All news: Serbia
Voices on 100 Years of Labour Standards Supervision
How to ensure international labour standards make a difference in a changing world
To mark 100 years of standards supervision, the ILO is speaking with members of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR). Attila Kun, who joined the Committee in 2025, reflects on its role in advancing...
New ILO report highlights opportunities to boost collective bargaining in Serbia’s private sector
Companies with collective agreements report stronger management, greater stability, and fewer workplace conflicts.
Just Transition
ILO launches Green Employment Diagnostic to guide just transition in Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia
The report points out that to ensure a just green transition, building a strong evidence base and social dialogue are essential.
Just transition
A just transition that works for business is up for discussion in the Western Balkans
Employers’ organizations from Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia joined a peer-learning session in Budapest to explore how the transition to low-carbon economies can drive business competitiveness and growth
Questions and answers
Generative AI at work: What it means for jobs in Europe and beyond
Pawel Gmyrek, Senior Researcher at the ILO and co-author of Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure, discusses how generative AI could shape jobs across countries and sectors.
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Nataša Žugić, Director of the housing cooperative "Pametnija Zgrada" (Smarter Building) in Belgrade, Serbia
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....
New ILO regional report
Social protection systems key to a Just Transition to net-zero carbon emissions in Europe and Central Asia, says new ILO report
The ILO regional report calls for building climate-resilient social protection systems and extending social protection to all workers who will be affected by the transition policies to net-zero carbon emissions.
Workers' rights
A joint project from the ILO and German development agency GIZ improved access to grievance mechanisms for workers in supply chains of EU...
Improvements include better business practices through earlier risk mitigation, a shift toward greater corporate accountability, and more transparent and effective labour rights protections across supply chains.
Workers' rights
Labour rights in Europe record worst score since launch of ITUC Rights Index
The latest edition of the Global Rights Index from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) highlights concerns about the narrowing of democratic space for trade union action and civil society engagement.
Skills and TVET
Sector-based approaches for a future-ready workforce: The case of the tourism sector in Serbia
The success of a sector-based skills joint initiative between the ILO and the Serbian Association of Employers shows how the private sector can be involved in skills and TVET development.
Global Social Partners’ Academy
Employers’ organizations prepare to navigate emerging labour market trends through collective bargaining
Representatives from Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in Moldova, Montenegro, and Serbia participated in the Global Social Partners’ Academy from November 25 to 29, 2024 at the ITCILO in Turin, Italy. The Academy focused on...
Opportunities for youth
EU member states discuss the Youth Guarantee in the EU and the neighbourhood
The Youth Guarantee (YG) is a commitment by all EU Member States to ensure that all young people under the age of 30 receive a good quality offer of employment, continued education, apprenticeship or traineeship within a period of four months of...
Social dialogue
ILO, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs and social partners of the Republic of Serbia team up to strengthen social...
To strengthen social dialogue in Serbia so that the government, employers and trade unions can jointly create an environment where the rights and obligations of workers and employers are well-balanced, contributing to the development of a more...
Promoting effective grievance mechanisms for workers in Serbia
The ILO has joined forces with GIZ to provide better access to enterprise-level grievance mechanisms for workers in Serbian enterprises in Serbia that are part of the supply chains of German companies with better access to enterprise-level...
Employment and Social Affairs Platform
What does it take to improve social dialogue and promote better-quality employment in the Western Balkans?
Global Rights Index points to remaining challenges in workers’ rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its 11th Global Rights Index. The report shows a steady decline in access to workers’ rights around the globe. Comparing the datasets from the last 11 years shows that Europe is part of...
It's World Day of safety and health at work!
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28 April) serves to raise awareness about occupational safety and health and gives us an opportunity to talk about the causes of work-related injuries, diseases, and fatalities, and measures to prevent...
Migration
Shaping migration narratives: Insights from the ILO/OSCE E-MINDFUL project
The E-MINDFUL project, which closed in December 2023, developed evidence-based and action-oriented guidance, including innovative instruments, that can orientate future communication efforts on migration and migrants.
Child labour
ILO supports an improved normative framework and better capacities to combat child labour in Serbia
The ILO project “Measurement, awareness-raising and policy engagement to accelerate action against child labour and forced labour” (MAP16) funded by USDOL generated critical knowledge to inform policies and supported concrete measures to address...
Staff news
Retrospective on challenges and successes - Interview with Markus Pilgrim, Director of ILO Central and Eastern Europe stepping down
Markus Pilgrim retires after long and successful service at the ILO. During his tenure as Director, the ILO Central and Eastern Europe Office managed to further raise its profile as a specialised technical agency on world of work issues and to...