Subject: RE: Meeting with Turkish colleagues on child labor issues in the frames of bilateral agreement between Turkey and Georgia
From: Sevgi Ateş <[email-masked]>
To: "Lika" <Klimiashvili>
Cc: [email-masked]; Elza Jgerenaia; [email-masked]'; [email-masked]'; Mariana Mkurnali; [email-masked]; [email-masked]; Oğuz Tuncay; Ali Rıza Önay; Musa Topuksak; Mehmet Sevim; Uğur Emre Bektaş
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:21:08 +0000

Dear Ms. Lika Klimiashvili,

Thanks for your below e-mail including your requirement for the possible cooperation between our countries in the field of elimination of
child labour.

We would like you to send your request also through diplomatic channels via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then, we will be able to proceed
accordingly.

Thanks in advance.

With Best Regards,

Sevgi Ateş

Assistant Expert

Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security

Directorate General of External Relations and Services for Workers Abroad

Tel: +90 312 296 7738

E-mail: [email-masked]

From: Lika Klimiashvili [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 2:30 PM

To: Sevgi Ateş

Cc: [email-masked]; Elza Jgerenaia; [email-masked]'; [email-masked]'; Mariana Mkurnali; [email-masked]; [email-masked]

Subject: Meeting with Turkish colleagues on child labor issues in the frames of bilateral agreement between Turkey and Georgia

Importance: High

Dear Ms. Sevgi Ates,

As you already are aware the Government of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Turkey signed an
agreement in the fields of labour, social security and employment on July 19 in 2016.
The agreement envisages that the parties shall exchange documents and information related to legislation regarding labour and social issues, including elimination of child
labour and shall exchange experts reciprocally with the aim of benefiting from each other’s experiences.

Let me inform you that “Young Pedagogues Union” together with “Institute of Social Research and Analysis”
conducted a survey and studied the practice of labour migration of juveniles from Adjara and Guria region to Turkey. The results of the survey are alarming as minors are working 9 hours per day, they are forced to leave schools, etc. and all this has a negative
impact on their psycho-emotional development.

The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia considers meeting with the Turkish side in order
to negotiate on measures for eliminating child labour. The ultimate goal of the meeting shall be, first of all, exchanging information on existing mechanisms against child labour in both countries. Taking into consideration the fact that the above mentioned
agreement envisages cooperation in this direction, the Ministry expresses its hope that meeting of the experts and joint work will lead us to a relevant decision how to fight against labour of Georgian minors at the territory of Turkey.

Could you please propose the date and venue/country of the meeting?

Looking forward to our meeting, fruitful cooperation and subsequently, positive results.

Thank you,

Respectfully,

Lika Klimiashvili

Head of the Labour Relations and Social Partnership Division

Labour and Employment Policy Department

Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

(32) 2 51 00 11 (15 07)

+995 5 95 97 77 44

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