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Trade unions
ITUC Global Rights Index shows workers’ rights are frequently violated in Central and Eastern Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released in June its yearly Global Rights Index. For 2019, it shows that Central and Eastern Europe still has a long way to go before workers can access the rights laid down in international labour...
Regional cooperation in the Western Balkans for ensuring the right of every worker to safe and fair working conditions developed
In the frame of the ILO project “Employment and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP)”, funded by the EU, the Labour Inspection of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have signed yesterday, 27 of March, in...
Non-standard forms of employment
Strengthening social protection for the future of work—extending the social security to workers in non-standard employment
Europe has been experiencing a growing diversification in working arrangements, as exemplified through the decline of standard employment and the significant growth of non-standard forms of employment. These developments were discussed at a recent...
Decent Work Country Programmes
ILO signs new cooperation agreements with three countries from the Western Balkans
ILO signed three new Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) with Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia on 6-8 March, 2019. The agreements define ILO’s technical assistance for the next four years addressing key labour market and social protection...
New project
Interview with Mr. Nicola Bertolini, Head of Cooperation in the EU Delegation to the Republic of North Macedonia
The EU signed its 2nd grant agreement with the ILO in North Macedonia. The intervention will improve social dialogue as a means to create more and better jobs in the country. The project duration is 30 months with a budget of 1.18 Mio EUR.
Pension reform
ILO advises Ukraine not to move forward with pension privatization
ILO News talked to Fabio Duran-Valverde, Head of the Public Finance, Actuarial and Statistics Unit, Social Protection Department, ILO Geneva, and Kenichi Hirose, Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO-Budapest, about the global and regional trends...
On the way to strengthening the national system of the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia
FYR of Macedonia ratified the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) in 2012. The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy requested the ILO to elaborate a comparative analysis of the national legal and...
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...
Enterprise development and job creation
Is small still beautiful? ILO supports FYR Macedonia in coming out with new small enterprise strategy
In April 2018, the Macedonian Government adopted a new 5-year strategy to support the growth of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The ILO assisted the Ministry of Economy in the development of the strategy and the accompanying action plan...
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...
Innovative ideas to curb youth unemployment
FYR Macedonia: website launched to guide youth in career choices
Occupational Outlook is a web platform designed to inform young people about the occupations and sectors that offer sound career prospects in the medium term. The site is product of an ILO project to bring more young people into productive and good...
Partnerships for Sustainable Development Goals
FYR of Macedonia joins Global Deal - Interview with Minister of Labour and Social Policy
Macedonia became a Global Deal member in January 2018. We asked Ms. Mila Carovska, Minister of Labour and Social Policy about the Government’s expectations vis-à-vis the GD.
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
International Labour Standards
Regional workshop for judges promotes application of international labour law at national level
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Amicable settlement of labor disputes finally works
The new mechanism for amicable settlement of labor disputes recently established in The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia provides faster, more efficient and free of charge extrajudicial resolution of collective and individual labor disputes....
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.