National Programme Officer

Ms Nina Krgović

Podgorica
Montenegro

Tel : +382 67 805 444
Email : budapest@ilo.org
Website : ilo.org/montenegro
Montenegro is under the responsibility of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe

The ILO and Montenegro

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    About the ILO in Montenegro

    An advanced EU accession candidate hit hard by the pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic hit the tourism-dependent country particularly hard. GDP dropped by 15% in 2020. The economy recovered faster than expected from the pandemic with an estimated GDP growth rate of 12% in 2021. However, the much-needed recovery of labour markets is lagging.

    According to ILO calculations, the country saw a decline in working hours of 11.4% in 2020 which is equivalent to 30,000 full time jobs. In 2021, the loss of working hours decreased but was still at 6.1% (equivalent to the loss of 16,000 full-time jobs). For 2022, ILO models predict a light increase of working hours of 2%, but there are a lot of uncertainties concerning the pandemic and the new tourist season.  Continue reading

     

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Standards and national legislation

  1. National Legislation

  2. International labour conventions ratified by Montenegro

Publications

  1. Performance monitoring of the active labour market programmes implemented by the Employment Agency of Montenegro

  2. Impact evaluation of the Professional Training for Graduates (PTG) programme of Montenegro

  3. Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of Montenegro’s Current Legislation on Violence and Harassment and the Provisions of ILO Convention No. 190

  4. Action plan for the interoperability of selected information systems and databases bearing on the governance of the labour market in Montenegro

  5. National Occupational Safety and Health Profile for Montenegro

  6. Legal analysis of the regulation and implementation of “teleworking” in Montenegro’s Labour Framework

  7. COVID-19 and the World of Work: Rapid Assessment of the Employment Impacts and Policy Responses. MONTENEGRO

Overview of current projects

  1. Active employment policies through the digitalisation of Employment Agency of Montenegro

  2. Activate Women - Increased capacities for labour market inclusion of disadvantaged women as Covid-19 response measure

  3. World of work in Montenegro: Paving the road to recovery

  4. Employment and Social Affairs Platform Project in the Western Balkans