Today, 7 August, marked the start of a cycle of training sessions for leaders and representatives of trade union organisations. These sessions aim to build the capacity of trade union leaders and representatives to better understand the concepts of violence and harassment at work, to identify the different types of violence and harassment that trade union members may face, and to help prevent and protect against it.

The first group of more than 30 trade unionists took part today in a training activity in the framework of the project “Capacity Building on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work”, organised by the National Trade Union Confederation of Moldova (CNSM) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The activity is part of the second phase of the project, which involves organising a series of territorial capacity-building seminars for around 250 local trade union members.

According to the trainer, Angela Otean, Chair of the Women’s Committee of the CNSM, the training will help representatives of trade union organisations to identify different types of violence and harassment that colleagues may face in their working lives, and to act to prevent and combat them in the world of work.

We note that during the activity, Polina Fisticanu, Head of the Social and Economic Protection Department of the CNSM, informed the participants about the taxation of wage income and the benefits of formal employment.

These activities take place in the context of the implementation of the ILO Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment, which has also been ratified by the Republic of Moldova. The Convention will enter into force on 19 March 2025. ILO Convention No. 190 and its accompanying Recommendation No. 206 are the first international labour standards to address violence and harassment at work and have been ratified by 44 countries to date.