Support to Local Employment Partnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The EU and other donors have invested significant funds in building the capacities of local stakeholders so that they can effectively address a wide range of local labour market needs. Now these capacities need to be put to use in an intervention that adopts a local economic development approach through supporting Local Employment Partnerships (LEPs). Partnerships can be an effective mechanism through which the relevance of local active labour market measures can be enhanced. This requires establishing a permanent dialogue among regional and local employment offices, education institutions (formal and non-formal), employers, trade unions, chambers of commerce, regional development agencies, regional and local governments, and civil society organizations, and provide all stakeholders with the abilities needed to jointly devise and implement strategies and plans in line with the needs of the economy. The overall objective of the Action is to contribute to the strategic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s labour market. The specific objective is to foster sustainable, partnership-driven active labour market frameworks at the local level for an increased access to formal employment, particularly in flood-affected areas. The Action will be implemented in order to: • Assess and strengthen the capacity of LEPs • Ensure ensure that LEPs are deeply involved in the implementation and creation of human resource/employment and integrated development strategies. The Action will both, support local employment development initiatives as well build the institutional development of the implementing LEPs, so that they can act as the main drivers of the shift from a traditional, partially successful, model for defining and implementing active labour market policies and measures towards a flexible, local needs-based partnership-driven model. Key target groups are LEPs members, including local labour market stakeholders from public, private and civil society sectors (existing LEPs, unemployed, employed, business owners, regional and local PES, employer organisations, trade unions, chambers of commerce, regional development agencies, non-governmental organisations, formal and non-formal education providers, regional and local governments) in selected municipalities/towns. Final beneficiaries will be the the unemployed.

Project symbol

BIH/15/01/EUR

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Budapest

Start date

01/02/2016

End date

30/04/2019

Total allocation

4141093

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

4141093

Development Partners

Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Country/Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Economic, social and environmental transitions for full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all