Bosnia and Herzegovina Provision of Private Employment Services

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The project aims to support disadvantaged jobseekers (long-term unemployed and low skilled women and youth) as well as newly unemployed jobeekers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 pandemic, and jobseeking program participants with employment services provided by a private agency. Employment services to be provided will include a menu that will be customized based on needs of beneficiaries. The menu will include counseling, job search assistance, and assistance with job placement. A private employment agency will work with the project beneficiaries to be selected from among applicants who will apply to a call for program participation. Eligible beneficiaries will have to be registered jobseekers satisfying the required eligibility criteria. The agency will work with the beneficiaries for a period of 6-12 months, including monitoring after job matching or placement.All the activities on boosting the active labor market programs (ALMPs) and employment services are aligned with the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period FY16-FY20 (Report No. 99616-BA of November 14, 2015). Jobs is a principal theme that is covered under two of the three pillars of the CPF. Reforming the labor market, improving labor market flexibility and social protection, and decreasing the cost of labor are the top priorities of the CPF and the central goal under the pillar for 'Creating Conditions for Accelerated Private Sector Growth'. At the same time, reducing the size of the public sector while ensuring fiscal sustainability and improving public sector service delivery, is one of the main goals under the pillar for 'Increasing Public Sector Efficiency and Effectiveness'. The proposed activities will complement those efforts and contribute towards achieving the objectives of the CPF. Currently, the Governments of BiH have multiple priorities with significant fiscal constraints, but these objectives remain relevant according to the Performance and Learning Review (PLR) of the CPF (Report No. 130043-BA of December 28,2018). The strong alignment with the CPF and the governments’ priorities, as well as the significant externalities to other countries in the Western Balkans, calls for the World Bank partnership with donors to mobilize financing to leverage the World Bank expertise in the subject area.

FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

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