A team of experts, led by CEA within the auspices of the Project Assessing & Streamlining the Potentials of the Open Balkan Initiative prepared  a report from the TASK 3 findings : Administrative gaps and bottlenecks assessment, with the objective: To do a fact check and prepare recommendations with a list of potential legislative changes. This task follows after the TASK 1 of screening on the countries and after the TASK 2 on the disparity analysis. 

The document illustrates a summary of the six country reports after the strategic assessment tool for the administrative gap was applied to the Agreement on Conditions for Free Access to the Labour Market in the WB (provided this Agreement enters into force its application shall begin on the date of entry into force of the Agreement on interconnection of schemes for electronic implementation of the citizens of WB). However, given its importance and in order for the work force to benefit free access in the WB and to participate freely in the labour market we also worked to certain extend in our administrative gap assessment exercise on the:

  • Agreement on Cooperation in WB in the field of Mutual Recognition of Diplomas and Scientific Grades Issued by Higher Education Institutions and other Authorized Institutions
  • Agreement on Interconnection of Schemes for Electronic Identification of the Citizens of WB and
  • Memorandum of Understanding on the Cooperation of the Taxation Administration in the WB.

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ENG: STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF PRESENT STATE, HOW IT IS PLANNED WITH OBI AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE GAP IDENTIFICATION FOR THE AGREEMENT ON CONDITIONS FOR FREE ACCESS TO THE LABOUR MARKET IN THE WESTERN BALKAN