Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe January 2011 Annual Review 2010 on Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina By Zorica Kazic* Content Executive 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 employers’ organizations * Zorica Kazic, Advisor for Economic Affairs, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina © 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. Executive summary When preparing the report on labor relations and social dialogue in BiH, it is important to take into consideration the relevant facts, i.e. that BiH is a decentralized country comprised of , and that the competences in these particular areas are divided between the stated levels of the state organization, as well as that, due to underdeveloped cooperation, coordination and capacity, the official sta­tistics in BiH are incomplete and of poor quality, which was reflected in individual seg­ments of the report.