First Meeting of National Tripartite Committee for Decent Work in Tajikistan

The Committee was established as part of the ILO's pilot initiative in 15 member countries, including Tajikistan, aimed at strengthening the role and increasing the involvement of ILO's tripartite partners in the design, implementation and evaluation of ILO programmes and projects.

In his opening address, Emin Sanginzoda, First Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Employment of Tajikistan, introduced the Tripartite Committee's objectives and mandate.

Azizbek Sharipov, Chair of Employers Union of Tajikistan, and Marhabo Saidova, Deputy Chair of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Tajikistan, expressed their gratitude to the ILO for taking the initiative to strengthen the role and involvement of social partners in the NTCDW work. Sobir Aminov, ILO National Coordinator in Tajikistan, presented a draft schedule of the Committee's sessions, which was unanimously approved by the Committee members.

The National Tripartite Committee for Decent Work replaces the Tripartite Advisory Group set up earlier to monitor the implementation of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) in Tajikistan for 2015-2017.

The Tripartite Committee will operate with technical support from the ILO Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and work to disseminate information about the Decent Work Country Programme among the target audiences of government ministries and departments, employers, and broader public.

In addition to this, the Committee will advise all development partners on the ILO's policy and integrate priority areas of work and results achieved by development cooperation projects implemented as part of the DWCP in other national programmes, such as the Labour Market Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan till 2020, the National OSH Programme for 2013-2016 and others, as well as the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Tajikistan for 2016-2020.

The Committee will facilitate social dialogue among the key stakeholders in advancing the decent work agenda and support national decent work priorities.

And finally, an important part of the Committee’s operation will be to monitor the implementation of the Decent Work Country Programme and evaluate decent work efforts and their impact on the country's sustainable development.