Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan

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Ministry of Labour and Pension System
REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
YOUTH GUARANTEE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
April 2014.
Ulica grada Vukovara 78, 10000 Zagreb
Outline for the national Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans (YGIP)
The Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans should set out how the Youth Guarantee will be implemented at national level, the respective roles of public
authorities and other organisations, how it will be financed, the measures to be put in place, how progress will be assessed and the timetable. The Youth
Guarantee Implementation Plans should be guided by the Youth Guarantee building blocks1 as identified in the Council Recommendation. The Commission's
Staff Working Document (SWD)2 can serve as a handbook, giving detailed and useful guidance on possible policy measures in the different sections below.
1. Context/Rationale (see SWD section 1.2 and 1.5) (approx.: 1,250 words = 2,5 pages)
According to the last census held in spring of 2011, Croatia had 739.461 young people aged 15-29 years (17.3% of the population), of which 505.835 young
people aged 15-24 years (11.8% of the population). Size of the group of young people will be greatly reduced through the next decade, given that the census
showed only 652.428 children aged 0-14 years. The youth unemployment rate in Croatia was high even during the prosperous years of the last decade, and
the recent crisis and rising unemployment affected youth even more. The youth unemployment rate as measured by the Labour Force Survey grew in just
four years from 21.9% in 2008th to 43.0% in 2012th. The youth unemployment rate is steadily even 3.2 times higher than the unemployment rate in the 2564 age groups, indicating a comparatively disadvantaged position of young people. Consequently, according to survey of incomes the risk of poverty for
young people in the 18-24 age groups accounted for 21.8% during 2011, which is higher than the 17.8% of the central workforce sector (25-54 age groups).
There are considerable regional differences in youth unemployment ratio (registered unemployed divided by census-based population size) which varied
across counties from 6,7% to 21,0% in 2013 (15-24). This difference has much to do with large differences between counties in general registered
unemployment rates (from 9,5% to 34,7% in 2013), but apart from that, relative share of youth among the unemployed varies considerably, indicating
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Building up partnership-based approaches; Early intervention and activation; Supportive measures for labour market integration; Use of Union funds; Assessment and
continuous improvement of schemes; Implementation of Youth Guarantee schemes.
Commission Staff Working Document (SWD) Accompanying the Proposal for a Council Recommendation on Establishing a Youth Guarantee {COM(2012) 729 final},
available in 22 EU languages: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1036&newsId=1731&furtherNews=yes.
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needs for targeted interventions in different counties (most critical being eastern and middle parts of Croatia with Vukovar-Srijem county and SisakMoslavina county, followed by Split-Dalmatia county). Youth aged 15-24 account for between 16% and 25% of the unemployed, and youth aged 15-29 make
up between 29% and 39% of all unemployed. Employment rate of 15-25 age groups was also significantly decreased between 2008 and 2012: from 27.1 %
to 16.9 %. But inactivity due to participation in education is a desirable outcome for this age group, so proportion of youth who are not in education,
training or employment is much more relevant (NEET status). In Croatia during 2008 and 2009 situation was briefly more favourable than the European
average, when about one tenth of youth belonged to NEET group. However, in 2012 one sixth (about 16,7%) of youth was in NEET status, which is
significantly above the European average. While survey sources reveal that NEET population is predominantly unemployed (youth employment ratio in 2012
was 14,6%, and 2,1% of youth were inactive NEETs), there is no systematic effort of tracking or outreach toward this group - data gathered by schools and
the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport are not systematic and there is no drop-out follow-up done by the schools. Also, these data are difficult to
compare with data gathered by Croatian Employment Service (CES) and Central Registry of Affiliates (REGOS) which represents a significant issue and needs
to be further developed to timely identify NEET youth. The existing support to NEETs which are not registered as unemployed is scarce and is conducted by
different OCS - the group varies from youngsters with behavioural and social problems to youngsters facing addiction to substances, but data on these
groups only comes from programmes and projects on local level and is not systematically gathered. This is why starting point for relevant measures for
unemployed NEETs would be the moment of their registration with CES, and for marginalised subgroups which are to be further studied this starting point
will be determined according to their need for support.
