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Creation of new employment opportunities in South Serbia

Raising the educational level and strengthening the competences of poor and marginalized populations improves their position in the labour market. Focusing on long-term solutions, the income-generation activities have proven to be one of the best suitable tools to enable the vulnerable population to sustain an acceptable standard of living based on their own resources.

  • Duration: June 2013 – December 2014
  • Donor: Caritas Luxembourg, Bujanovac, Vranje
  • Budget: 185.000,00 EUR
  • Region: Republic of Serbia – the Municipality of Bujanovac, the City of Vranje
  • Target group: Unemployed, youth, single parents, disabled, Roma

Objectives

The overall objective of the program is creation of new employment opportunities in the South Serbia.

The specific objective of the intervention is to support 62 beneficiaries from disadvantaged backgrounds in creation of micro and small enterprises in the Municipality of Bujanovac and the City of Vranje.

Description

The project is to support the development and promotion of employment and self-employment as a tool for inclusion of the targeted groups into the active labour force of the country.

Raising the educational level and strengthening the competences of poor and marginalized populations will improve their position in the labour market. Focusing on long-term solutions the income-generation activities have proven to be one of the best suitable tools to enable the vulnerable population to sustain an acceptable standard of living based on their own resources.

Results

  • Established and supported 65 businesses
  • All 65 supported beneficiaries performed the community service within the two months
  • Supported beneficiaries have improved related knowledge and skills attending business and vocational training sessions
  • Improved economic and social position of the supported beneficiaries
  • Reduced unemployment and poverty within the target group

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