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Youth employment
Teaching modern vocations: a visit to the Hungarian VET system
On 27 September, 2018, a group of ILO constituents from the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine, participants of the ILO Regional Research Seminar, visited the Budapest Complex Center of Vocational Training (BCCVT) and Manfréd Weiss Vocational...
Regional training for constituents
How do I promote decent work?—Constituents’ voices
On 25-28 September, 2018 the ILO brought together a group of its constituents in Central and Eastern Europe for a training on key labour market and social policy issues in the region. The objective of the training was to provide participants with...
Labour rights
Sub-regional network of Labour Dispute Agencies meet in Serbia
An average of approx. 3,000 cases are handled every year by Alternative Dispute Resolution Agencies in Western Balkans, with a settlement rate of approx. 70 %. The vast majority are individual disputes related to dismissal and non-payment of wages....
Better employment services
Peer-to-peer learning to make employment services more inclusive in the Western Balkans
Practitioners and decision-makers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia gathered in Budapest on 25-26 June 2018 to participate in the closing event of the first peer-learning programme for public...
Social policies, better life quality
ILO supports regional conference to shape future of welfare state in the Western Balkans
The Center for Social Policy, a Belgrade-based think tank organised the conference “The future of the welfare state” with support from the ILO and other UN agencies on 6-8 June 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia. The conference gathered 200 participants from...
Sustainable Development Goals
Employers’ organisations commit to implementing Agenda 2030 at first international symposium
On December 13th and 14th Employers’ Associations hold for the first time ever an international meeting with support from the ILO’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities discussing how to support the Sustainable Development Goals often refered to as...
Building a network for labour dispute prevention and resolution
Balkan agencies for peaceful settlement of labour disputes 2nd annual meeting
Scaling up alternative labour dispute resolution
Serbian agency for settling labour disputes a model to replicate in the region
International Labour Standards
Regional workshop for judges promotes application of international labour law at national level
Alliance 8.7
Advancing Alliance 8.7 in Europe and Central Asia
ILO and OSCE host Europe and Central Asia regional meeting on achieving Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 of eradicating child labour by 2025 and forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking by 2030.
Budapest hosts Europe and Central Asia Regional Consultation Workshop on achieving the SDG Target 8.7 with regard to Child and Forced Labour
Protection of Children from Child Labour
Improved Protection of Children from Child Labour in the Republic of Serbia
ILO commemorates World Day Against Child Labour
Decent work for Roma youth
ILO highlights measures to reduce job discrimination and poverty among Roma youth
Only 15 per cent of Roma youth in Europe have completed upper-secondary education and almost 60 per cent aged between 16 and 24 are not in employment, education or training.
Western Balkans
ILO and RCC launch project for better labour market governance
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) will work together to further regional cooperation in order to achieve more effective labour market governance in the Western Balkans.
Western Balkans
ILO and RCC to launch ‘Employment and Social Affairs Platform’ Project
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) are launching on Wednesday (29th of June) the “Employment and Social Affairs Platform” (ESAP) project at a one day Conference in Sarajevo. The ESAP project is...
Western Balkans
Three million euro for boosting jobs
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will jointly create a Western Balkans Platform on Employment and Social Affairs in the framework of a new European Commission funded project signed today in...
Assessing Post Disaster Needs
After the rain: ILO assists Serbia to assess recovery needs after massive floods
In May 2014 unprecedented rainfall over a three-day period caused massive flooding and landslides, and forced more than 30,000 from their homes. In response to the disaster, the Government of Serbia undertook a Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA),...
Youth employment: why Nikola can't afford to wait
The EXIT Festival, a major European music event, started out being against war but now turns on efforts to combat youth unemployment. A new ILO report says that one out of every three youth in the world is either seeking but unable to find work, has...