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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

Participants of the joint RCC ESAP3 – ETF capacity building event on the use of ESCO held in Turin, Italy on 24-25 June 2025 (Photo: ETF)

News | 26 June 2025

RCC ESAP 3: Western Balkan Economies Build Capacity on Use of ESCO to Enhance Labour Mobility

RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic opened High-Level Conference on labour migrations in the Western Balkans takes place in Budva on 15 May 2025 (Photo: RCC/Danilo Papic)

News | 15 May 2025

RCC ESAP 3: Western Balkan Representatives endorse Joint Statement on Labour Migration Policies

©ILO Co-creating Solutions for Enterprise Formalization in the Tourism Sector, 12 May 2025, Montenegro

News | 14 May 2025

Montenegro Advances Plans to Formalize Tourism Sector with ILO Support

©ILO: Lejo Sibbel talking about he importance of inclusive social dialogue

News | 04 April 2025

ILO calls for inclusive and responsible social dialogue at Western Balkans Forum

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

Participants of the joint RCC ESAP3 – ETF capacity building event on the use of ESCO held in Turin, Italy on 24-25 June 2025 (Photo: ETF)

Stefan Olsson, Deputy Director General at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion joining High-Level Conference on labour migrations in the Western Balkans online, Budva on 15-16 May 2025 (Photo: RCC/Danilo Papic)

Filip Ivanovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro opening High-Level Conference on labour migrations in the Western Balkans takes place in Budva on 15 May 2025 (Photo: RCC/Danilo Papic)

Olivier Onidi, Deputy Director General, European Commission's Directorate General on Migration and Home Affairs as opening speaker at High-Level Conference on labour migrations in the Western Balkans takes place in Budva on 15 May 2025 (Photo: RCC/Danilo Papic)

High-Level Conference on labour migrations in the Western Balkans, place in Budva, Montenegro on 15-16 May 2025 (Photo: RCC/Danilo Papic)

RCC Secretary General Amer Kapetanovic opened High-Level Conference on labour migrations in the Western Balkans takes place in Budva on 15 May 2025 (Photo: RCC/Danilo Papic)

©ILO Co-creating Solutions for Enterprise Formalization in the Tourism Sector, 12 May 2025, Montenegro

©ILO Co-creating Solutions for Enterprise Formalization in the Tourism Sector, 12 May 2025, Montenegro

* 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.