Roma national minority accounts for 0,6% of all youth in Croatia according to Census 2011, but were estimated to comprise 1,9% of registered unemployed
youth in December 2013 (1344), and accounted for only 0,1% (66) youth transitions to employment in open LM throughout 2013. This indicates severe
difficulties in their LM integration, in line with several prior studies. Poor school performance and later, early school leaving are also highly represented in
this group, as identified in the National Strategy for Integration of Roma 2013-20203. To tackle this problem, pre-school programmes are developed to
better prepare Roma children for compulsory primary education. During primary education, these children are given extra classes of Croatian language and
special support. Those who decide to transition into secondary education are given scholarships and/or free accommodation in student dormitories, and
scholarships for higher education. For those who left education early, special courses are available for finishing primary education. However, all of
mentioned needs further improvement, as is underlined in the aforementioned strategy, and the biggest problem is social exclusion and prejudice. Roma
facing difficulties are most commonly social security beneficiaries and are in fact registered with Social Security Centres or with CES, so different actions
would be appropriate for their LM integration. Roma national minority is already supported by a special ALMP package4 which allows their subsidised
employment or financed trainings from the moment they enter CES register. Also, additional measures were elaborated in 2013 which allow for Roma to
finish primary education, as underlined by the strategy.
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http://www.ured-ravnopravnost.hr/site/images/pdf/64.-16.pdf
http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=11729
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Another great issue are youth with disabilities who are especially vulnerable: they comprised 2% of registered unemployed youth aged 15-24 (Dec 2013 1414), but accounted for only 0,9% of youth transitions into employment in 2013 (424) and those who are unemployed are mostly low skilled or have skills
that are not in line with the LM needs. Though they are provided by the state to continue their education at higher levels by providing scholarships and even
free studying, to support their education, especially secondary and tertiary education, personal and technical assistance is imperative and structured
support needs to be provided. Also, quality vocational rehabilitation was not fully developed or supported enough. This is why steps were taken in 2013 by
introducing a new Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities Act5 to provide structured support to their LM integration by
opening vocational rehabilitation centres and, for now, introducing obligatory scaled quota to all employers. Support to development of vocational
rehabilitation is envisaged through OP ESF 2014 – 2020. Measures for LM integration are provided through ALMPs, through package “Included”6.
When viewing general registered unemployment and trends from 2008 to 2012, number of youngsters under the age of 29 increased by 58% (from 68.053
to 107.506), which is more intense than the 38% for the general unemployed population. The share of youth in total unemployment increased from 28.7%
in the 2008 to 33.1% in the 2012 (from 16.8% to 19.1% for the 15-24 age group). Flows of unemployment and employment show that a total of 48.1% of
entries in unemployment occurred by the youth. According to the educational structure the number of unemployed youth with secondary vocational
education increased by 59% for three years and 62% for four years programme. The average number of unemployed youth with a certificate of higher
education (professional studies and university bachelors, graduate or integrated university studies) has risen slightly less, but in relative terms of
unemployment growth, this group was hit the worst: 162% (professional and bachelors) and 178 % (other university degrees). Growth in the number of
unemployed youth without finished high school or with a general high school education was very low (5% and 7%). Many of these young people are
characterized by lack of experience which is most pronounced in the 15-19 age group (82% of have no work experience), and in the 20-24 age group (40%
have no previous work experience). Among youth aged 25-29 this phenomenon is significantly less common, but still 22% of them had no prior work
experience. According to duration of unemployment, in 2009 to 2012 period 26-28% of unemployed youth were unemployed for more than a year. During
2012, on average 32% were unemployed for less than three months, 47% more than six months and 26% for more than a year. The crisis has undoubtedly
increased the number of entries into unemployment, but the trend of increase slowed during 2012, and youth entries into unemployment declined slightly
in 2013. On the other hand, in the 2011 and 2012 there was a visibly increasing number of youth going into employment and other business activities
(84.293 in 2012), which surpasses even the number of pre-crisis years. In 2013, youth transitions both to employment and other business activities have
increased to 102.526, in part due to early adoption of youth guarantee activities (ALMP youth employment package “Young and creative”7). Part of young
people leave the register by checking out for personal reasons, not replying to CES within 2 months or violating other legal causes, after which they
generally remain in NEET status. The number of such cases has increased in the years of crisis, together with the growing number of unemployed youth, but
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http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2013_12_157_3292.html
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decreased by roughly 10% in 2012 despite further increase in the number of unemployed. This shows that targeted access and content provided by CES will
lead to further reduction of these figures.
