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Job creation in the Western Balkans

How nearshoring may create opportunities for the Western Balkan economies?

In this issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies, we talked to Zuzana Zavarska, Economist at the Vienna Institute for...

Video Interview with leading representative of IT industries in BiH

Lack of skilled workers limits IT sector growth

The lack of skilled workers can seriously affect industry and job growth. Watch our interview with Tatjana Vucic, Director of BIT Alliance, the largest IT business association in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The IT industry in BiH has the potential...

Local Employment Partnerships

MEET THE PROJECT MANAGER: Amra Seleskovic, Technical Officer on Strategies for Local Employment Development

In this video, Amra Seleskovic, Technical Officer on Strategies for Local Employment Development of the ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe shares details of the work she does to create new labour market opportunities in Bosnia and...

Latest labour survey data

Workers’ education level for their jobs: is it a match in South East Europe?

Many people are working in jobs that do not match their level of education. At the same time, many employers claim to have difficulties in finding workers with the skills that they need to expand their business and innovate successfully. This...

ILO/EU partnership

Youth Guarantee garners speed in the Western Balkans

Inspired by similar schemes in the EU Member States, a youth guarantee is a commitment to support every young person under the age of 30 who is not employed, in education or training (so-called NEETs). This commitment entitles young people to...

Labour rights infringed during the pandemic

Three essential questions to Aleksandar Ristovski, Professor of Labour Law, Skopje

In the third issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies, we talked to Aleksandar Ristovski, Professor of Labour Law at ‘Ss. Cyril...

MEET THE DIRECTOR: What has been the impact of the pandemic in the region?

Markus Pilgrim, Director of the ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe talks about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on labour markets in the region, what the ILO has done to mitigate the impact and what the emerging trends are in employment. The...

Job-rich recovery for women

Three Essential Questions: Interview with Réka Sáfrány, President of European Women's Lobby

This is the second issue of short interviews with important researchers and practitioners from Central and Eastern Europe on burning questions concerning labour and social policies. The interviewee this time is Réka Sáfrány, newly elected President...

MEET THE SPECIALISTS: Alessandra Molz, Skills

Alessandra Molz, ILO Skills Specialist explains how she assists governments, worker and employer organizations in developing quality vocational education and training for young people, and lifelong learning opportunities for adult workers in Central...

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...

Meet the Specialists: Kenichi Hirose, Social protection

Ken Hirose, Senior Technical Specialist for Social protection, Occupational Safety and Health, and Labour inspection shares how he assists ILO partners and constituents in improving the quality of work and safety of workers in Central and Eastern...

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.

Meet the Specialists: Iulia Drumea, Employers' organizations

Iulia Drumea, Employers' Organizations Specialist explains how she supports ILO work with Employers organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. Employers organizations work to create a business-friendly environment for their members. The ILO...

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...

Meet the Specialists: Daniela Zampini, Employment creation

Daniela Zampini, the Employment Specialist of the ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe explains what she does to create more and better jobs, how she works with governments, employers, workers, civil society organizations or municipalities, and...

Meet the Specialists: Magnus Berge, Workers organizations

Magnus Berge, Senior Specialist for Workers' Organizations explains how he supports ILO work with Trade Unions in Central and Eastern Europe. He promotes Trade Unions so that they can work more effectively to improve working conditions of workers...

EU4Business ILO project supported start-ups in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stories of beneficiaries

Within the EU4Business project, with EU funding, the ILO promoted inter-municipal cooperation to provide inclusive support to start-ups in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Local Employment Partnership established cooperation among three municipalities...

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...

Assessment of the Social Security Responses to COVID-19

The report reviews the COVID-19 situation and economic data, the social security and related measures implemented to address the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemics during the first lockdown in the second quarter of 2020.