Timeline of ILO in Central and Eastern Europe

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1993

ILO office established
in Budapest
1993

The first tripartite conference ever held in Bulgaria
1995

ILO brought together over 60 Trade union leaders to discuss the impact of multinational companies in the CEE region
1997-2002

ILO established 5 local enterprise development agencies in BiH
2000

Serbia restarted its ILO membership and signed all the 8 fundamental conventions
2001

Ukrainian National Centre for Vocational Rehabilitation opened with ILO support
2003

ILO contributes to amending
Bulgarian labour legislation
2004

First Decent Work Country Programmes
signed in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina
2006

ILO contributed to First National Reference System for Victims of Human Trafficking in Moldova
2010

National Employment Strategy adopted in BiH
2013

Moldova concluded social security agreements with countries hosting migrant workers
2015

New Labour Code
in Albania
2016

2765 out of 3679 labour disputes settled by Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes in Montenegro
2017

First register of parafiscal burdens
in Montenegro
2017

25% membership growth of Employers Organisation in Moldova
2017

Ukraine: ILO started largest project
ever signed with a donor
2018

The Local Employment Partnerships project trained 1600 people and created 550 new jobs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018

In North Macedonia, ILO put 5300 young, formerly inactive people into employment, education or training

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