BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. The International
Labour Organization (ILO) has supported Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to
strengthen labor standards, improve workforce skills, and expand
social protection coverage, a representative of the ILO told
Trend.
A representative of the organization noted that this support is
provided through a mix of standards-related legal and policy
advice, tripartite capacity-building, and targeted technical
cooperation.
“In the area of international labor standards, recent milestones
include the ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention,
2019 (No. 190), in 2024 and the Private Employment Agencies
Convention, 1997 (No. 181), in November 2025,” the organization
emphasized.
Furthermore, the ILO highlighted that its cooperation in the
field of skills development has contributed to the modernization of
TVET and skills governance, including under the ILO’s G20 Training
Strategy partnership.
“In social protection, the ILO has supported system diagnostics
and actuarial and pension analysis to inform reforms aimed at
strengthening adequacy and coverage,” the organization
concluded.
