Uzbekistan Trade Union Federation receives ILO delegation
15.10.2015
On October 12, the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan hosted the meeting with the
delegation of International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The meeting was attended by the representatives of ILO, including Kari Tapiola, Special Adviser
to the Director-General; Snezhana Bedalli, Senior Officer for Child Labour; Harri Taliga, Chief
Technical Adviser for State Programme Implementation on Decent Labour; Stephen McClelland,
Chief Technical Adviser; Anastasia Dubova, Specialist for State Programme Implementation on
Decent Labour; and social partners of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan.
The representatives of ILO have been thoroughly advised on the work carried out in the
framework of State Programme on Decent Labour in Uzbekistan and on its results. It was noted
that systematic work on integrating national and international labour standards, including ILO
Conventions, and the massive advocacy activities in this field and on the realisation of
population feedback mechanism through Legal Clinic of the Federation of Trade Unions display
transparency and adherence of Uzbekistan to its international obligations.
The components of decent labour and the issues of further cooperation development between
Uzbekistan and International Labour Organisation and World Banks were also discussed during
the meeting.
As of the end of the meeting, the sides came to an agreement on expert-level roundtable talks, so
as to further enhance the mechanisms of ILO Conventions’ implementation in social and labour
sectors.
(Source: UzReport.uz)