Transition to work with focus on IPA

intervention to support youth employment

and skill development

Edina Desic, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare

Youth Unemployment – a Global Challenge

ILO statistics:

more than 73 million young people in the

world are in search of employment

37 % of overall unemployment are young

people aged 15-24

The youth unemployment rate in EU in

2015 was 20.3%.

Montenegrin Labour Market

Indicators

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

UR 15+ UR 15-

24

MONSTAT- Labor

Force Survey IIQ 2016

Montenegrin Labour Market

Indicators

16.4

16.6

16.8

17

17.2

17.4

17.6

17.8

18

18.2

18.4

18.6

RU RU -

youth

under

25

MEA Statistics - 30 June

2016

Montenegrin Labour Market

Indicators

0 10 20 30 40

LFS

MEA

17.5

17.23

35.5

18.5

youth unemployment

overall unemployment

Montenegrin Labour Market

Indicators MEA statistics:

the unemployed that have completed

some form of tertiary education

constitute 24,79% of overall registered

unemployment

in the first half of 2016, 14.14% fewer

vacancies registered than in the same

period in 2015

Programme, strategic and legislative

framework

Montenegro Economic Reform Programme 2016-2018: a more intense and sustainable economic growth along with job creation

National Strategy for Employment and Human Resource Development 2016-2020: creating the optimal conditions for employment growth and human resources developmment in Montenegro

Programme, strategic and legislative

framework

Increasing flexibility in the labour market: drafting the new Labour Law and Employment Law

Youth Law – governing the measures and activities undertaken by the Government of Montenegro and local self-government in order to improve the social position of youth and to create conditions for fulfilling the needs of youth in all their fields of interest

Youth Strategy 2017-2021 along with the Action Plan for 2017: a formal framework has been set for the systematic improvement of the position of youth in Montenegro and competences of the authorities dealing with youth policy have been determined, along with long-term objectives and activities, as well as the financial, administrative and other measures for their achievement

Informal Labour

National Human Development Report –

informal labour: from a challenge to a

solution

22,4

10,3

32,7

66

34

Informal

Employmen

t

Active Employment Policy Measures

Measures are implemented through education and training programmes, public work, promoting entrepreneurship, as well as through mediation in the recruiting process – the participation of youth in the project is significant

Stop the Grey Economy programme

Career Orientation and Labour Market in Elementary Schools and High Schools programme

The Youth are Our Potential, Let’s Give Them a Chance programme

Survey – transition from school to

work

Population aged 15-29

Montenegro – a country with highly educated youth

Only a quarter of youth are employed (25.2%)

Youth unemployment rate is high - 41,3%

As the most important barrier in the way of finding a job, most unemployed young people cite lack of vacancies (73.3% of respondents).

Survey –Transition from School to

Work

44.8

37.7

65.2

36.4

48.2

32

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

UR: M-F urban/rural PE-TE

Survey –Transition from School to

Work The duration of transition depends on the

level of education

10,9

TE

23,2

SE

61

PE

Support to Youth

Program of Professional Training of Persons with Acquired Higher Education

Investment and Development Fund:

The programme of loaning to university graduates

The programme of loaning to youth in business

Partnership Framework of the Government of Montenegro and the World Bank for the period of 2016-2020

The Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance - IPA

Thank you!