REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STUDY OF THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES INCREASING CAPACITIES AND STRENGTHENING OF THE ROLE OF THE REGIONAL CSOS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE LABOR CONDITIONS AND DIALOGUE WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS This project is funded by The European Union REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STUDY OF THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES INCREASING CAPACITIES AND STRENGTHENING OF THE ROLE OF THE REGIONAL CSOS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE LABOR CONDITIONS AND DIALOGUE WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS A project implemented by: SKOPJE 2018 Publisher: Macedonian Occupational Safety and Health Association Skopje, 2018 Аuthor: PhD. Lazar Jovevski, Professor at the "Iustinianus Primus" Faculty of Law - Skopje Coauthor: MSc. Milan Petkovski, Grad. OSh. ENg. President of Macedonian Occupational Safety and Health Association Slavica Jankova Project Officer Professional associates: Macedonian Occupational Safety and Health Association (MOSHA) Serbian Association for Occupational Safety and Health (SAOSH), Occupational Safety and Health Centre (AOSHC), Kosovar Occupational Safety and Health Association (KOSHA) Safety at Work Association of Montenegro. (SWAM) Printed by: Tehnografika MKD - Skopje Copies: 500 Project: “Increasing capacities and strengthening of the role of the regional CSOs for improve- ment of the labor conditions and dialogue with Public Institutions” This project is funded by The European Union This publication has been prepared with support from the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and in no way can be considered to represent the views of the European Union. 2 CONTENTS PREFACE .............................................................................................................................................5 I. GENERAL AND SYSTEM BASE .......................................................................................................6 II. FRAMEWORK COMMON POINTS ..................................................................................................7 III. NATIONAL PECULIARITIES ..........................................................................................................10 1. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES IN THE FIELD OF OSH ...........................................10 1.1. MACEDONIA ........................................................................................................................10 1.2. KOSOVO ..............................................................................................................................11 1.3. SERBIA ................................................................................................................................13 1.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................16 1.5. ALBANIA ..............................................................................................................................18 2. COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS .....................................................................19 2.1. MACEDONIA ........................................................................................................................19 2.2. KOSOVO* ............................................................................................................................19 2.3 SERBIA .................................................................................................................................20 2.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................22 2.5. ALBANIA ..............................................................................................................................23 3. ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS...................................23 3.1. MACEDONIA ........................................................................................................................23 3.2. KOSOVO ..............................................................................................................................28 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SPECIALISTS ..........................................................31 PROFESSIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ...............................................................31 3.3. SERBIA ................................................................................................................................32 3.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................34 3.5. ALBANIA ..............................................................................................................................36 4. THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL PARTNERS IN THE OSH ....................................................................39 4.1. MACEDONIA ........................................................................................................................39 4.2. KOSOVO .............................................................................................................................41 4.3. SERBIA ................................................................................................................................42 4.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................43 4.5. ALBANIA ..............................................................................................................................44 3 5. OCCUPATIONAL OSH-RELATED ACTIVITIES .................................................................................47 5.1. MACEDONIA ........................................................................................................................47 5.2 KOSOVO ...............................................................................................................................47 5.3. SERBIA ................................................................................................................................47 5.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................47 5.5. ALBANIA ..............................................................................................................................48 6. RECORDS IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ...................................................48 6.1 MACEDONIA .........................................................................................................................48 6.2. KOSOVO ..............................................................................................................................49 6.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................50 6.5 ALBANIA ...............................................................................................................................50 7. BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION..............................................................51 7.1. MACEDONIA ........................................................................................................................51 7.2. KOSOVO ..............................................................................................................................52 7.3. SERBIA ...............................................................................................................................53 7.4. MONTENEGRO ...................................................................................................................53 7.5. ALBANIA ..............................................................................................................................54 IV. NATIONAL CONCLUSIONS, OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................55 1. MACEDONIA ...........................................................................................................................55 2. KOSOVO .................................................................................................................................58 3. SERBIA ...................................................................................................................................59 4. MONTENEGRO ......................................................................................................................61 5. ALBANIA .................................................................................................................................63 V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND COOPERATION WITH STATE INSTITUTIONS AND MEDIA AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL .................................................66 VI. INSTEAD OF A CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................69 4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OSH Occupational Safety and Health ILO International Labour Organization WHO World Health Organization EEC European Economic Community EU European Union ESAW European Statistics on Accidents at Work EU OSHA European Agency for Safety and Health at Work SLI State Labour Inspectorate MLSP Ministry of Labour and Social Policy MH Ministry of Health MES Ministry of Education and Science HIFM Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of Macedonia PDIFRM Pension and Disability Insurance Fund of the Republic