The workshop on informal employment organised by the Employment and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP) project of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)  in Skopje on 14 April 2019 is the last in the series of national workshops tackling this topic in the Western Balkans. It will provide policy-makers, employer and employees’ organizations, economic experts, researchers and other actors with an opportunity to learn more about the results of an expert analysis of the informal economy and employment, as well as the recommendations for tackling informality from a holistic perspective.

The existence of informal economy and informal employment has been identified by the European Commission and other international and local agencies as a major barrier to enabling economic prosperity in Republic of North Macedonia.