Programmes and projects

Improving labour market governance through effective social dialogue over labour reforms in Montenegro

19 February 2019 - 19 January 2021

The project will aim at improving the effectiveness of tripartite social dialogue in Montenegro. It will strengthen the capacities of actors and institutions of social dialogue, especially that of trade unions and the Social Council to play a more effective role in labour market governance.

Young people learn about rights at work

14 January 2019 - 31 May 2020

The idea of the project is to use gamification of the Rights@Work instruction materials in schools and other contexts to raise young people's awareness of their rights at work. Areas to be covered include important guidance on how to avoid the traps of informal economy, understand their rights and obligations at work, know where they can obtain support and increase their participation in the governance of the labour market.
Strengthening social dialogue in North Macedonia

1 January 2019 - 30 June 2021

The project aims at improving social dialogue as a means to create more and better jobs in North Macedonia. It will support the participation of social dialogue institutions in policy making at national and local levels and foster the practice of regular consultations through the national and local economic and social councils. It will create conditions for the social partners so that they are better equipped to provide quality policy advice and deliver demand-driven services.

Improved national normative framework to protect wages in Ukraine

14 December 2018 - 31 December 2020

The overall objective of the project is to protect wages by improving the national normative framework through social dialogue. It is expected that by the end of the intervention, tripartite constituents would have agreed on the measures to address the issues of wages (wage arrears, minimum wage and equal pay) and started their implementation.

Promoting Inclusive Labour Market Solutions in the Western Balkans

17 November 2018 - 31 May 2021

The overall objective of the project is to make national and local labour markets more inclusive. The project seeks to ensure that labour market institutions at the national and local levels have improved capacities to design and implement, in partnership with the private sector and the civil society, inclusive policies and programmes for individuals at risk of social and labour market exclusion.

Autonomy, voice and participation of persons with disabilities in Serbia

2 May 2018 - 31 December 2019

The intervention responds to priority areas concerning the position and rights of persons with disabilities in Serbia – equality before the law, equality of women and girls with disabilities and the right to work. The activities are foreseen to generate legislative interventions in strategic areas, change cultural norms and awareness of main stakeholders, build and strengthen capacities of target groups and stakeholders. The overall aim is to advance the autonomy, voice and participation of persons with disabilities in Serbia, in sustainable and measurable qualitative and quantitative terms.

To strengthen Bosnia and Herzegovina capacity for generating growth and employment through support to competitiveness and innovation

1 April 2018 - 31 March 2022

The ILO, in partnership with UNDP and the German Development Agency (GIZ), implements an EU-funded project to give a financial boost to private companies, farmers and entrepreneurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through the project, companies can apply for development funds. Local institutions will receive technical assistance to create a supporting environment for the private sector. Small and start-up businesses, young enterpreneurs, rural women and vulnerable groups will benefit with an overall goal to make them competitive, encourage innovation and job creation.

“Partnerships for Youth Employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States”

1 March 2018 - 31 December 2022

The technical cooperation project, financially supported by the PJSC LUKOIL and implemented by the ILO, seeks to improve the effectiveness of youth employment policies and programmes in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan to establish a framework for regional cooperation and knowledge sharing on youth employment.

Enhancing jobs and schooling decision of Moldovan youth

15 December 2017 - 31 December 2018

The project offers opportunities to fill some of the information gaps that young Moldovans face in making schooling and jobs decisions by introducing an adapted and innovated version of the ‘Surfing the labour market’ tool which is an online platform and a phone application. A partnership of relevant and concerned institutions (including the employment offices, career centres, schools, employers) is responsible for the adaptation of this package in a move to improve its effectiveness and also ensure follow up to this intervention. The project is realized with the support of the Government of the Czech Republic.
Inclusive labour markets for job creation in Ukraine

1 December 2017 - 1 December 2022

In view of the complex labour market situation the new ILO program funded by Denmark goes for an integrated approach based on three pillars. The program will modernize the services of the Ukrainian public employment services enabling them to offer more effective and inclusive active labour market policies. A strong skills component aims at closing the skills mismatch by better alligning the skills of new labour market entrants with the demand from the private sector. Finally, the program will support social dialogue mechanisms to solve critical issues such as informal employment, wages, or gender discrimination.

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