Promotion of occupational safety and health and labour inspection in Serbia
The project supports the alignment of the Serbian OSH policy, legislation and practices with International Labour Standards and with the EU Acquis Communautaire. It will aim to improve the responsiveness of the Labour Inspectorate and the OSH Directorate in their respective roles of drafting and enforcement of OSH policy and legislation, and propose sustainable solutions for the issues faced by the two institutions in terms of digitalization of their practices and training of their staff and main stakeholders.
Duration
15 January 2025 - 15 January 2027
Budget
1.5 million EUR
Development partner(s)
European Commission
Location
Serbia
Contact
Luiz Lumbreras Rocha, Occupational Safety and Health Specialist and Jovan Protic, National Coordinator at [email protected]
Additional details
The project will support the Labour Inspectorate (LI) and the Occupational Safety and Health Directorate (OSHD) of Serbia through harmonization of occupational safety and health legislation and modernization of training and technical capacities of both institutions. This will be done under the overarching framework of the ILO Flagship Programme "Safety + Health for All" aiming at improving the safety and health of workers worldwide, while recognizing the value added from the partnership with the EU in several other country-level and regional initiatives. The project also presents a continuation of the EU support to the modernisation of the labour inspection and OSH in Serbia, building on the results of the Twinning project “Support to the improvement of the occupational safety and health and labour inspection in the Republic of Serbia” implemented in the period 2019-2021.
In this context, the project will provide technical advice based on International Labour Standards (ILS) and international best practices, which would allow the OSHD and the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs (MoLEVSA) to draft and adopt a Law on Occupational Injuries and Diseases Insurance that creates incentives to the employers to invest into an improved occupational safety and health of their workforce. The new Law would regulate the establishment of either a special national fund, or a budget line within the existing health/pension/disability insurance funds which would be used for direct compensation of workers injured at work. The adoption of that law will also contribute to the improvement of reporting on occupational injuries and diseases and to the creation of a level playing field when it comes to the cost of occupational injuries borne by the employers, which is important from the point of view of the EU member states and the EU companies present on the Serbian market.