News room

April 2015

  1. ILO: 'Building a culture of prevention on OSH is a joint commitment by governments, workers and employers'

    14 April 2015

    ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy Sandra Polaski attended the first All-Russian OSH Week, where she highlighted the need to ensure safe and healthy workplaces worldwide.

  2. Meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite Working Group

    14 April 2015

    On April 14, the second meeting of Tajikistan’s Tripartite Working Group created within the framework of the ILO project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy. Partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation” took place in a conference hall of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment of Population.

  3. ILO’s manual “National employment policy” presented in Astana

    08 April 2015

    From April 8 to 12 Kazakhstan’s capital Astana hosted a presentation of the ILO’s manual “National employment policy” and a training on how to use this manual in shaping national employment policy.

  4. Employment policy in the spotlight

    08 April 2015

    On April 8, a subregional seminar on the role of trade unions in making national employment policy in the New Independent States started its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

  5. New issue of ILO-Moscow Newsletter released

    06 April 2015

    We are pleased to share with you the 1st (60) March issue of the ILO-Moscow.

March 2015

  1. FNPR-ILO Arctic trade union school

    17 March 2015

    From March 17 to 20 Murmansk, a city in the extreme northwest of Russia, hosted the first international Arctic school for young trade unionists organized by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) and the ILO. The event was organized with support of the ILO Moscow Office and at the initiative of the Murmansk Region Trade Union Council and focused on youth employment in a modern economic reality.

  2. International Women’s Day. ILO says progress on gender equality at work remains inadequate. Challenges include a “motherhood pay gap”

    08 March 2015

    Two decades after the world’s largest gathering of women adopted a far-reaching agenda for advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment, women are only marginally better off with respect to equality at work.

  3. Kazakh delegation visits Germany

    05 March 2015

    On 1-5 March a delegation from Kazakhstan, accompanied by ILO experts, visited Berlin to study German employment policies. Special focus was put on the German dual education system and employment legislation - issues which are currently high on the agenda in Kazakhstan.

February 2015

  1. Women trade union leaders from Central Asia discuss promotion of equal opportunities

    28 February 2015

    From February 23 to 27 Moldova’s capital Chisinau hosted a seminar entitled “Decent labour rights of women and promotion of equal opportunities: best practices and prospects.”

  2. Three countries discuss Disability Inclusion

    26 February 2015

    A Workshop on “Inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market” was held in Sochi, Russian Federation, on 24-26 February 2015.