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ESAP: Employment and Social Affairs Platform 3

Joint project by Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) financed by the European Union (EU), implemented in the Western Balkans.

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ESAP 3 promotes fair and well-functioning labour markets in the Western Balkans by advancing the alignment with the EU acquis and implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in the areas of undeclared work, health and safety at work and social dialogue.

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News

Representatives of the Western Balkan Public Employment Services (PES) hosted by Chairwoman of the EU PES NetworkMs. Caroline Mancel (5th from the left) and European PES colleagues (Photo: EU PES Secretariat)

News | 05 November 2024

RCC ESAP 3: Representatives of the Western Balkan Public Employment Services for the First Time Ever Attended European PES Network’s Stakeholder Conference

ESAP 3 Kick Off Event: Balanced Labour Markets in the Western Balkans: Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Workforce - Family photo (Photo: RCC/Henri Koçi)

News | 23 October 2024

RCC ESAP 3: Third phase of the Employment and Social Affairs Platform Project (ESAP) kicked off in Budva, Montenegro

ILO: Ernis Imamović, Assistant Minister, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Photo: ILO)

News | 04 September 2024

ILO: Working group begins deliberations on new labour code for entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH

ILO: The Confederation of Trade Unions initiate discussions on wage setting in the entity Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

News | 27 August 2024

ILO: Trade Union proposes how to enhance wage setting in the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Latest

Publications

ILO: Heat at work: Implications for safety and health

agreement |20 September 2024

ILO: Heat at work: Implications for safety and health

ESAP: Final Evaluation of the Employment and Social Affairs Platforms (Phases I and II)

report |14 June 2024

ESAP: Final Evaluation of the Employment and Social Affairs Platforms (Phases I and II)

ILO ESAP 2: Granular examination of the informal economy in North Macedonia

report |20 February 2024

ILO ESAP 2: Granular examination of the informal economy in North Macedonia

Databases

OBSERVATORY

Observatory on Employment in the Western Balkans

SOCIAL SCOREBOARD

Western Balkans' Social Scoreboard of Indicators

E-PBF / ESC

Economic and Social Councils' Performance Benchmarking Framework

E-PBF / ASLD

E-Performance Benchmarking Framework for ASLD Institutions

Spotlight

ESAP Evaluation

Partners

Albania

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kosovo*

Kosovo*

Montenegro

Montenegro

North Macedonia

North Macedonia

Serbia

Serbia

Calendar

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Predecessors

ESAP 1

Employment and Social Affairs Platform 1

ESAP 2

Employment and Social Affairs Platform 2

Gallery

Ivica Lazović, Director of the ASLD Agency, Serbia on the most valuable outcomes of ESAP 2 project

Irida Qosja, Deputy Chief Labour Inspector, Albania on the highlights of ESAP 2 project

ILO ESAP 2: INNOVATIONS AND PAVING PATH TO BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS

ESAP 2: Gordana, Aleksa, Snezana and Dejan tell their social rights story

ESAP 2: Driton and Gani tell their social rights story

ESAP 2: Matija and Dejan tell their social rights story

ESAP 2: Aldi and Franceska tell their social rights story

ESAP 2: Andrea and Jakov tell their social rights story

Delegation of the Western Balkan PES representative with RCC ESAP 3 Team Leader at the EU PES Network Stakeholder Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 5 November 2024 (Photo: EU PES Network)

Key takeaways from the EU PES Network Stakeholder Conference 'Rethinking support for those furthest from the labour market' Brussels, Belgium, 5 November 2024 (Photo: EU PES Secretariat)

Representatives of the Western Balkan Public Employment Services (PES) hosted by Chairwoman of the EU PES NetworkMs. Caroline Mancel (5th from the left) and European PES colleagues (Photo: EU PES Secretariat)

ESAP 3 Kick Off Event: Balanced Labour Markets in the Western Balkans: Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Workforce - Family photo (Photo: RCC/Henri Koçi)

ILO: Labour Law Reform, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH (Photo: ILO)

ILO: Ernis Imamović, Assistant Minister, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Photo: ILO)

Balanced Labour Markets in the Western Balkans: Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Workforce

ILO: North Macedonia World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024 (Photo: ILO)

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.