ILO presented a Global Call to Action for a Human-Centred Recovery at Lomonosov Moscow State University conferences

On 8 and 26 October 2021, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (DWT/CO-Moscow) contributed to two conferences held by Moscow State University (MSU), presenting a human-centred approach to recovery.

News | 26 October 2021
MSU’s fifth annual scientific conference of the consortium of journals of the MSU Faculty of Economics, held on 26 October 2021, has provided an annual platform for discussions on the most cutting-edge themes in economics. The DWT/CO-Moscow supported the section titled Labour Economics and Human Resources, led by Drs Tatiana Razumova and Riorita Kolosova of the faculty, in the theme Global and national trends in the world of work.

Composed of multiple sessions, the section provided platforms for researchers from Russian and international institutions to exchange their findings and views on the transformation of the labour market and social and labour relations in the context of COVID-19 recovery, the development of human capital in the transforming world of work, and other timely topics on the future of work.

Kanae Tada, DWT/CO-Moscow Technical Officer, reminded the participants of the ILO’s latest analysis and estimates related to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the world of work, with a focus on Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She also presented a detailed overview on the Global call to action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted at the International Labour Conference in June 2021, emphasizing the importance of a human-centred approach and collaboration among different stakeholders for achieving a recovery that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient.

Prior to this event, the DWT/CO-Moscow supported the 12th interuniversity roundtable, "Russian Labour Market through the Eyes of Young Scientists," held at the MSU on 8 October 2021, as part of the XVI Science Festival "Human and Labour through the Eyes of Young Scientists: Challenges of New Technologies". Organized by the MSU’s Department of Labour and Personnel Economics and Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Economics with the support of the DWT/CO-Moscow, the online roundtable gathered not only young researchers, but also MSU faculty members and other academic institutions in Moscow and other parts of the Russian Federation.

In her presentation, Kanae Tada, DWT/CO-Moscow Technical Officer, recalled the results of various ILO assessments of COVID-19 impact on the labour market, particularly on youth employment. She also discussed the main aspects of a Global call to action, and illustrated with practical examples from DWT/CO-Moscow work in the sub-region how this Call to Action could be operationalised. Kanae also mentioned the valued, long-lasting partnership between the ILO and MSU, welcomed young researchers and encouraged them to actively exchange their views during the conference.

The ILO Moscow office and the MSU Faculty of Economics have successfully collaborated for many years on various activities regarding the world of work, including by organizing workshops and publishing journals. The faculty has taken a critical role in providing views from an academic and educational viewpoint. Such partnership has been important for the office to promote the ILO’s decent-work agenda as a whole in the Russian Federation and beyond.