Transcript Global Jobs Pact and Employment Promotion in the Western

Global Jobs Pact and Employment
Promotion in the Western Balkans
Alena Nesporova
Deputy Regional Director for Europe
and Central Asia
International Labour Office, Geneva
ILO Decent Work Agenda
• The ILO DWA - an integrated approach to pursue
the objectives of full and productive employment
and decent work for all.
• It is based on four interrelated and mutually
supportive strategic objectives: (i) employment
promotion, (ii) social protection, (iii) social
dialogue and tripartism, and (iv) respect for
fundamental principles and rights at work.
• ILO cooperation with the tripartite constituency
at country level carried out in the framework of
the Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCP).
• DWCPs currently implemented in Albania, BiH,
FYROM and Serbia, a DWA in Croatia.
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The ILO Global Jobs Pact
• The GJP adopted unanimously in June 2009.
Endorsed by the UN Economic and Social Council
in July 2010.
• The GJP, based on the DWA, provides guidance
for national and international policies to address
the negative impact of the economic crisis and
accelerate employment recovery.
• The GJP reprioritized cooperation within DWCPs
in line with countries’ needs stemming from the
crisis and the current recovery.
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ILO cooperation with the WB countries
• The Western Balkan countries served by the
DWT/CO in Budapest, supported by the RO for
Europe and Central Asia in Geneva, with technical
assistance from technical departments in HQ
Geneva.
• The ILO provides policy advice and technical
assistance to its tripartite constituents –
governments and its specialized bodies,
employers’ organizations and trade unions – at
national and local level but also to regional
institutions, like the RCC.
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ILO cooperation with the WB countries
• Technical cooperation often of tripartite nature,
supporting social dialogue on legal, institutional and
policy issues related to employment promotion and
building technical capacity of all the three parties.
• In line with the DWA, employment promotion tackled
both in quantitative terms (higher employment and job
creation) and in qualitative terms (promotion of
productive employment with good remuneration, good
working conditions, security against risks and in old
age, voice for workers, and non-discrimination against
certain groups) .
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ILO cooperation with the WB countries
• The “Bucharest Process” within the Initiative for
Social Cohesion of the Stability Pact for South
Eastern Europe (the predecessor of the RCC)
implemented jointly by the ILO and the Council of
Europe in close cooperation with the WB
countries resulted in:
– 7 Country Reviews on Employment Policy;
– Stronger capacity of the governments and the social
partners to assess national employment and labour
market policies built through regular peer reviews;
– Closer involvement of social partners in the
employment policy formulation, implementation and
monitoring;
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ILO cooperation with the WB countries
– Mainstreaming gender issues in employment
policy and employment services
– Addressing the issue of occupational safety
and health at regional level
• Conclusions from the 3rd Ministerial
Conference held in Budva in October 2007
outlined further direction and the main
elements of regional cooperation on
employment promotion.
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Priorities of current ILO cooperation
with WB countries:
• Employment policy: Formulation,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
national/regional employment
strategies/policies (BiH). Youth employment
promotion (Albania, Serbia). Review of anticrisis and pro-recovery policies through social
dialogue (Croatia, FYROM, Serbia)
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Priorities of current ILO cooperation
with WB countries
• Vocational education and training: Skills needs’
forecasting, assistance in VET reforms to link VET
with labour market needs, developing of
standardized national assessment frameworks
(FYROM).
• National employment services: capacity building
and technical assistance (Albania, Serbia).
• Labour market policies: Advice on labour market
policies for vulnerable groups, evaluation of LMP
(Serbia).
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Priorities of current ILO cooperation
with WB countries:
• Local economic and employment development
and promotion of entrepreneurship: Support to
local partnerships and development plans,
addressing the social impact of enterprise
restructuring, support to SME development
(Albania, BiH, Croatia, FYROM, Montenegro,
Serbia).
• Social security: advice on social security and
pension reforms, capacity building (Albania, BiH,
FYROM, Serbia).
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Priorities of current ILO cooperation
with WB countries:
• Occupational safety and health and labour
inspection: support to national OSH systems and
policies, capacity building of national labour
inspections (Albania, BiH, FYROM, Serbia).
• Working conditions: advice and capacity building
on wage policy, advice on maternity protection
(FYROM).
• Gender equality: Advice and capacity building on
policies promoting gender equality in
employment, wages etc. (Albania, FYROM,
Serbia)
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Priorities of current ILO cooperation
with WB countries:
• Labour standards, labour legislation: assistance in
ratification and implementation of international
labour standards, advice on national labour
legislation (Albania, Croatia, FYROM,
Montenegro, Serbia)
• Social dialogue: legal advice on and technical
assistance to national social dialogue
mechanisms, capacity building of the social
partners (Albania, BiH, Croatia, FYROM,
Montenegro, Serbia)
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