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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.

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.

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant workers subjected to forced labour by Russian forces, say trade unions

The ILO expresses grave concerns about civilian casualties and the severe impact of the Russian Federation aggression on workers and employers who risk their lives to continue working and operating.

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.

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ILO to release latest Monitor on the world of work, analyzing impact of multiple crises

The ILO will publish the 9th edition of its Monitor report series, which tracks the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises on workers and businesses worldwide.

ILO and IMO call for urgent action on seafarers stranded in Ukraine following Russian aggression

An estimated 1,000 seafarers are currently stranded in Ukrainian ports and waters with dwindling vital supplies.

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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’.

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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.

ILO Project Supports Young Entrepreneurs in Astrakhan region

Representatives of the ILO Project "Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States" and the Agency for Employment of Population of the Astrakhan Region completed the second round of review of business plans presented by young entrepreneurs.

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).

Work and Employment Forum “Future of Work in Russia”

On 27 October Olga Koulaeva, Director of the ILO Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, made a presentation at the Work and Employment Forum “Future of Work in Russia”.

ILO presented a Global Call to Action for a Human-Centred Recovery at Lomonosov Moscow State University conferences

On 8 and 26 October 2021, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (DWT/CO-Moscow) contributed to two conferences held by Moscow State University (MSU), presenting a human-centred approach to recovery.

VI Research Conference “Social Labour Conflicts in Russia and Worldwide”

Post-pandemic realities of the world of work, digitization, rise of temporary and precarious employment, global transformation of industrial relations … These trends and mechanisms for settlement and prevention of social labour conflicts were discussed by researchers, statesmen and community leaders of Russia and other countries at the conference which took place on 1 October at the trade unions’ Saint-Petersburg University of the Humanities.

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.

Public Employment Services and the Future of Work – What innovations are likely to remain after COVID-19 pandemic?

On 14 September 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a training webinar for senior managers and staff of the employment centers in the North-West and Ural Federal regions, Russian Federation. The webinar was devoted to the international experience of reforming Public Employment Services. This was the second in a series of webinars within the framework of the large-scale retraining programme, launched this year by Rostrud.

BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment Endorsement

ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers' support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19

The ILO’s Global Call to Action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted by the membership at the International Labour Conference in June, has been endorsed by the Labour and Employment Ministers of the five BRICS economies.

ILO Moscow Manual for Public Employment Services

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

ILO supports conferences at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) with its analysis of COVID-19’s impacts

On 15 and 21 April 2021, the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia participated in two conferences held at MSU.