ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
#1 (88) March 2022
New Director-General of the International Labour Organization elected
The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022.Read more
ILO Governing Body adopts resolution on Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine
A resolution passed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization calls on the Russian Federation to ‘immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression’. Read more
ILO Director-General condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
"The ILO’s duty is to stand in solidarity with the government, workers, and employers of Ukraine and to join with the rest of the United Nations system in providing all possible assistance to them," says the ILO Director-General. Read more
ILO welcomes lifting of Cotton Campaign boycott of Uzbekistan
Agricultural and economic reforms have led to the eradication of systemic child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest. Read more
New E-SIYB Tools are Introduced and Piloted in Georgia
More than fifty potential entrepreneurs from rural areas of Georgia, Kakheti, Guria and Samegrelo regions, developed business knowledge and skills through online Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) trainings from November to December 2021. Read more
Uzbekistan: Government and the UN Conclude the First Joint Programme of the Joint SDG Fund
The Government of Uzbekistan in partnership with the UN agencies concluded its first UN Joint Programme sponsored by the Joint SDG Fund. Three sister-agencies - the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the Ministry of Finance reported on the achievements in the social protection system accomplished by the Programme in 2020-2022. Read more
Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour
Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings. Read more
OUR PUBLICATIONS
ILO Flagship Programmes brochure (IN RUSSIAN)
This publication introduces the ILO’s flagship programmes and explains how they fit into the strategic framework and existing structure not only of the ILO but also of the international community, iincluding the Sustainable Development Goals.
Report on the Rapid Assessment Survey: The Response of Labour Dispute Resolution Mechanisms to the COVID-19 Pandemic (IN RUSSIAN)
The ILO developed and conducted a Survey to assess how labour dispute resolution mechanisms have responded to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Survey was answered online from June 2021 to August 2021 by 113 institutions from 84 countries, focusing on possible changes in the volume of labour disputes and different types of restrictions to their functioning by the pandemic.
World Social Protection Report 2020–22: Regional Companion Report for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IN RUSSIAN)
This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22.
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