In every tent an entire family with small kids mostly. Tents in thick layer of mud on rainy days and even thicker layer of dust and dried dirt on sunny days cover area of once small tourist village Idomeni on the North of Greece bordering to Macedonia.

Almost half of all refugees and migrants are in the north region of Greece. The main problem in most of the camps is lack of infrastructure and space for setting up/constructing appropriate shelter. Hence the rub halls sprout in many camps (erected by MSF, UNHCR, IRC) in order to improve conditions, especially hygiene and provide urgent assistance and medical care.

First session of the dialogue within the initiative for a sustainable growth and employment, was organized by the German organization for international cooperation GIZ and German development bank KfW in cooperation with the Serbian Government and relevant Ministries.

Ms. Milic from Pirot, talked about her experience in start-up business and the support for employment she received from Help . Jasmina’s six-member family, started growing flowers in greenhouses.

The aim of the first session of the dialogue of the German-Serbian initiative for a sustainable growth and employment is exchange of ideas and experiences in order to establish favourable conditions for a quality economic growth and employment, broadening cooperation between German and Serbian companies and improving support to the private sector development.