SRO Moscow: The Present State of Working Life and Challenges to National Wellbeing

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SRO Moscow The Present State of Working Life
and Challenges to National Well-being
ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and
Central Asia
Elaine Fultz

• SPB NCM Dec 2007

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Decent Work
The ILO mission
To help people around the world find decent work
in conditions of freedom, equity, security, and
human dignity
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Decent work global agenda

• 2005 World Summit Outcome Document
• 2006 - UN Economic and Social Council Ministerial
  Declaration on
• decent work and full employment and
• a practical step towards the implementation of UN
  system efforts to deliver as one

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Decent Work country programme

• Agreement between ILO and country constituents
  (Government, Trade Unions and Employers
• Base for ILO activities in that country
• Focus on three priorities
• With three outcomes each
• Concrete work plan and timebased
• Structured approach with clear focus

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ILO-Russia Technical cooperation

• Programme of cooperation for 2006-2009
• Priorities
• - pay system reform (for short-term, mid-term
  and long-term periods)
• - labour legislation development
• - migration
• - occupational safety and health HIV/AIDS
• - social partnership development at all levels
• The development of DW Programmes in pilot Okrugs

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Life expectancy at birth, in years Source
WHO/Europe, HFA Database, January 2005
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Regions are getting more divided in terms of life
expectancy Moscow 71, Tyva - 56
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MDG 1 in the Russian context

• Reduce by half the proportion of people living on
  less than a dollar a day
• Reduce by half the proportion of people who
  suffer from hunger
• The first goal has been achieved in Russia
  rather rapidly. The proportion of the population
  below 1 USD (PPP) per day consumption decreased
  from 12.7 in 1998 to 6.1 in 2000, and to 2.0
  in 2002
• However, in various climatic conditions 1 USD
  per day may or may not be enough to sustain
  (adjustment suggested by WB 2.25 USD/day)

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Income Growth
(income per capita/ subsistence level,
)
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MDG but income inequality is growing (5st to
1th quintile incomes)
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Migration policy reform - background

• A high number of irregular migrants in Russia (up
  to 10 mln.) while officially registered only
  702.500 people (mid.2006) among them
• From CIS 343 665 (Ukraine 141 777 Tajikistan
  52 602 Uzbekistan 49043)
• Other countries 358 835 (China 160 569
  Turkey 73695 Vietnam 55554 Finland 1290)
• Demographic crises in the Russian Federation
  (pessimistic forecast
• shows a reduction of the total population
  to the 2050 year up to 50)
• Shortage of the labor force some studies show
  that without migration in 2010 the increase will
  be around 1 mln. person per.year

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Alcohol at work, drugs abuse, tobacco

• Alcohol problems in different forms (e.g. early
  onset of drinking, heavy leisure time drinking,
  social acceptance of drinking and unrestricted
  smoking at work)
• ILO works closely with the NDPHS expert group
  SIHLWA - using the ILO tool SOLVE (Stress,
  tobaccO, alcohoL drugs, HIV/AIDS, violencE)

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HIV/AIDS situation in Russia

• Data as for September 2006 342,5 thousand
  officially registered
• 342 pers. per 100 thousand
• 0,34 of the total population
• Experts assessments 2,5 - 6 times higher
• 38 of all those registered in 2004 women
• During the last 10 years 3 out of 4 registered
  cased young people under 30

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HIV/AIDS Situation in Russia
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Global Estimates
Global workforce 2.8 billion Work related
fatalities 2.2 million Occupational
accidents 270 million Work-related
diseases 160 million Global GDP (income) 30
000 billion USD Lost GDP in accidents/diseases
4 Illiterate 1000 million People in
poverty 1000 million Child workers 246
million
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Russia needs workers Every year in Russia
- 190 000 people die due to work in poor and
hazardous working condition, of which 15 000
because of occupational accidents - 4,5 times
more than in EU - 180 000 people are placed on
early pension due to work related accidents-
Employers promised to assist to improve the
situation and put the issue high on their agenda.

• D Medvedjev,
• the first vice prime minister
• of the Government of the RF

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Russia Draft Programme Safe work (2008 -2025)

• 1st phase 2008-10 decrease of work-related
  fatalities, accident and diseases with min 8-10
• 2nd phase 2011-15 decrease frequency of fatal
  acci-dents and work in hazardous conditions below
  18-20
• 3rd phase 2016-25 to reach the European level
  work in haz conditions below 3-5 high
  implementation of intl standards safety culture
  is the norm social partnership

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WHO Global plan of action on workers health 2008
- 2017

• Policy instruments (national policy framework,
  national action plan
• Protect at the work place (define essential
  interventions, primary prevention)
• Access to occupational health services
• Surveillance of workers health accurately
  identify and control hazards
• Inclusion of workers health in other sector
  policies
• Link public health and occupational health

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EU Community strategy 2007-2012 on health and
safety at work (2)

• Develop national strategies policy coherence
  (public health, social cohesion, employment)
• Changes in the workplace, change of behaviour,
  especially SMEs
• Identifying and evaluating risks (risk
  assessment)
• Education and training programmes
• Improving health and promoting awareness
• Implementation of the EU OSH Directives

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New ILO Convention 187
Article 2

• NATIONAL OSH POLICY
• NATIONAL OSH SYSTEM
• NATIONAL OSH PROFILE
• NATIONAL OSH PROGRAMM

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Health at Work Strategy

• The Northern Dimension Partnership Annual Meeting
  recommends
• Policies and programmes
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• 1. Each Partner Country, whenever feasible, to
  draw up a national occupational safety and health
  profile according to the guidance provided by the
  ILO as the basis for the national programme on
  occupational health and safety. Such profiles
  should be used for the identification of the most
  urgent needs for action and for the follow-up of
  the progress made.
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• 2. Each Partner Country, whenever feasible, to
  draw up a national policy and programme for the
  development of work life, health and safety at
  work and the development of working conditions
  conducive to health and well-being, as described
  in the ILO Convention No. 187. This task is
  recommended to be carried out in collaboration
  with other relevant ministries and stakeholders.
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• 3. Each Partner Country, whenever feasible, to
  prepare a special national programme for the
  development of occupational health services for
  all working people. Where appropriate, the Basic
  Occupational Health Services approach is used for
  providing services particularly to the currently
  underserved groups in the formal and informal
  employment sectors.

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Cooperation between WHO, ILO and EU with BSN-OSH
network and Northern Dimension Partnership on
Health and Social Wellbeing (NDPHS), 14 Nov,
Vilnius

• - provide joint assistance for basic occupational
  health systems development
• sharing of information
• risk assessment
• best practice
• awareness raising (WD 28 April, Safety week,
  Health Day)
• Partnership Health at Work Strategy based on
  ILO, WHO and EU OSH strategies, and
• Project concept for implementing the Partnership
  strategy

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28 April 2007
Theme 2008 Risk management
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