National Coordinator

Ms Lejla Tanovic
UN House  

Zmaja od Bosne b.b. Street
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
71000

Tel : + 387 033 293 585

Fax : + 387 033 293 598
 
Email : budapest@ilo.org
Website : ilo.org/bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina is under the responsibility of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe.

The ILO and Bosnia and Herzegovina

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    About the ILO in Bosnia and Herzegovina


    One of the most challenging labour markets in the region
    While the economy recovered faster than expected from the Covid-19 pandemic, the much-needed recovery of labour markets is lagging. The country continues to show one of the most challenging labour market situations in the region with several unsolved structural challenges from before the pandemic and the current energy crisis caused by the Russian invasion in Ukraine.    Continue reading

     

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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

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    Trade unions

    Workers’ rights in Europe in decline, says ITUC Global Rights Index 2023

    10 July 2023

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    Employment creation

    “Jobs for all” - European Union and Sweden pledge five million euros in support of employment of young women and the hard-to-employ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    28 February 2023

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Standards and national legislation

  1. National Legislation

  2. International labour conventions ratified by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publications

  1. Issues in Social Protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina: coverage, adequacy, expenditure and financing

  2. Assessment of the Social Security Responses to COVID-19

  3. COVID-19 and the World of Work: Assessment of the Employment Impacts and Policy Responses BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

Overview of current projects

  1. E-MINDFUL: Enhancing European Migration Narrative to Develop Further Union’s Long-term actions

  2. Local Employment Partnerships 2.

  3. COVID-19 response: EU4Business recovery in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  4. Employment and Social Affairs Platform Project

  5. Business Unusual: Reimagining Education for Marginalized Girls and Boys during and post COVID-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  6. Skills for the strategic development of the IT sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  7. Towards the Sustainable Development Goals Financing Ecosystem in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

  9. Promoting Inclusive Labour Market Solutions in the Western Balkans