New business

New business

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We have recently won and started two new projects.

  • Republic of Serbia – Further Integration of Forecasting, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Design and Implementation of Active Labour market Policies and Adjustment of National Classification of Occupations to ISCO 08 standards (EuropeAid/131428/C/SER/RS)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina – Institutional Capacity Development of Three Innovation Centers and the Research Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EuopeAid/129575/C/SER/BA)

The first one, Further Integration of Forecasting, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Design and Implementation of Active Labour market Policies and Adjustment of National Classification of Occupations to ISCO 08 standards (EuropeAid/131428/C/SER/RS), was launched on 5th September 2012.  This project in its three components addresses: forecasting labour market needs and evaluation of active labour market measures, assistance to preparation of the National Employment Action Plans for 2014 and 2015, and adjustment of the national classification of occupations to ISCO 08. The project office was formed in the premises of the National Employment Service. The project is expected to last for 24 months and end in September 2014. The main project beneficiaries are the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy and the National Employment Service of the Republic of Serbia. The overall objective of the project is to improve the impact of Serbian employment policy.

The second project, Institutional Capacity Development of Three Innovation Centers and the Research Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EuopeAid/129575/C/SER/BA), started in October 2012. This project has three major components: to strengthen the innovation system in BiH through support to and development of three innovation centers, to further assist and strengthen the capabilities of the MOCA and the entity ministries to design and implement support measures assisting universities, public research organizations and business to undertake research and innovation projects, and to support the execution of the action plan of the STI Statistics Manual for BiH in order to ensure that BiH provides the minimum set of statistics required by Eurostat/OECD by 2015. The overall objective of the project is to improve the competitiveness and productivity of the scientific community and economic impact of BiH to be able to participate more actively in the European research area and to be more involved in international scientific cooperation through the FP, COST and EUREKA programmes.