As for employment stability, the share of unemployed youth (15-29) finding job with a permanent contract has declined from 18,9% in 2008 to 5,7% in
2013, but this is a general feature of Croatian LM, as such a decline was evident for older unemployed persons as well (down from 16,6% to 5,6%). However,
temporary employment is considerably more prevalent among the youth: 35.4% of employees aged 15-29 in 2012 were in temporary employment,
compared to 12.8% of all employees. As well, temporary employment seems to be growing among the youth, up from 29.0% in 2010. Inflow of young
people from employment into unemployment register has increased since start of the crisis, but was rather stable in 2009-2013 period, oscillating between
80-88 thousand entries per year (about 11-12% of the total number of youth aged 15-29, according to the last census). Together with trend of increased
outflow of youth into employment, these data suggest an increased turnover of young people through unemployment and increased incidence of nonstandard employment among the youth.
Longitudinal inquire about the dynamics of the employment of youth registered with CES in 2011 and 2012, based on 321.105 initiated episodes of
unemployment for 15-29 age group indicates the actual dynamics of employment of new entrants. Youth registered with CES in that period found a job
within the first month of registering in 7.9% of cases, 29.4% within four months and 40.8% within six months. After this, probability to find a job visibly slows
down with each following month, so that 61.3% found work within a year and 76.7% within two years of being registered. The biggest differences in the
dynamics of employment (within 4 months of registration) is evident with regard to the achieved level of education – higher the level of education, better
the dynamics (18,7 % for youth without high school education to 43,5% for youth with master's degree or higher level of university education). Accordingly,
the share of long-term unemployment among young people is steadily decreasing with the rising level of education - an average of 34% of long-term
unemployed youth was without a high school education, 28 % with a three-year vocational education and only 13 % of highly educated youth. These
differences are significantly more pronounced with regard to youth without work experience with especially unfavourable dynamics of finding work for
those with lower education (only 1/5 of them find a job within 1 year of registering), so young people without higher education and without work
experience are faced with the biggest obstacles in finding a first job. Bearing in mind these dynamics, it is possible to estimate the size of the population
which exceeds the four-month unemployment threshold - it is a population that annually has more than 113.000 young persons (69.084 for persons under
the age of 25 and 43.959 for those aged between 25 and 29 years). Despite more favourable dynamics of employment of youth with work experience, in
almost 72.000 cases per year these persons would also exceed the criteria given by the guarantee. When it comes to the level of education, by far the most
numerous are youth with secondary vocational education (40.000 persons from three year programmes and 35.000 from four-year programmes), followed
by youth without secondary education (nearly 13.000). One of the greatest challenges Croatia was addressing through IPA program, and is also addressing
through ESF, is modernisation of VET curriculum, which are mostly outdated and don’t address labour market needs. As this is a structural problem which
won’t be addressed for the next ten years, it is expected that most of the 4-year and higher education graduates will continue coming out of the educational
system without adequate modern skills and knowledge which, according to employers’ representatives perspective, cannot be addressed through
internship, apprenticeship or on-the-job-training. There is no systematic monitoring and comparable statistics, however, several studies have suggested that
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only 59% of total students enrolled in HEIs in Croatia successfully complete their studies, while 41% of students drop out of studies (STEM and ICT fields in
particular), mostly in the early stages of study. Even among the youth with higher education, which are in general more employable, about 8.400 youth with
a certificate of a bachelor of professional studies, and 11.400 people with a certificate of the second degree of university studies would be subject to a need
for intervention.
