Sanja Paunovic, M.Sc

„PROMOTION OF RIGHTS AND REPRESENTATION OF WORKERS IN INFORMAL ECONOMY“

ITUC/PERC – FNV Project

SAVEZ SAMOSTALNIH SINDIKATA SRBIJE

CONFEDERATION OF AUTONOMOUS TRADE

UNIONS OF SERBIA

NATIONAL ACTION PLAN for the period July 2008-July 2009

INFORMAL ECONOMY IN SERBIA – BASIC INFORMATION

It is estimated that about 600.000 people, or every fourth employee, working in informal economy in Serbia.

The informal economy is present in construction, trade, tourism and catering, handcraft and service sector, and more in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Serbia does not differ significantly from other countries, however, concerns a very high participation of persons with completed higher education (around 26,4%) in the gray economy.

In the gray economy of Serbia in the year do trade worth more than 4 billion euros, or about 30% of the total annual turnover of goods and services.

The measurement of the “Living Standard Measurement Study” of 2007 confirms a 35 percent share of informal employment (in 2002 - 30%).

in the informal economy, more employment is unqualified and unskilled workers,

53% of informal workers had primary education, 39% - had secondary education and 8% - were university graduates.

The informality rate of young people increased from 41% in 2002 to 50% in 2007.

Informality is strongly determined by the level of education of young workers: nearly 95% of all young workers with primary education are informally employed, compared to 40% of workers with secondary education and 16.3% of young workers with higher education.

INFORMAL ECONOMY IN EUROPE- Shadow Economy in % of GNP

According to the EBRD, average size of the informal economy for South East Europe is done more than 36 per cent of GNP,

The average size of the West-European (26) OECD-Countries of the informal economy is 18% (Austria 10%, Netherlands 13%, Portugal 22,6%, Spain 22,6%...),

The average size of the informal economy in European Union is 14 per cent of GNP.

START ! – Start application NATIONAL ACTION PLAN

in Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia-CATUS

10/09/2008 – Presidency of the Council CATUS is adopted National action plan for Srbiju for 2008/2009;

In early October – representatives of Metalworker trade union and Labour inspection visited 21 company in Kragujevac, Nis, Subotica and Belgrade in order to check the labor contract and control the implementation of standards of security and protection at work;

Youth Section of CATUS involved in activities 07/10/2008 – World Day of Decent Work,

Youth Section of CATUS in several cities in Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad, the interior) share the leaflet “Stop undeclared work” and explain the citizens the basic rights on the work, and opportunities to exercise or protection it;   

"Black in White "

7 October 2008” DECENT WORK”

Four components: Employment Rights Protection Social dialogue

STOP UNDECLARED WORK

" Black in White "

- 15 October 2008 – a meeting was held on the activities of the Project

ITUC/PERC – FNV, in Belgrade

The meeting was attended by: Professor Krjasto Petkov, Mentor of Project, Mr. Jasmin Redžepović, then Head of the Office of ITUC/PERC for South Eastern Europe in Sarajevo, CATUS i UGS Nezavisnost, coordinator of Project for Confederation of Autonomous TU of Montenegro. The aim of the meeting was to exchange information about activities, presentation of National reports for Serbia and Montenegro and the Action Plan for Serbia.

Under the auspices of Swiss Labour Assistance

(SLA), which is Women’s Section of CATUS approved

and funded project “Trade union and social dialog in Serbia”, on 20 november 2008 in Vranje held the

Round Table ”Participation of the women in the

informal economy”.

Women’s Section of CATUS

involved in activities

Women’s Section

VRANJECOUNCIL OF CONFEDERATION OF

AUTONOMOUS TRADE UNIONS - VRANJE

President Mira Dimitrijević

Research was conducted about the informal economy in Pčinjski okrug - Vranje, which is done by the research team of Council of CATUS - Pčinjski okrug, Vranje.Are printed the Leaflet, posters and brochure for the purpose of

further education in the Women’s Sections and beyond.

SMEDEREVO – City without informal work

CONFEDERATION OF AUTONOMOUS TRADE UNIONS

The city of SMEDEREVO

President Stanimir Trailović

- 06 March 2009 Women’s Section – CATUS and UGS, in a

joint action “The 8th meeting March ” surveyed in the

Republic Square citizens, what the know about informal economy and share the leaflet with instructions on how to fight against the informal economy

Preparing for the activities in 2009/2010

We print the brochure “Siva ekonomija/Hidden economy”;

Leaflet “Stop radu na crno” with the Survey on the hidden economy;

Leaflet with the basic terms of informal economy and Questionnaire “What you know about the gray economy”.

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