Labour and Employment Agency of BiH and Croatian Employment Service sign a Memorandum of Cooperation



Directors of the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH and the Croatian Employment Service, Ivan Barbalić and Ante Lončar, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on 22 September 2025 in Sarajevo.  The Memorandum is aimed at establishing long-term cooperation in the fields such as the exchange of labour market information sharing good practice in providing services and designing labour market measures, support for the unemployed with special focus on hard-to-employ and vulnerable groups in the labour market, as well as the exchange of information, knowledge and experience on labour migration. 

The signing ceremony and the working meeting which followed were attended by Ljiljana Jurak, Assistant Minister of Civil Affairs of BiH, Helena Lončar, Director of the FBiH Employment Service, Damjan Škipina, Director of the RS Employment Service, and Tamara Duvnjak-Mitrović, Director of the Employment Service of BD BiH.

The signed Memorandum is a cornerstone for further cooperation that will take place through the exchange of experience, knowledge, and resources, ultimately leading to institutional capacity building of the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH, and, indirectly, of all other stakeholders in the labour market of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ivan Barbalić, Director of the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH, thanked the Croatian counterparts for sharing the information and experience, and emphasised that Croatia's experience was an asset Bosnia and Herzegovina should make use of on its European path.

Ante Lončar, Director of the Croatian Employment Service, expressed gratitude for the hospitality and interest shown by the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH in the work and experiences of the Croatian Employment Service, highlighting that Croatia's experiences were especially valuable regarding applying for EU funds, developing labour market measures and policies, and labour migration. He also stated that the Croatian Employment Service would be happy to share its knowledge and experience with all stakeholders in the labour market of BiH.