Thinking the labour market for a job-rich economic recovery in the Commonwealth of Independent States

WEBINAR V "Economic growth and employment: pro employment policies boosting the labour demand”

The ILO Moscow webinar series “Thinking the labour market for a job-rich economic recovery” is a practical response to country needs of evidence-based labour market analysis for facilitating the transition from COVID- 19 immediate crisis responses toward an employment intensive economic recovery.

The ILO has been working closely with government and social partners on updating labour market assessments and adjusting national employment strategies in the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Fresh analysis and policy recommendations have been submitted to tripartite discussions in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia.

Country cases offer a unique opportunity for mutual learning, country-to-country cooperation, extracting lessons learnt and identifying good practices for building a regional perspective on how alternative employment policy responses are implemented.

The series of webinars will help the governments, employer and workers organizations, the academy and practitioners to have a better understanding of the ILO approach to labour market analysis, according to up-to date international standards and how these standards help to reformulate national employment policies.
The main topic for discussion in the Webinar V will be pro employment policies boosting the labour demand and the interaction between economic growth and jobs creation. Country cases of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia will be presented for analysing regional trends. Furthermore, the Global Call to Action for a human-centred COVID-19 recovery adopted during the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference will be presented to the participants.

ILO Moscow invited the following speakers:
  • Mr. Ramiro Pizarro, Manager of the Project “Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, phase II
  • Mr. Aurelio Parisotto, Head of Employment Analyses & Economic Policies Unit, ILO HQ, Geneva
  • Mr. Duncan Campbell, ILO international expert
  • Mr. Philippe Egger, ILO international expert
  • Ms. Janna Fattakhova, national expert from Uzbekistan
  • Mr. Subhon Ashurov, national expert from Tajikistan
  • Mr. Leonid Andreev, ILO international expert
  • Mr. Vladimir Curovic, Senior Specialist in Employers’ Activities, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Mr. Gocha Aleksandria, Senior Specialist in Workers’ Activities, ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Webinar will be conducted in Russian and English. Q&A session will follow the presentation.