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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.

Integrated ILO Approach on Good Governance and Decent Work in Uzbekistan’s Cotton, Textile and Apparel Sector

On 29 November 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a workshop for social partners to present the integrated ILO Approach on Good Governance and Decent Work in Uzbekistan’s Cotton, Textile and Apparel Sector. The Approach will serve as an umbrella for different ILO technical cooperation projects operating in cotton, textile and garment supply chain.

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.

Uzbekistan identifies national priorities for the implementation of the Global Accelerator

A joint scoping mission by the United Nations, international financial institutions and other development partners to Uzbekistan took place on 19-20 October 2023, to discuss the implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.

Prospects for cooperation between Uzbekistan and the International Labour Organization were discussed

On October 16, the Chair of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Tanzila Narbaeva, held a meeting with the Deputy Director of the Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Mikhail Pouchkin.

New website of the Confederation of Employers of Uzbekistan (CEU) is now operational

Five years after its establishment, the Confederation of Employers of Uzbekistan (CEU) finally got a website of its own. This achievement was made possible thanks to the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO/ACTEMP).

ILO’s Participatory Gender Audit Programme to be launched in Uzbekistan

A workshop on ILO’s Participatory Gender Audit Programme was conducted for representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan (FTUU).

Training for civil society activists involved in independent monitoring of the 2023 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

On 4-6 September 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) delivered a 3-day training for civil society activists engaged in independent monitoring of 2023 cotton harvest.

Identifying and investigating forced labour cases: a training for state labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

On 23 and 24 August 2023, further to a request from the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the ILO Integrated Programme on Cotton, Textile and Apparel sector delivered a two-day online training on identifying and investigating forced labour cases for state labour inspectors.

ILO experts and trade unions in Central Asia discuss workplace safety in the region

On June 23, 2023 a two-day Regional Conference of Trade Unions of Central Asia on “The role of trade unions in ensuring occupational safety and health and the effective functioning of the labour inspectorate” opened in Astana. It was organized by the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan under the auspices of the International Labour Organization.

Occupational Safety and Health

Uzbekistan ratifies the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977 (No. 148)

Uzbekistan: Unions advise informal workers on construction sites

From May 23 to May 26, 2023, sectoral trade unions of Uzbekistan organized visits to construction sites in Tashkent and held "consultation tables" for informal workers.

Gender equality

ILO constituents to address root causes of gender inequality and discrimination in Uzbekistan

Proposals call for measures to ensure decent work opportunities and social protection for women and men, including the groups in situations of vulnerability.

Risks associated with informal employment: information sessions for graduates of universities and technical schools in Uzbekistan

Information sessions for graduates of universities and technical schools in Tashkent were held from May 16 to May 19, 2023 by the Republican Council of the Trade Union of Transport, Road and Capital Construction Workers, the Construction Industry of Uzbekistan with the technical support of the ILO project “Transition from the informal to the formal employment”.

Uzbekistan: Trade unionists learn to organize and protect the rights of informal workers

The Trade Union of Information Technology and Mass Communications Workers of Uzbekistan held a training seminar for trade union activists on the topic: “Involvement in trade unions and promotion of the rights of informal workers”, which was attended by 40 trade union activists and students of 4-5 courses of subordinate educational institutions.

Employment Promotion – Experience sharing between Sweden and Uzbekistan

18-21 April 2023 – Stockholm. Uzbekistan delegation of ILO tripartite constituents and Senate visited Stockholm to exchange knowledge and experience on the best practices and their application by Arbetsförmedlingen (National public employment service, PES) in the area of active labour market programmes, vocational training, service digitalization, private-public partnerships, gender equality promotion and other issues.

Uzbekistan: bring the social protection system in line with international standards

Social protection is necessary for all people throughout their lives. It is needed both by those who work and those who are temporarily or permanently unable to work. It is essential for children and the elderly.

Training on soft skills for labour inspectors in Uzbekistan

Training on Soft Skills for Labour Inspectors on 27 February - 2 March 2023 was organized in the Khiva city, Uzbekistan, for 56 state labour inspectors coming from all 14 regions of the country.

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.

Advancing decent work for social justice – a high-level event in Tashkent

Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted a high-level event with the participation of the representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), government, workers’ and employers’ organizations to touch basis on achievements, challenges and plans for improvement in ensuring decent work for social justice in Uzbekistan.