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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a member state of the ILO since 1993. The country has ratified 83 ILO International Labour Standards (Conventions), including all ten fundamental conventions. 

Since 1996, the ILO has been providing technical assistance in a wide range of areas including employment creation, labour law reform, promotion of social dialogue and collective bargaining, and tackling undeclared work.

The current ILO projects support:

  • local employment partnerships. These are tailor-made interventions agreed upon by labour market actors to come up with local solutions to specific employment challenges of a municipality or district.
  • entrepreneurship in export-oriented and innovative sectors
  • business continuity in the textile and apparel sector
  • public employment services in reaching out to vulnerable groups such as long-term unemployed people, persons with disabilities, and ethnic minorities
  • labour inspectorates and mediation of labour disputes
  • fact-based information on labour migration in the EU and the Western Balkans

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Projects and programmes

EU Support to improved quality of VET education (EU4Employment and Education)

EU Support to improved quality of VET education (EU4Employment and Education)

EU4Employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

EU4Employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publications

Regional Peer Review Report of the Labour Inspectorates of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (entity Federation of BiH-- Sarajevo Canton and entity Republika Srpska), Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia

Regional Peer Review Report of the Labour Inspectorates of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (entity Federation of BiH-- Sarajevo Canton and entity Republika Srpska), Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia

Guidelines for reinforcing the role of labour inspectors in addressing undeclared work

Guidelines for reinforcing the role of labour inspectors in addressing undeclared work

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ILO activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are coordinated by the ILO office for Central and Eastern Europe, based in Budapest.

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