Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

From May until July 2017, the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs (MLEVSA) and the National Employment Service (NES) organised four regional meetings attended by 166 representatives of 70 local self-government units (LSGU), branches and NES Head offices, other institutions and social partners. The meetings were organised in order to exchange experiences between LSGUs and local employment councils (LEC) on the process of realization of local employment action plans (LEAP), as well as to receive information about potential issues and obstacles faced by the LSGUs which could be overcome with the preparation of the National Employment Action Plan for 2018. Furthermore, the purpose of the meetings was to define necessary support for the local self-government units and local employment councils in order to improve the process of preparation of LEAPs and functioning of LECs.

At the meetings, the representatives of LSGUs and LECs presented the current situation and challenges encountered on the local labour market, as well as examples of good practices within the realisation of LEAPs. The representatives of the MLEVSA and NES informed the participants about the newly developed aspects of the employment policy and the implementation of the active employment policy in 2016 and 2017. The results of the “Assessment of the field, scope and effects of LEAPs in the period 2010 – 2016” were also presented, as well as activities from projects “Youth Employment Promotion” implemented by GIZ and “Support for the Implementation of Employment and Social Policy Reform Programme in the Republic of Serbia with a Focus on Employment Policy and Increasing Youth Employability” implemented by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit with the financial support of the Swiss  Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) within the “From Education to Employability” programme.

The meetings were organised with the financial and expert support of the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit (SIPRU), Technical Assistance project within the IPA 2012 programme cycle (IPA 2012 TA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH through the German Development Cooperation.