Youth Employment Fund

Republic of SerbiaMinistry of Labour, Employment, Veteran

and Social AffairsAssistant Minister, Mrs Ljiljana Dzuver

Skopje, 16 April 2015

Labour Market in Serbia

LMI (15-64) IV Q 2014. LMI (15–24) IV Q 2014

Activity rate 61.2% Activity rate 27.2%

Employment rate 50.4% Employment rate 15.8%

Unemployment rate 17.6% Unemployment rate 41.9%

Inactivity rate 38.8% Inactivity rate 72.8%

• May 2009 – May 2012• Implementing Agencies: IOM, ILO, UNICEF, UNDP • National implementing partners: Ministry of Economy and Regional

Development, Ministry of Youth and Sport, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, NES, RSO, Commissariat for refugees, social partners

• Funding: 8.043.000 US$ - Spanish MDG Fund and GoS• Beneficiaries: Disadvantaged youth in 52 municipalities (5 regions)

The Joint Program “Support to the national efforts in promotion of youth

employment and management of migration”

Aim: to improve the overall socio-economic position of youth, with special focus on increasing their participation in the labour market, activation (primarily the disadvantaged youth), development of migration policy and management of youth migration, with the overall goal of sustainable human capital development.

3 main levels of intervention:◦ Policy level◦ Institutional level◦ Programme level

The Joint Program “Support to the national efforts in promotion of youth employment

and management of migration”

• Aim: to increase the employability of youth through their participation in active labour market measures package

• Financial support in training, employment or self-employment for 3000 unemployed youth

• Total Budget – 3,8 million US$ (state budget contribution 1,9 million US$)

Youth Employment Fund

• Target group – unemployed youth (15-30) with low level of qualifications registered as unemployed with NES – min. 3 months

• Priority – PWDs, Roma, returnees, IDPs, beneficiaries of social welfare and services of centres for social work

Youth Employment Fund

• Active labour market measures– Training – institution-based training and on-the-job

training– Employment – work training programme, work trial

programme, employment subsidy programme– Self-employment subsidy

– NES role – tailor made approach in the process of counselling and selection of the unemployed and employers for the participation in the ALMM

Youth Employment Fund

2.837 disadvantaged youth trained and employed through YEF (15-30 years old, with low level of education).

• Training 1.866• Employment subsidy programs 635• Self-employment subsidy 181

• Roma – 15%, PWD – 6%, Social welfare beneficiaries – 8%

Youth Employment Fund - Results

Lessons learned:• Strong ownership and support by the national partners

of crucial importance• Necessity to establish strong links between planning,

statistical database, development and intervention/measures• Good targeting, piloting new measures• Innovative programme design

Youth Employment Fund

• First Chance program

• Professional Practice program

• Practice work for non-qualified

• Youth Employment package

Youth employment programs in Serbia

Participation of youth in ALMPsALMM in 2014

Youth up to 30

Total Women

AJS1 19.416 9.908

AJS2 567 409

Job clubs 2.372 1.464

Job fairs 17.849 9.021

Training for entrepreneurs 3.032 1.377

Professional practice programme 29 17

LM training 540 232

Training for specific employer 1 0

Functional primary education for adults 682 310

Self-employment subsidies 167 77

Job creation subsidies 23 12

Public works 462 177

Wage subsidies for PWD without work experience 41 10

Support measures for PWD 3 2

T O T A L 45.184 23.016

Thank you!

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