This underlines some very significant issues and thus points to the intervention needs – apart from a need for general economic recovery which would allow
for faster LM inclusion, there is an imperative for a different approach in education (modernizing approaches and curricula, as well as qualifications
standards based on learning outcomes, especially in vocational education, in line with LM needs, giving more hands on experience and strengthening
entrepreneurial skills), bringing vocational and career guidance and employers closer to schools and intervening in earliest possible stages of education,
providing individualized support to those most in need to stay in education. There is a need to create a systematic approach to follow-up on youth school
drop-outs as well as the checkout from CES register in order to prevent falling into NEET status which can be converted into long-term unemployment. The
approach will tackle youth according to specific needs of an individual. Seeing that most of services for youth in education are provided by schools and by
CES afterwards, it is imperative to build capacity for quality work with youth and strengthen cooperation between the educational and employment sectors
based on partnership approach. CES has a long tradition of providing informing and vocational counselling services for pupils in basic and secondary school,
as well as organizing career days. But these are done only couple of times in a young person’s life and there is a need to expand and establish life long career
guidance system in Croatia – to provide a systematic guidance which will enable youth to connect with relevant stakeholders including local employers, and
to gain career management skills as well as comprehensive approach which will enable them to make proper decisions at different professional stage.
Counselling has to be expanded to the schools so as to provide true guidance and support. Also, there is a great need for all LM stakeholders to establish
true and committed cooperation and start improving/building developed apprenticeship and traineeship schemes.
Youth Guarantee and available funds will bring added value by enabling Croatia to strongly commit to the changes it needs to make by providing support to
build capacity, and thus be able to provide youth with quality education, life-long learning, support and skills they need to be able to function independently
in the LM.
2. Implementing the Youth Guarantee Scheme at national level
2.1 Formulation of the national Youth Guarantee (see YG CR, rec. 1; SWD section 1.3) (approx.: 250 words = 0,5 pages)
Croatia is in the process of building capacity and clearing the path for introduction of the Youth Guarantee by combating existing high long-term youth
unemployment, for activation of which funds are planned through the ESF. Once the LM starts to recover, together with the introduction of planned
reforms in education, it will be possible to oblige by the Recommendation for all youth aged 15 up to 30.
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At this time, the declining LM situation with a limited number of employers does not offer much place for traineeships, on-the-job trainings and
apprenticeships. Also, many employers struggle financially thus making them un-eligible for receiving subsidies under the General Block Exemption
Regulation. All of these are current road-blocks in providing a quality offer for every young person. According to the current macroeconomic developments
shown in the 2014 National Reforms Programme and the employment projections done for the medium-term macroeconomic scenario, negative trends in
the LM are expected to stagnate during 2014, with employment rate staying at 54,7%, the same rate as in 2013, but the overall employment rate growth is
expected to rise to 55,8% in 2015, then to 57,0% in 2016 and 58,2% in 2017. According to the same projections, the coverage rate of youth from 15 up to 30
(who were employed, who continued with their education, were involved in work-place learning or internships within 4 months of registration with CES),
was at 39,2% in 2013. This percentage is projected to grow during 2014 to 41,0%, to 47,0% in 2015, to 50% in 2016 and then to 55% in 2017.
The full roll-out of the Croatian Youth Guarantee is expected in 2017 and will guarantee that “Every young person under 25 and person under 30 will be
given a quality offer of a job, a traineeship, on-the-job training, apprenticeship or a continuation of education within 4 months of becoming
unemployed."
Support and preparatory period
In cooperation with youth representatives, as well as social partners, with the beginning of 2013 ALMP measures were aligned to focus on beneficiaries and
“Young and Creative” package was created, adding firstly 11 new measures and better suiting them to the needs of individual and current LM situation. This
package now (2014) counts 23 measures under employment and self-employment subsidies, training and specialization subsidies, occupational training,
public works with emphases on added value (new social services in community, support to CSOs, green jobs, EU projects support, etc.) and job preservation.
Measures were very well accepted and will be evaluated during 2014. Also, according to the HoPES recommendations CES started planning on further
developing, focusing and strengthening their activities directed at youth and building capacity. This is why during 2013 new organisation with specialization
of counselling services commenced – youth employment counsellors started to work firstly in Zagreb and specialized Centres for Youth Employment started
with work in some CES branch offices, lifelong learning counsellors started with training and couple of Career Guidance Centres (CISOK8) started with work.
Also, further development of services aimed at strengthening cooperation with schools and employers commenced. Number of CES services and capacity
building is planned through ESF OP 2007-2013 and specialized services for youth are planned for development through ESF OP 2014-2020. Most of capacity
building is envisaged for 2014 and 2015, and during 2016 it should be possible for CES to offer a high quality support to young job-seekers.
