Free Labor Market for Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania to Come Into Effect on March 1

Representatives of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania signed yesterday in Skopje, as part of the Open Balkans initiative, two protocols that will enable the establishment of a free labor market for member countries of that initiative. The Protocol on the implementation of the agreement on the conditions for free access to the labor market in the Western Balkans and the Protocol on the connection of the electronic identification scheme for the citizens of the Western Balkans were signed, the Government of Serbia announced.

On behalf of the Serbian side, these documents were signed by State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Gojko Stanivukovic and on behalf of Albania and North Macedonia, representatives of their competent ministries.

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said yesterday, before signing the protocol, that these documents will enable a completely free labor market of the countries of the Open Balkans to enter into force on March 1.

He emphasized that the joint labor market will influence the creation of a better business environment for both local and foreign companies and that it will contribute to overcoming the problems regarding the lack of workforce, but also to the forming of a labor force market of nearly 11 million citizens.

Ministarstvo finansija Republike Srbije

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Gojko Stanivuković

Aleksandar Vučić

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