Resources: Uzbekistan

  1. Integrated ILO Approach on Good Governance and Decent Work in Uzbekistan’s Cotton, Textile and Apparel Sector

    30 November 2023

    On 29 November 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a workshop for social partners to present the integrated ILO Approach on Good Governance and Decent Work in Uzbekistan’s Cotton, Textile and Apparel Sector. The Approach will serve as an umbrella for different ILO technical cooperation projects operating in cotton, textile and garment supply chain.

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

    24 November 2023

    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 constituents and partners, and deliver on ILO mandate - decent work and social justice.

  3. Uzbekistan identifies national priorities for the implementation of the Global Accelerator

    20 October 2023

    A joint scoping mission by the United Nations, international financial institutions and other development partners to Uzbekistan took place on 19-20 October 2023, to discuss the implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.

  4. Prospects for cooperation between Uzbekistan and the International Labour Organization were discussed

    17 October 2023

    On October 16, the Chair of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Tanzila Narbaeva, held a meeting with the Deputy Director of the Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Mikhail Pouchkin.

  5. Newsletter #3 - October 2023

    14 October 2023

  6. New website of the Confederation of Employers of Uzbekistan (CEU) is now operational

    10 October 2023

    Five years after its establishment, the Confederation of Employers of Uzbekistan (CEU) finally got a website of its own. This achievement was made possible thanks to the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO/ACTEMP).

  7. Policy Note. Selection of policy options for unemployment and maternity benefits in Uzbekistan to support the transition from informal to formal employment

    06 October 2023

    The purpose of this policy note is to document the rationale for and process surrounding the selection of options for an improved maternity and unemployment benefit system in Uzbekistan.

  8. ILO’s Participatory Gender Audit Programme to be launched in Uzbekistan

    29 September 2023

    A workshop on ILO’s Participatory Gender Audit Programme was conducted for representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan (FTUU).

  9. Training for civil society activists involved in independent monitoring of the 2023 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

    07 September 2023

    On 4-6 September 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) delivered a 3-day training for civil society activists engaged in independent monitoring of 2023 cotton harvest.

  10. Identifying and investigating forced labour cases: a training for state labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

    24 August 2023

    On 23 and 24 August 2023, further to a request from the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the ILO Integrated Programme on Cotton, Textile and Apparel sector delivered a two-day online training on identifying and investigating forced labour cases for state labour inspectors.