1. Vukica Jelić, State Secretary of MLSW
Labour Market Reform of the Western Balkans and Turkey – more and better jobs for inclusive growth and prosperity
Improving skills and promoting an inclusive labor market
Budva, October 2018
Vukica Jelić, State Secretary of MLSW
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

2. Accelerated investment in qualified workforce development
Smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth, the basis for all strategic documents of Montenegro
Accelerated investment in qualified workforce development
~ imperative ~
- Training every person to develop economy-needed skills, to get a job, start a business or become entrepreneurs
- Empowering of all individuals, of all age groups, to continue the development of their skills in order to advance their careers and create new opportunities
- Incite interest in science, technology and other skills to provide a for lifelong development basis
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

3. Labour Market Indicators of Montenegro
ARS 2nd quarter Activity rate Employment rate Unemployment rate Activity rate Employment rate Unemployment rate Mladi Activity rate Employment rate Unemployment rate
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

4. Labour Market Indicators of Montenegro
- Administrative data: Number of employed ( ) Number of unemployed ( ) OSRM ( ) - Market recovery Economy growth GDP 4.9 Realisation of the Action Plan for Employment, around EUR 30 mil available in 2018
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

5. Montenegro develops mechanisms to improve employability and realises measures for matching supply and demand in continuity
Development of Active Labour Market Measures (ALMM)
EUR 30 mil available in 2018
Programs to increase employability, to acquire knowledge, skills and competences,
Practice with employers,
Incentives to move from unemployment to the world of work,
Support for the development of agriculture and remaining in the countryside. Since 2004 around unemployed persons used some of the ALMM programs
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

6. Self-employment since 1999 .... Credit support for MSEs
- Development of entrepreneurship
Self-employment since Credit support for MSEs
EUR 45 mil ( from to EUR) around small business used this measures
Favorable credit support for SMEs (IRF) EUR 153 mill (2017), 140 mill (2018) - Development of the adult education system and lifelong learning
National qualifications framework, adult education providers, curricula, education programs, standards, teaching staff training, licensing - Development of support services for employment of persons with disabilities and professional rehabilitation
EUR 12m for incentives for employment, earnings subsidies, training, assistive measures and other professional rehabilitation measures in 2017 and 2018
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

7. Acknowledgment to Montenegro in Brussels
ETF, 2016
"Good practices in entrepreneurial society, the importance of local skills"
Of the 55 projects from 19 countries, Montenegro, Kazakhstan and Georgia have been awarded
- Local partnerships and skills development were presented:
Employers
Local government
Adult education provider
Unemployed
Result: New employments, development of quality services in tourism, higher incomes of employers, growth and development of the local environment, smart territory.
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

8. Acknowledgment to Montenegro in Brussels
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

9. Acknowledgment to Montenegro in Brussels
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

10. Despite the results, we are facing
CHALLENGES:
- Low rates of activity and employment - Still high unemployment - Structural disparity between supply and demand - Insufficient participation of young people and women in the market - High share of seasonal employment on the market - Long-term unemployment - The increase of graduate students - Regional differences still reflected - Poor mobility - A large number of unemployed people who find it harder to employ - Insufficient participation of vulnerable groups in the market - Relatively high participation of foreign labor - Lack of knowledge and economy-needed skills
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

11. Structural Reforms Labour legislation (11 key laws)
Legal framework in education (8 key laws)
Social Welfare and Child Care System Reform - improvement of social inclusion
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

12. Expectations from the Reform:
- Stvaranje uslova za cjeloživotno sticanje znanja i vještina potrebnih tržištu
- Creating conditions for the lifelong acquisition of knowledge and market-required skills - Creating conditions for verifying all forms of learning and acquiring knowledge, skills and competencies - Improving entrepreneurial knowledge and skills - Easier transition, from school to work, from unemployment to employment, from one job to another - Flexible labor market, changing the philosophy of a safe workplace into a secure employability - flexicurity - Prevent early market abandonment - Development of services to support the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the labor market, equal opportunities for all - Securing dignified work - Reducing informal work - Health protection at work - Creating the conditions for knowledge and skills to increase the competitiveness of the Montenegrin economy - Encouraging the mobility of workers, protecting our citizens, working abroad, - Regulation of the system of recognition of professional qualifications for migrant workers
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

13. Montenegro – the learning society TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- Increasing capacities for technological innovation and technological development of Montenegro
Infrastructure development
Human resources development
- Strengthening the instruments of networking and cooperation of actors in the innovation
Academic
Scientific
The economic sector
- Strengthening the potential for innovation in the economic sector
Connecting with the region and the international community
Developing the innovative potential of SMEs
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro

14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! vukica.jelic@mrs.gov.me
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Montenegro