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

ILO Moscow Senior Specialist in Workers’ Activities Sergeyus Glovackas: "This event gave a good boost to the development of national plans to engage trade unions into shaping countries’ socio-economic policy"

The manual was developed by ILO experts, translated and published in the Russian language, summarizing the Organization’s multi-year experience in employment-related issues.

The event was organized by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) and the ILO DWT and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia with the support and active participation of the International Trade Union Confederation.

Trade unionists from eleven countries of Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia participated in the event.
Only four regions of the world will host such events to adjust and test the manual.

Participants in the event noted that the level of experts and their reports was highly professional.

A special focus was placed on trade unions’ influence on macroeconomic policy and decrease in informal unemployment.
In conclusion participants drafted national plans of action to promote trade unions’ efforts towards shaping national employment policy.
Less than a half of countries in the region had a national employment policy strategy, they said, suggesting that participation of trade unions in shaping national employment policy should be reflected in the Decent Work Country Programmes and National Agreements.

ILO Moscow Senior Specialist in Workers’ Activities Sergeyus Glovackas noted that this event demonstrated high professionalism of trade unionists in employment-related issues.

“This event gave a good boost to the development of national plans to engage trade unions into shaping countries’ socio-economic policy and showed relevance of employment-related issues against the backdrop of deepening economic crisis,” he said.