1. Developing Labour Statistics in the CIS Region: Goals and Objectives
Intestate statistical committee of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS-Stat)
Developing Labour Statistics in the CIS Region:
Goals and Objectives
Irina Zbarskaya, CIS-Stat
Workshop on Migration statistics
Minsk, May 28-29, 2015

2. Economically active population Economically inactive population
CIS Labour Market
CIS POPULATION mln. persons
Economically active population
Employed + Unemployed = 137 mln. persons
Economically inactive population
In working age ≈ 35 mln. people
129 mln. persons
8 mln. persons
Including - about 20% are persons interested in job, but currently not seeking work, or seeking work but not available to start work immediately

3. Employment Agriculture, hunting and forestry, fishing and aquaculture
Manufacturing
Construction
Services

4. Unemployment

5. Sources of data on Labour Statistics: Population censuses;
Data Sources
Sources of data on Labour Statistics:
Population censuses;
Labour force surveys (LFS);
Entire or sample monitoring on labour statistics being conducted annually/quarterly/or monthly by statistical offices and other government ministries

6. Population Censuses 2000 round 2010 round
1989:
USSR
1995
TURKMENISTAN
1999
AZERBAIJAN
2009
AZERBAIJAN
BELARUS
BELARUS
KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
2000
TAJIKISTAN
2010
RUSSIA
TAJIKISTAN
2001
ARMENIA
UKRAINE
2011
ARMENIA
2002
RUSSIA
2012
TURKMENISTAN
2004
MOLDOVA
2014
MOLDOVA
UKRAINE
UZBEKISTAN
UZBEKISTAN

7. Development of Labour in the CIS Region
Project goals:
Supporting CIS countries in the development of national labour statistics systems in accordance with international standards, definitions and classifications;
Improving international informational exchange.
Project implementation
Development of methodological recommendations
Translation of materials
Meetings with specialists

8. Development of Methodological Recommendations
Recommendations for the use of methodological guidelines on the measurement of work, employment and underutilisation of labour in statistical practice, taking into account Resolution of the 19th Session of ICLS resolution
Recommendations to improve the statistics of wage and labour costs/ statistical measurement of time worked considering international practice
Overview of international experience in the measuring of labor migration on the basis of sample surveys
Recommendations to improve the measurement of employment in the informal economy (in the informal sector and informal employment) taking into account definitions of the 19th Session of ICLS
Recommendations on implementation of descent work indicators in CIS statistical practice

9. CIS-Stat Website - http://www.cisstat.org

10. Thank you for your attention!
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