January 2014 2013 Annual Review of Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Montenegro By Alexandra Visnjic* Content Summary Socio-economic developments Governmental policies and legislation Industrial relations Tripartite social dialogue Forecasts Annex- Information about: Collective bargaining, social dialogue, social security, education& vocational train­ing, employment, wages Trade unions and employer organizations * Alexandra Visnjic , independent consultant © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe Tadeusa Koscuska 8/5 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E-Mail: fes@fessoe.de Internet: www.fessoe.de The text is available online: www.fessoe.de The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert­Stiftung or of the organization for which the author works. 1. Summary EU accession negotiations began with Montenegro in June 2012 and set up a new and inten­sive phase for the country on its path to EU membership. Since the focus was on the prepara­tion and adoption of comprehensive action plans regarding reform of the rule of law(Chapters 23& 24) the European Commission recommended the opening of these chapters and the coun­try was invited to submit its negotiation position in September. Negotiations on chapters:‘Sci-