On December 3, 2024, CREDI took a significant step in advancing its mission by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Labor and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (LEA BiH) and numerous other civil society organizations (CSOs). The signing took place during the S.T.A.R. Forum held in Sarajevo. Representing CREDI, the MoU was…
The SMARTLABOR project, aimed at strengthening alliances for policy development and testing in the fields of innovation, digitalization, and labor market transformation, is driving progress in the agri-food sector across the Western Balkans. As part of this initiative, the SMARTLABOR Network (SLN) has expanded its membership by establishing collaborations with key organizations in Bosnia and…
On December 9-10, 2024, the Conference on Data Sharing and Secondary Analysis in Child and Youth Wellbeing Research was held in Zagreb, organized as part of the COORDINATE project and hosted by the CROSSDA – Croatian Social Science Data Archive, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Amela Kurta, representing the Data Archive…
A policy paper authored by experts from Public Policy Research Centre (Re-People), CREDI, and Luigj Gurakuqi University of Shkodra examines the rising informality in platform-based work in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and Albania. Produced as part of the project “Western Balkans Initiative on Tackling Informal Employment on Online Platforms,” with financial support from the…
CREDI has been selected by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina to develop the “Roadmap for Employment of Foreign Workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” This project, funded by IOM-BiH and closely implemented with the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, aims to address the growing demand for foreign labour…
The Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI) is proud to announce its collaboration with the UDA Consulting and World Bank on a pivotal project addressing the transition of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s energy sector. The project comes at a crucial time as Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) faces the challenge of decarbonizing its coal-dependent…
The Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI) participated in the transnational workshop as part of the JUSTMIG project titled “ Sustainable and Socially Just Transnational Sectorial Labour Markets for Temporary Migrants” (Grant No. 101126535). The workshop was held on November 26, 2024, in a hybrid format, bringing together representatives of social partners and…
On October 23, 2024, CREDI successfully hosted an online workshop focused on skills foresight in the agri-food sector as part of the SMARTLABOR project. This exclusive event brought together experts to discuss the future skill needs of the agri-food workforce, particularly in the context of the Western Balkans region. The agri-food sector is experiencing significant…
The report presenting the results of comprehensive research on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tax environment and private sector satisfaction when interacting and using tax administration services has been published, as part of the USAID Fiscal Reform Activity in BiH (FRA). FRA is a five-year USAID-funded Activity working with the ministries of finance and tax administrations in…
CREDI is happy to report successful completion of another project, titled “Data Collection for UNICEF’s Strategic Positioning for Country Programme Evaluations”. As a lead partner, CREDI supported UNICEF’s evaluations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia. This initiative, conducted in partnership with Statistics and More e.U (SAM) and the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical…
