Organization Overview
“The primary goal of the ILO today is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity”. (ILO Director – General Juan Somavia)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The ILO was founded in 1919 and became the first specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946. ILO Headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.
The ILO has four principle strategic objectives:
- to promote and realize standards and fundamental principles and rights at work;
- to create greater opportunities for women and men to secure decent employment;
- to enhance the coverage and effectiveness of social protection for all;
- to strengthen tripartism and social dialogue.
ILO Decent Work Technical Support and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (DWT/CO) has worked in Moscow since 1959. The Office coordinates ILO activities in ten countries – Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The ILO has a unique tripartite structure unique in the United Nations, in which employers and workers’ representatives – the “social partners” of the economy – have an equal voice with those of governments in shaping its policies and programmes. The ILO also encourages this tripartism within its member States by promoting a “social dialogue” between trade unions and employers in the formulation and implementation of national policy on social, economic and many other issues.
The Republic of Tajikistan is a member of the ILO since 1993 and is committed to the International Labour Organization standards and principles and it pays due attention to fundamental standards and rights in the sphere of labor in its state policy and implement them step by step. 48 ILO Conventions and 20 recommendations, including all eight fundamental, are ratified and in force in the country.
| Mr. Aminov Sobir ILO National Coordinator in Tajikistan Tel: (+992 44) 600-55-97/98 (ext-273) Website: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/moscow/countries/tajikistan.htm Address: 39 Aini Street, 734024 Dushanbe, Tajikistan |