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ILO support for Trade Unions during the pandemic
ITUC Global Rights Index for 2021 shows that COVID-19 impacted workers’ rights in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its yearly Global Rights Index for 2021. The report shows that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in violations of workers’ rights across the globe. In Europe, the most frequently...
Introducing a youth guarantee (YG) in the Western Balkans
The European Commission and the ILO join forces to support young people
A new EC/ILO Technical Assistance Facility set up to pursue youth employment in the Western Balkans.
Policy innovations responding to the pandemic
Three essential questions to Mihail Arandarenko, Professor at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics
Welcome to our first issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies. The interviewee is Mihail Arandarenko, a leading researcher on...
International Training Centre of the ILO
New challenges for TVET and skills development - what do you want to learn today?
The importance of learning new skills has never been as evident as in the last year. Almost overnight, all of the global workforce had to admit they faced challenges with their digital skills. We had to switch to new ways of managing work and doing...
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...
COVID-19 and the World of work
ILO/EBRD assessment report says COVID-19 threatens 245,000 jobs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, jointly assessed the impact of the crisis on the Western Balkan labour markets. The latest impact assessment...
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...
Employment creation
ILO signs two major new agreements with the EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina to scale up job creation and support for small and medium...
Building on the solid results of previous ILO interventions also funded by the European Union, the new projects will provide emergency support for micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for recovery from the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19...
One UN
Interview with Ingrid Macdonald, UN Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ILO asked the newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator about the UN efforts in addressing the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and the role of ILO in the response to the pandemic in the country.
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.
Young entrepreneurs
Where innovation meets job-creation: Centre for Entrepreneurship opens with ILO support in Sarajevo
The new Centre for Entrepreneurship, opened on 4 September, 2020, provides long-term support to young entrepreneurs as they start their businesses and create new jobs. In the first round of support, eight of them launched their business ventures in...
Enterprises during the pandemic
Rapid assessments on the impact of COVID-19 on enterprises in four Western Balkan countries reveal significant disruption and job loss but...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures caused significant losses and disruptions for enterprises in the Western Balkans. To assess the challenges and needs of the business sector and identify relevant support...
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...
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...
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.
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...