Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy in Serbia

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Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy
in Serbia

• MINISTRY OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY

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Strategic Development Framework of MLESP
(adopted sector strategies)

• National Employment Strategy 2005-2010
• Social Welfare Development Strategy

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Strategic Development Framework of MLESP (
sector strategies in preparation )

• Strategy for the development of Serbias pension
  system
• National strategy for improving the position of
  persons with disabilities
• National strategy to combat violence
• Strategy for increasing the productivity and
  competitiveness of the Serbian economy

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National Employment StrategyPRIORITIES NES ?
PRS

• Drawing up efficient programs for employing
  redundant labor created as a result of the
  privatization of socially-owned companies and the
  restructuring of public enterprises (emphasis on
  active instead of passive measures).
• Creating programs for the employment of
  especially affected and sensitive groups,
  including the long-term unemployed, the young,
  the unskilled, elderly persons, persons with
  disabilities, Roma, refugees and internally
  displaced persons.
• Forming regional and local employment councils
  focusing on devising efficient local development
  and employment strategies based on an analysis of
  the risks and potentials, especially in the least
  developed areas.
• Continuation of the reform of the National
  Employment Service, especially for the purpose of
  applying an approach that it fully oriented
  towards the users, and which includes cooperation
  with employers, efficient active search for
  employment with the help of a unified information
  system, as well as the establishment of a
  monitoring and evaluation system.

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National Employment StrategyKey implementation
points NES ? PRS

• Assisting the unemployed in their search for a
  job and the prevention of long-term unemployment.
• Including unemployed persons in programs for the
  active search for jobs.
• Including unemployed persons in programs of
  additional education and training.
• Including unemployed persons in self-employment
  and new employment programs.
• Organizing public works.
• Increase in the work offer and support to active
  aging.
• Support to the equality of the genders as
  regards employment and earnings.
• Fighting discrimination against especially
  affected groups.
• Reducing differences among regional labor markets.

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National Employment Strategy EXPECTED RESULTS
NES ? PRS

• A stable and sustainable employment growth trend
  established by the end of 2010, with the reached
  employment rate of 67.
• Full contribution offered to an increase in the
  economys productivity and competitiveness by the
  end of 2008.
• In accordance with the dynamics set by the
  Governments documents, resolved has been the
  issue of redundant labor in the process of
  rationalization, restructuring and preparation
  for the privatization of companies, public
  enterprises and institutions.

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Strategy for the Development of Social Welfare
PRIORITIES SDSW ? PRS

• Developing a new policy and legislative activity
• Decentralization of the social welfare system
• Ensuring more efficient material services in
  social welfare
• Ensuring quality services in social welfare
• Strengthening the professional capacities of
  persons employed in social welfare

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Strategy for the Development of Social Welfare
Key implementation points SDSW ? PRS

• The coordinated implementation of SDSW,
  especially the parts referring to poverty
  reduction
• Better directing of social transfers.
• Ensuring access to the social welfare system by
  all vulnerable groups of citizens.
• Realization of the project for protected and
  social housing.
• Creating mechanisms that are to stimulate the
  local authorities to develop alternative social
  welfare services.
• Developing control mechanisms which are to
  provide a high standard of the quality of social
  welfare services and further decentralization.
• Linking various sectors at the central and local
  level (employment, education, health care, social
  policy) so as to ensure an integrated approach of
  the social policy with emphasis on active social
  policy measures.

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Strategy for the Development of Social Welfare
EXPECTED RESULTS SDSW ? PRS

• Ensured existential minimum and a redefined
  poverty line in accordance with the reached level
  of economic development.
• Developed employment programs for able-bodied
  material support beneficiaries.
• Established more efficient system of material
  support.
• Harmonized regulations pertaining to material
  support in the fields of social welfare and child
  welfare, and the strengthened and unified
  existing services.
• Unified records of material support created.
• Better position of especially sensitive groups of
  the population.

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