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Bakhyt Sultanov: "The Commission's objective in developing the EAEU common labor market is to make it as comfortable as possible for migrant workers"
Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission, took part in the 2nd International Meeting of the Global Policy Network on Recruitment of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), held on June 10-11 in Geneva.
During the visit, the EEC Minister had a meeting with Amy Pope, IOM Director General. The parties discussed a plan for implementing joint projects, in particular the Commission's participation in the IOM Global Policy Network on Recruitment, and the use of IOM experience in developing solutions for recognizing workers' skills based on comparability of qualifications.
As Bakhyt Sultanov emphasized, "one of the Commission's key objectives is to work on developing a single market of labour resources and further increase the comfort of the EAEU employment".
During the visit, the Minister had also a meeting with Santino Severoni, Director of the Global Health and Migration Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Bakhyt Sultanov noted the high level of cooperation between the Commission and WHO: "The EEC jointly with the EAEU States has prepared a number of documents envisaged by the Strategy-2025, the development of which took into account the WHO recommendations and materials. The results of this work are reflected in the activities of the EAEU countries' public authorities and are used in preparing national strategic documents".
The parties agreed to facilitate the establishment of contacts between the EEC and various divisions and regional offices of the WHO, deepen bilateral cooperation and organize joint events involving Ministers of Health of the Eurasian "five" countries.
The IOM Global Policy Network on Recruitment was established by the Director General of the International Organization for Migration and the Swedish Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on December 3, 2020. The first meeting of the Network was held on May 4, 2021.
The EEC interacts with the IOM under a Memorandum signed in April 2013, as part of which they monitor the migration situation and the practice of applying migration legislation in the EAEU States, study international experience in migration management, and etc. In September 2016, the Commission was granted the Observer status in the IOM Council.
