The ILO and Serbia
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About the ILO in Serbia
Incomplete economic transition impacting labour markets
Serbia has been undergoing an unfinished transition from a centrally planned to a market economy for nearly 30 years interrupted and also partially reversed by the aftermath of the Balkan Wars in the 1990ies. Being the largest country of the Western Balkans, it has a strategic importance for EU accession negotiations with the candidate countries from this region.
The incomplete transition has its effects on labour markets. While unemployment has further dropped (9 per cent for age of 15 and above, 2022), Serbia continues to struggle with relatively low labour force participation and high inactivity including a large portion of youth neither in employment nor in education or training. Informality continues to be high, the quality of jobs requires substantive improvement, and there is a need for further reforms of the occupational safety and health system. The long-standing labour legislation reform is relevant both for EU accession and for the advancement of social dialogue. Continue
What's new
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Migration
Shaping migration narratives: Insights from the ILO/OSCE E-MINDFUL project
02 February 2024
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Child labour
ILO supports an improved normative framework and better capacities to combat child labour in Serbia
01 December 2023
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Staff news
Retrospective on challenges and successes - Interview with Markus Pilgrim, Director of ILO Central and Eastern Europe stepping down
29 August 2023