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Employment is central to the ILO's mandate, and the promotion of greater employment and income opportunities for women and men is the second of the ILO's Strategic Objectives. The main ILO instruments underlying this objective are the Employment Policy Convention (ILO Convention 122, 1964) and its accompanying Recommendation.
In Central and Eastern Europe, the challenges posed by globalization and rapid technological change faced throughout the world are combined with those arising from the transition to a market economy. In the early 1990s, countries in the region had to come to terms with the rapidly rising unemployment. In the second half of the decade, however, a recovery of economic growth began in many countries,
although the latter has so far been jobless.
Nevertheless, the tasks facing countries in this region remain substantial. Unemployment rates remain in double figures in many CEE countries, and to this is added growth in employment and income inequalities, the emergence of substantial levels of informal and precarious employment, and the declining real value of minimum wages. Countries in CEE are also faced by large disparities in unemployment rates within their own borders, both by geographical location and by national origin.
The Employment Programme of the ILO for Central and Eastern Europe provides technical and advisory services to governments, employer's and worker's organizations on employment policy development and implementation. It has recently reviewed the employment policies of a number of countries of South-East Europe.
The areas of focus of the Programme revolve around the review of employment policies, capacity-building and advisory services on the design, monitoring and evaluation of employment and labour market policies, technical support for the formulation and implementation of national employment programmes, reform of the, adult training system, employment services, active labour market policies targeting disadvantaged individuals, as well as labour market information
For further information:
You may contact the Employment Programme by email or
Ms Eva Mihlic
Employment Programme Assistant
Ms Kinga Jakab
Employment Programme Assistant
Ms Valli' Corbanese
Technical Adviser on Employment in Serbia
Ms Daniela Zampini
Chief Technical Adviser on Youth Employment in Albania
Mr Andrea Salvini,
Technical Expert, Labour Market Policies and Local Economic Development >> more
Ms Ildikó Rigó
Project Assistance, Social Finance
Ms Mirela Kasmi
Employment Services Expert in Albania
Ms Catalina Barbaroise
Employment Services Expert in Moldova
Mr Sokol Elshani
Employment Expert in Kosovo
Mr Fatmir Burjani
Skills Development Expert in Kosovo
Mr Srdjan Tilger
Youth Employment Programme Assistant in Serbia
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| ILO Film |
| Fully fit at work |
Film about the advantages of employing persons with disabilities. As this ILO film (Fully Fit at Work) shows, not only may people with disabilities be more productive, they may actually be more skilled in some jobs than non-disabled people. Produced for the ILO by the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.
Watch the film online in Polish with English subtitles. Duration: 21 min 11 sec
If the video is not displayed, download the free RealPlayer™
Press release in English and
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A package for social and economic progress
The Albanian pilot of the One UN Programme will make use of the experiences of the International Labour Organization (ILO) gained in the field. As the only tripartite organisation within the United Nations system, the ILO plays a key role in involving social partners in the recently launched UN reform process.
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