A meeting to consider initiatives and proposals on the implementation of the Agreement on Cooperation in the field of employment promotion of the CIS member states was held on May 30 at the headquarters of the Commonwealth.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, the CIS Executive Committee and the General Confederation of Trade Unions.
The agreement signed by the heads of government of the CIS entered into force in 2022. It provides for cooperation in 11 key areas for the Commonwealth countries. These include, in particular, creating conditions for the formation of a common labor market, improving the efficiency of employment, adapting migrant workers and teaching language, the basics of history, culture and the law of the state of employment, implementing short practice-oriented training programs, expanding employment opportunities for vulnerable categories of citizens in the labor market, increasing labor mobility, development and integration of information systems, reduction of informal employment, development of an organized recruitment system, countering illegal labor activity and illegal labor migration.
Currently, within the framework of the CIS, the draft Concept for the phased formation of a common labor market and regulation of labor migration is being coordinated internally. It is planned that after its approval, the Advisory Council on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Population of the CIS countries, together with interested sectoral cooperation bodies and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth, will begin to develop an appropriate Comprehensive Program.
At the meeting, the experts heard and took note of the proposals of the States regarding the implementation of the Agreement.
The meeting participants noted the importance of including specific measures in the draft Comprehensive Program aimed at creating a common labor market and regulating labor migration in the CIS countries.
It was also decided to recommend continuing the practice of considering issues aimed at solving problems of employment, regulating labor migration, protecting the rights and interests of migrant workers within the framework of the Advisory Council on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Population.
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