliators from Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with the view of discussing legislative trends, sharing case management experiences and identifying future up-skilling needs.

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    Local employment partnerships

    ILO launches single biggest project in South-Eastern Europe to promote jobs in Ukraine

    18 July 2018

    New ILO programme brings together businesses, schools, employment services, the social partners and other civil society organizations to create jobs for youth, women and people in rural areas.

  8. © AP/Vadim Ghirda 2018

    Better employment services

    Peer-to-peer learning to make employment services more inclusive in the Western Balkans

    12 July 2018

    Practitioners and decision-makers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia gathered in Budapest on 25-26 June 2018 to participate in the closing event of the first peer-learning programme for public employment agencies from the region.

  9. © Ihor Yosypiv 2018

    Safety at work

    How the ILO helps prevent mining accidents in Ukraine

    09 July 2018

    Ukraine is among the countries with the highest rates of work accidents in mines. Therefore, the ILO trains miners on the prevention of accidents in the industry.

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    Enterprise development and job creation

    Is small still beautiful? ILO supports FYR Macedonia in coming out with new small enterprise strategy

    29 June 2018

    In April 2018, the Macedonian Government adopted a new 5-year strategy to support the growth of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The ILO assisted the Ministry of Economy in the development of the strategy and the accompanying action plan 2018-2020 as SMEs are a major job creation engine.