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Positive employment trend in Serbia first time in six years
Belgrade,
29 November 2007
State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development Vladimir Ilic stated today that for the first time in six years Serbia finally has a positive employment trend, that is, a reduction in the unemployment rate, which will in the next five years be halved.
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Fonet
At the presentation of the project themed “Let’s Work Together to Find Jobs” held at the Sava Centre, Ilic said that once the transition and privatisation processes end, Serbia will have a completely different view of employment.
He said that the project is being implemented with the assistance of the European Reconstruction Agency and aims to help find jobs for certain groups of the unemployed, primarily the young, who participate with 50% in the total unemployment rate in Serbia, as well as persons who were unemployed for a long time and the disabled.
Ilic said that following a detailed labour market analysis and based on the demands of employers in Banat and Belgrade, a total of 1,500 unemployed persons will be elected for a training programme, after which at least 450 of them will get jobs.
Results of a research, conducted with that aim at 1,250 companies in Belgrade and three Banat districts show that the demand for work is the highest in the sectors of real estate, finance, consulting, IT, civil engineering and traffic, he said.
On the other had, traditional services sectors, such as education, utilities and health show a tendency to stagnate, whereas agriculture, mining and energy record a drop in the employment rate, explained Ilic.
He also stressed that small and medium-sized enterprises have the greatest employment potential and the Serbian government will help them the most.
The 2008 budget envisages RSD 3 billion for active employment measures, which is by 20% more than this year and twice as much as in 2006, said Ilic.
According to Director of the National Employment Service Tamara Samardzic, this institution is undergoing a reform process whose aim is to turn it into a modern service capable of meeting new demands.
What we need is a quality labour market analysis and it is also necessary to work on the education of employers so that they could be ready to plan their needs, said Samardzic.
He said that the project is being implemented with the assistance of the European Reconstruction Agency and aims to help find jobs for certain groups of the unemployed, primarily the young, who participate with 50% in the total unemployment rate in Serbia, as well as persons who were unemployed for a long time and the disabled.
Ilic said that following a detailed labour market analysis and based on the demands of employers in Banat and Belgrade, a total of 1,500 unemployed persons will be elected for a training programme, after which at least 450 of them will get jobs.
Results of a research, conducted with that aim at 1,250 companies in Belgrade and three Banat districts show that the demand for work is the highest in the sectors of real estate, finance, consulting, IT, civil engineering and traffic, he said.
On the other had, traditional services sectors, such as education, utilities and health show a tendency to stagnate, whereas agriculture, mining and energy record a drop in the employment rate, explained Ilic.
He also stressed that small and medium-sized enterprises have the greatest employment potential and the Serbian government will help them the most.
The 2008 budget envisages RSD 3 billion for active employment measures, which is by 20% more than this year and twice as much as in 2006, said Ilic.
According to Director of the National Employment Service Tamara Samardzic, this institution is undergoing a reform process whose aim is to turn it into a modern service capable of meeting new demands.
What we need is a quality labour market analysis and it is also necessary to work on the education of employers so that they could be ready to plan their needs, said Samardzic.
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