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Regional Training and Knowledge-Sharing Workshop on Measuring and Monitoring Progress on Decent Work (Kiev, Ukraine - 27-28 September 2012)

Monitoring and assessing progress (MAP) towards decent work at the country-level is a long-standing concern for the ILO and its constituents. Against this background, the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008) recommends...

Employment injury protection in Serbia: issues and options

This report describes the current system in Serbia in light of the principles of employment injury protection and looks at occupational safety and health issues in the context of current economic conditions and challenges.

The Impact of the Crisis on Wages in South-East Europe

What has been the wage impact of the financial and economic crisis in South-East Europe? What structural weaknesses in wage institutions have been highlighted by the crisis? And what are the policy issues that actors in the region – governments,...

Support to national efforts for the promotion of youth employment and management of migration (Final Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project SRB/09/50/UND - Evaluation consultant: Consultant: James A. Newkirk - Donor for this Joint Project is the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund Total Budget: US$ 6,143,000 IOM: 984,901; UNDP: 3,052,701; ILO: 1,344,370;...

Decent Work Country Programme for Serbia 2008-2011

Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia: cross-country report

This study explores the main economic and labour markets developments in the three target countries during the economic downturn, reviews the responses undertaken by the respective governments and proposes some policy options to ensure that more and...

Supporting strategies to recover from the crisis in South Eastern Europe: country assessment: Serbia

Support to national efforts for the promotion of youth employment and management of migration (Mid-Term Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project SRB/09/50/UND - Evaluation consultant: Dietmar Aigner

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Working Together to Boost Youth Employment in Serbia

Serbia was hit hard by the global economic crisis, particularly its young people, who are living a “crisis within the crisis”. Often what they learned in school doesn’t match what employers are looking for, making it hard for them to find work. It’s...

Trade Unions and Social Dialogue in the Period of Crisis: The Serbian Case

Working women and men in Serbia are currently suffering the effects of the global financial and economic crisis. Serbia, among other countries in the region, has been deeply affected by the crisis and therefore it has become vital to reinforce trade...

Report of the 6th Meeting of the Labour Law and Labour Relations Network of South Eastern Europe

The present report continues the series of publications which reflect discussions by members of the Network of Experts in Labour Law and Labour Relations (LLN) within the labour ministries of South Eastern European countries on relevant topics...

Good Practices in Providing Integrated Employment and Social Services in Central and Eastern Europe

The fight against poverty and social exclusion is a central concern of the EU (European Union) and the Member States. The EU employment guidelines have, since the launch of the European Employment Strategy in 1997, focused on prevention of overall...

Final evaluation report: Project youth employment partnership in Serbia

Against a backdrop of economic restructuring, enterprise privatization and raising unemployment - especially among young people with low educational levels - the main thrust of the Project Youth Employment Partnership in Serbia, funded by the...

Profile of the social security system in Kosovo (within the meaning of UNSC Resolution 1244 [1999])

This report presents a preliminary assessment of the current social security system in Kosovo.

Conclusions of the Subregional High Level Conference: The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis: Wage Fixing and Policy Responses...

Pension Reform in Serbia from international and regional perspectives

Proceedings of the Conference on Pension Reform in Serbia (24-25 September 2009, Belgrade)

Subregional Tripartite Conference: Strengthening the Mechanisms of Labour Dispute Prevention and Amicable Resolution in the Western Balkan...

This report reflects up to date developments on the functioning of alternative labour disputes resolution mechanisms in the participating countries, and the proposed Action Plans to increase their effectiveness and to reach out to their...

Guidelines – Socially-sensitive Labour Force Restructuring in South Eastern Europe

These Guidelines were elaborated with a view to assisting managers, workers’ representatives and governments concerning measures and processes to be considered when restructuring the labour force. They give, first, an overview of the international...

In search of more and better jobs for young people in Serbia

Across the globe, young women and men are making an important contribution as productive workers, entrepreneurs, consumers, citizens, members of civil society and agents of change. All too often, the full potential of young people is not realized...

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...