Sustainable Development: Challenges and Prospects of Trade Unions»
11 Sep 2017
On September 11, a seminar on "Sustainable Development: Challenges and Prospects of Trade Unions", was held in Baku. It was jointly organized by Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation and International Labor Organization.
First Deputy Chairman Azerbaijan
Trade Unions Confederation Ilyas
Aliyev made a
speech and noted
that the Sustainable Development Program covers 193 countries of the
world. As in all countries, the implementation of the goals of sustainable
development began with the nationalization of relevant goals and their
integration into the development agenda of the country in Azerbaijan .
Together with working groups and partners, strategies, programs and other
policy documents are being developed that are currently in place in our
country, and plans are being developed to address the gaps in nationalization
aimed at achieving the goals of sustainable development and their indicators on
the country's development agenda.
Expert of the International Labor
Organization A. Biondi expressed his thoughts on the project documentation on
the "Sustainable Development Goals of 2030" in Azerbaijan . The
head of the ILO European Department for Labor, S. Glovasgas and the ILO expert
from Moscow
bureau G.Aleksandria spoke about the role of trade unions in providing decent
work for workers and ensuring their social and economic rights in achieving
sustainable development.
Afterwards the presentation "Sustainable
development: duties and prospects of trade unions" was held.