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New enterprises survey
Weathering the storm: Montenegrin Employers organization helps Government in shaping COVID-19 policy response
The COVID-19 crisis devastated Montenegro’s large tourism sector with knock-on effects on the whole economy. In 2020, Montenegro’s GDP decline of an estimated 15.2 per cent was one of the deepest in Europe. With the crisis showing no signs of...
Towards a comprehensive and resilient social security system
Social security and COVID-19: Which measures were effective in protecting workers?
The recent ILO report reviews the national social security measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis, analyses their effectiveness, and discusses future challenges in improving the social security systems. The report covers seven countries in the...
Policies for COVID-19 and beyond
Teleworking in Montenegro: ILO offers guidelines on effective working arrangements from home
Montenegro has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and had to go for lockdowns and stay-at-home measures for the workforce wherever possible. The ILO has been requested by the government to provide legal advisory on updated teleworking policies....
Lifelong learning
Why Trade Unions should act on Skills Development – and how?
To build a ‘better normal’ in the post-COVID-19 world of work, skills development and lifelong learning need to be part of economic transformation. This responsibility should not reside with governments and companies alone. Trade Unions have an...
Global Compact on Migration
UNECE region reviews Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
COVID-19 and the World of work
Health and safety at work in the COVID-19 pandemic: A key to reviving the labour market and the economy
The ILO has been supporting its constituents in the region since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure health and safety at the workplace. Without the protection of workers, the recovery of the economy cannot be possible.
COVID-19 and the World of work
36,000 jobs are at immediate risk--EBRD/ILO advise Montenegro labour market after coronavirus
Recommendations aimed at protecting vulnerable workers and exposed enterprises
International Labour Rights
ITUC Global Rights Index 2020 shows workers’ rights violations occur too often in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its yearly Global Rights Index in June 2020. This year, the report affirms that the violations of workers’ rights is increasing globally, and is the highest in seven years. For Central and...
COVID-19 and the World of Work
ILO forecasts Western Balkan economies will lose 11.6 per cent hours worked in Q2 due to pandemic
ILO global estimates show that the COVID-19 crisis is causing an unprecedented reduction in economic activity and working time. The ILO estimates for quarter 2 indicate that the Western Balkans will lose 11.6 per cent of hours worked due to the...
COVID-19 and the World of Work
Rapid assessment of Montenegrin Employers Federation reveals extent of COVID-19 impact on businesses
The Montenegrin Employers Federation (MEF) presented the findings of the first rapid assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on enterprises in Montenegro on 20 May, 2020. The assessment involved 430 businesses which responded to the survey...
Interview
How does the ILO assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour markets in Montenegro and worldwide?
Interview with Markus Pilgrim, Director of the ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe. The interview was made at the request of MINA and published by several local media in Montenegro on 20 April, 2020.
Support for workers, businesses and policy makers in the Western Balkans
ILO and EBRD joining forces in face of coronavirus pandemic
The ILO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are joining forces to respond to the coronavirus crisis in the Western Balkans by advising national policy action to support workers and enterprises.
A network and online platform of labour law
Introducing CEELex, the labour legislation database for Central and Eastern Europe
The ILO recently launched CEELex which is the only searchable, English-language online database offering information on the national labour laws in Central and Eastern Europe. Established in 2015 to respond to an increasing demand of policy makers...
Skills development
Making Dual VET work: Lessons learnt from Montenegro
What is the most effective way to learn a new skill? Most people will say “through practice”. It is well-known that increasing the share of company-based learning in Vocational Education and Training (VET) yields much learning effects than...
Social dialogue and the Future of Work
Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles in a changing world of work
A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at how the social partners in European countries are adapting to sweeping changes in the world of work.
Youth employment
Activation strategies targeting young welfare beneficiaries: An ILO ‘how to’ guide based on the ongoing experience in Montenegro (part 1).
Activation strategies have been a core pillar of many governments’ efforts to support the labour market integration of young people.¹ Activation includes measures such as job search assistance, individual action planning, job search monitoring,...
Youth employment
Meet our iTrack-Skills: Artificial Intelligence for tracing TVET students
How many TVET graduates found a stable job? Are they working in a job they are qualified for? How many graduates are unemployed or inactive? How relevant and effective was the training?
Policy advice
Is youth employment improving in the Western Balkans? 5 key trends to guide decision-makers in 2020
As the year slowly draws to a close, it also invites a pause for reflection to take stock and look ahead. With electoral tests facing several governments in the Western Balkans in 2020 (North Macedonia and Serbia being cases in point), many policy...
Balkan network of labour dispute agencies
Peaceful settlement of labour disputes is a faster and cheaper way of coming to an agreement
In October 2019, in Zlatibor, Serbia, the Agencies for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes of Montenegro, North Macedonia, the Republika Srpska-Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which sets the basis for joint...
Trade unions
ITUC wage campaign steps up efforts to increase wages in the Balkans
In 2017, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) launched a global wage campaign to support trade union action to increase wages. Most of the activities had taken place in Asia, Latin America and Africa so far. In July 2019, ITUC extended...