Western Balkans

On 22–23 October 2026, the ETF held a regional workshop in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the EU co-funded project Empowering Transport Workers in Central and Eastern Europe (UNIONDRIVE). Around 35 trade union representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia took part in the two-day programme, which combined exchanges on the situation in the aviation sector with practical training on trade union mobilisation, collective bargaining and European labour legislation.

Transport Community's Social Forum adopted its rules of procedure, and the ETF is now permanently invited to their meetings. A most welcome step forward as the Social Forum is a tool for increased engagement with transport unions in the Western Balkans.