February 2014 Annual Review 2013 of Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Serbia By Radmila Grozdanic* 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 * Radmila Grozdanic, Full University Professor, Belgrade, Faculty for Business Admini­stration and Entrepreneurship © 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 Friedrich­Ebert-Stiftung or of the organization for which the author works. 1. Summary In 2013 Serbia received the status of a candidate country for entry into the European Un­ion and successfully continued the normalization of relations between itself and Kosovo. Serbia is an upper-middle income economy(WB, IMF), which has made the greatest pro-