Albania
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About the ILO in Albania
Informality and high youth inactivity persist
Since the fall of the communist regime, Albania grew from one of the poorest countries in Europe in the 1990s to an upper-middle income country. Since 2014, Albania has been an official candidate for EU accession. Accession negotiations started in 2020. Labour market outcomes gradually improved over the last years and in 2019 Albania had the highest employment rate among Western Balkan economies (67%). The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020/21 led to a temporary reduction of employment (65% in spring 2020), but employment rates quickly rebounded to the old levels in late 2020. Continue reading
What's new
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International Training Centre of the ILO
New challenges for TVET and skills development - what do you want to learn today?
30 April 2021
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Towards a comprehensive and resilient social security system
Social security and COVID-19: Which measures were effective in protecting workers?
11 March 2021
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Lifelong learning
Why Trade Unions should act on Skills Development – and how?
19 February 2021