January 2015 2014 Annual Review of Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Albania By Nikoll Do çi* 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 * Nikoll Doçi, PhD, Social Sciences, University of Tirana © Friedrich -Ebert-Stiftung Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe Kapetan Misina 5a Belgrade, Serbia E-Mail: fes@fessoe.de Internet: www.fessoe.de The text is available online: www.fesmoe.eu 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 Albania has made progress in socio-economic development during 2014. Economic development and EU integration have been amongst the main priorities of the govern­ment’s program. In June 2014, the EU Foreign Ministers approved the report of E uro­pean Commission to give the candidate status to Albania. The EU’s Council of Mi nis­ters underlined that Albania should act decisively for implementation of all the recom-