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Leadership and management training for ILO staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Director, specialists and programme officer of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia gathered to undertake leadership and management training in the context of multiple crises. The exercise served to enhance skills for effective teamwork and use of technologies that enable multi-stakeholder collaboration from various locations.

Azerbaijan ratifies the 1986 Constitutional Amendment

ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: foreseeing trends for the next biennium

23-24 November 2023, TASHKENT – The ILO staff gathered here to take part in an innovative Foresight exercise facilitated by ITC ILO. The exercise served to foster team spirit, reflect on working modalities internally and externally - with the constituents and partners, and deliver on ILO mandate - decent work and social justice.

Occupational Safety and Health

Azerbaijan ratifies the ILO fundamental Convention concerning occupational safety and health

ILO team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: plans for the next biennium defined

22-24 February 2023, TASHKENT – ILO conducted its programming meeting for the Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia to discuss plans for 2023 and formulate strategy for 2024-2025. The team aimed to define a strategic vision for the office for the new biennium in the relevant technical areas considering the current challenges and opportunities.

Azerbaijan: the National Assembly approved ratification of ILO Convention on OSH and Working Environment No.155

On 8 February 2023, the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan approved ratification of the ILO Convention No.155 on Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment, through the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan, of 01 February 2023.

Priorities of Decent Work Country Programme discussed between ILO and Azerbaijan

On June 20, 2022, a conference to discuss priorities and outcomes of the new Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Azerbaijan 2022-2026 was held in Baku.

Azerbaijan shared its experience with Kyrgyzstan on e-labour contracts

At the request of the Kyrgyz Republic, Azerbaijan shared its experience on e-labour contracts.

ILO supported knowledge exchange on formalisation between BRICS and CIS

From 2 November 2021 to 9 December 2021, tripartite constituents and academic partners from the BRICS and the CIS countries exchanged experiences in transitioning to formality organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with the participation of the International Training Centre in Turin (ITC-ILO).

ILO Moscow all-staff motivational team building event

The online all-staff motivational event took place on 15 and 17 November 2021.

CIS countries shared progress on transition to formality during the inter-regional dialogue with the BRICS

On 16 November 2021, representatives of the tripartite constituents from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan discussed the progress on transitioning to the formal economy with their BRICS counterparts during the BRICS-CIS knowledge exchange series on formalisation, jointly organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Center in Turin (ITCILO).

ILO Launches a Flagship Course for Social Partners to Boost Interaction with UN System

On 8-24 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Training Center in Turin (ITCILO) organized an online training for social partners under the title of “Making the voices of social partners count in UN processes”. The course sought to build the capacities of the social partners in the sub-region to actively participate in the UN reform processes at the national level and meaningfully contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

ILO Moscow Manual for Public Employment Services

Statement by the ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Heinz Koller

ILO Presents a Flagship Training Manual for Public Employment Services

The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is pleased to announce the launch of its flagship publication “Public Employment Services and the Future of Work. Training Manual for the CIS Regional Network for Youth Employment Promotion”.

Regional Alliance of Labour Inspections of CIS and Mongolia Holds General Conference

On December 23, 2020 the Regional Alliance of Labour Inspections of the CIS and Mongolia (RALI CIS and Mongolia) held its General Conference which went online for the first time. The event was attended by the Alliance representatives from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the ILO Moscow Office.

ILO priorities during the pandemic and beyond: Subregional programming meeting

How to organize activity of the International Labour Organization during the pandemic and beyond? What experience has been accumulated in the past year? What are the lessons learned? These issues were high on the agenda of the ILO Subregional Meeting.

Global Compact on Migration

UNECE region reviews Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

ILO Launches a Knowledge-Sharing Platform to Facilitate Transition to Formality in the Sub-Region

The roundtable “Towards Integrated Strategy for the Transition to Formality” held on October 28, 2020, marked the launch of a platform for enhancing cooperation between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan on exchanging knowledge, technical expertise, and good practices in transitioning to formal economy.

Finding a niche in the market through SIYB – Marmiland Baku’s healthy baked goods and desserts

Amalia Ibrahimova, Marmiland Baku – Azerbaijan

Partnerships between Public Employment Services and Employer and Business Membership Organizations save jobs and help enterprises remain sustainable

On 7 October 2020, ILO Moscow conducted the second of five training webinars devoted to the PES Role in Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis and the Future of Work. PES representatives and practitioners from the Commonwealth of Independent States, international experts and ILO officials discussed and exchanged good practices on how PES are adapting their communication and programmes with enterprises to better respond to the COVID-19 crisis.