GCTU proposals included in the draft Plan for the CIS Year of Social Development and Quality of Life
On October 1, the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk hosted the final meeting of the Working Group of the Advisory Council on Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Population of the CIS Member States. The meeting agreed on a draft Action Plan for the preparation and holding of the 2028 Year of Social Development and Quality of Life in the Commonwealth of Independent States, which incorporates proposals from the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU). The document will be reviewed on October 15 at a meeting of the Advisory Council in Baku.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS (IPA CIS), the CIS Interstate Statistical Committee, the General Confederation of Trade Unions, the Coordination Council of the International Union “Commonwealth of Public Organisations of Veterans (Pensioners) of Independent States,” and the CIS Executive Committee. Also taking part were representatives of the base organisations of the CIS member states: the Research Institute of Labour of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian National Technical University, and the G.A. Albrecht Federal Scientific and Educational Centre for Medical and Social Expertise and Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Labour of Russia.
Earlier, on August 28, the Working Group endorsed a GCTU proposal to include the creation of a unified CIS register of collective agreements in the draft Plan. At the same meeting, support was given to a GCTU initiative to develop an international training programme on managing digital transformation in the socio-labour sphere for members of national and sectoral tripartite commissions on the regulation of socio-labour relations in the Commonwealth countries.
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"My sincere congratulations! I am glad that your work has been duly recognised by the country's leadership," Vladimir Putin said as he presented the award to Viktor Pinsky.
The ceremony took place today in the St George's Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow.
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