Resources: Uzbekistan

  1. Project “Transition from Informal to Formal Employment”, Uzbekistan

    10 July 2023

    Project implementation period: 1 October 2021 – 31 May 2023. A new module added to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) questionnaire enabling to measure informal employment in Uzbekistan. Institute has been conducting the Labour force survey, under which a new module was added and piloted in the country – the module on measurement of informal employment. Seven key questions have been added into the LFS enabling not only to analyse informal employment and its regional peculiarities, but also develop recommendations for the Strategy for reduction of the share of informal employment and transition to formality.

  2. Project “Transition from Informal to Formal Employment”, Uzbekistan

    06 July 2023

    Project implementation period: 1 October 2021 – 31 May 2023. The video-reel captures key achievements of the project, namely: (i) capacity building activities for workers’ organizations; (ii) gender-responsive diagnostics and focus-group discussions with informal workers; (iii) measurement of informal employment and application of international labour statistics standards; (iv) extension of social protection schemes to informal workers; (v) information campaign conducted by trade unions with a focus on informality.

  3. ILO experts and trade unions in Central Asia discuss workplace safety in the region

    23 June 2023

    On June 23, 2023 a two-day Regional Conference of Trade Unions of Central Asia on “The role of trade unions in ensuring occupational safety and health and the effective functioning of the labour inspectorate” opened in Astana. It was organized by the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan under the auspices of the International Labour Organization.

  4. Newsletter #2 - June 2023

    15 June 2023

  5. Uzbekistan ratifies the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148)

    12 June 2023

  6. Statement by ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank welcoming the establishment of a Social Protection Agency

    01 June 2023

  7. Uzbekistan: Unions advise informal workers on construction sites

    27 May 2023

    From May 23 to May 26, 2023, sectoral trade unions of Uzbekistan organized visits to construction sites in Tashkent and held "consultation tables" for informal workers.

  8. ILO constituents to address root causes of gender inequality and discrimination in Uzbekistan

    23 May 2023

    Proposals call for measures to ensure decent work opportunities and social protection for women and men, including the groups in situations of vulnerability.

  9. Agenda of the Conference

    23 May 2023

  10. Uzbekistan: Trade unionists learn to organize and protect the rights of informal workers

    20 May 2023

    The Trade Union of Information Technology and Mass Communications Workers of Uzbekistan held a training seminar for trade union activists on the topic: “Involvement in trade unions and promotion of the rights of informal workers”, which was attended by 40 trade union activists and students of 4-5 courses of subordinate educational institutions.