Early intervention and activation measures
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http://www.cisok.hr/
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The entire system of social support is being programmed at this time to better facilitate needs of youth at the risk of poverty by devising a detection
system (transitional facility will be used to support set up of this during 2015 and 2016) and expansion of the network of social services in the community
with an emphasis on youth with behavioural difficulties and those without proper parental care. Additional facilitation is needed to provide support to CSOs
by fostering development of projects and programmes of NGOs directed at youth and promoting voluntary activities as a mean for attaining work
experience for unemployed youth, which will be done in 2014 as a part of ALMP – “Start up your community”9. CES services will be focused on provision and
further development of quality vocational and career guidance, which CES has a long history of providing by using an individual approach to career choice to
all who express need. But emphases must be put on providing guidance at earlier stages of primary school (as early as 5 th grade, instead of 7th or 8th) and
interlocking it tightly with the current LM needs, for which special measures are planned to be gradually implemented during the next two years with a full
roll-out planned for 2016. The starting point for registered unemployed persons will be the date of registration with CES and an offer time within 4
months. Starting point for unregistered NEETs will be re-defined later on, as this group needs to be studied to better understand its structure. For the shortterm period (2014-2015), until the setup of envisaged NEET tracking, this starting point will be the registration with social services or expression of interest
to take part in specialized programmes done by CSOs or other service providers (SSCs) then reported to the Ministry of Labour and Pension System as the
coordinating body, after which an assessment of status must be done – for those who are LM ready, they will be referred to CES (after which 4 month
period starts) and for those in need of special support, the 4 months will start as soon as they are deemed LM ready by the relevant service providers. Those
who are in need of supportive measures will be covered by SSCs, special schemes in CES (like job-club support), various CSO schemes (soft-skills building and
other specialized support schemes) or even professional rehabilitation which is being developed in line with new ordinances of the new Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities Act. Professional rehabilitation will be developed during 2015 and 2016 and is programmed in
OP ESF 2014-2020.
Quality job offer
For those employers who are willing to hire a young person, a couple of schemes are envisaged. There are, off course, ALMP employment subsidies10 given
in accordance with GBER, which by ensuring implementation of its regulations and follow up done by CES most of the time stand for quality offer. Upon
2014 evaluation of all ALMPs we will have the first quality results on these measures and we can expect good feedback which can be translated into further
improvement of these subsidies. Other possibility for attracting employers to hire an inexperienced young person is available through Contributions Act11
(Official Gazette, Nr. 84/08, 152/08, 94/09, 18/11, 22/12, 144/12, 148/13), which states that an employer hiring a person for the first time (by work contract
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ALMP – Start up your community: http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=14326
ALMP – employment subsidy schemes: http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=11697
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or traineeship under Labour Law) is exempted from paying contributions for health and safety at work for a period of one year. Another possibility for
employers hiring a young person who has no more than 12 month of work experience in their respective occupation or a person who is unemployed for
more than two years is available by employment benefits as per article 3 of the Employment promotion Act12 (Official Gazette, Nr. 57/12, 120/12). This
way, an employer is entitled to a tax relief of the contributions paid upon the base of salary (17,2% for health and safety at work) for a period of two years,
but must keep a person in employment for the third year. Implementation of this tax relief is done by Croatian Pension Institute. A quality job offer in midst
of economic recession is in fact the hardest offer to implement, as it strongly depends on economic growth and improvement of LM situation. This is why
the quality job offer at this time can be offered to a limited number of youth and it can be expected to be offered to bigger number of individuals no earlier
than 2016.
This is why a big number of activities are focused on self-employment of youth, where we can see a growing interest. A robust support system started to be
developed during 2013 and is ongoing – CES (ALMP “Your initiative – your workplace”13) in cooperation with business incubators and number of agencies
and banks (HAMAG, HABOR), MEC with its “Business Impulse” 201414 and cooperation with SEECEL in development of entrepreneurial spirit in youth by
integrating entrepreneurship in school curricula. Evaluation and follow up on beneficiaries will provide us with information on how to best assist them in
their own job creation. CES can provide an offer within 4 months, but the “Business Impulse” is carried out as a yearly grant so it cannot fit the 4 month
indicator, but can fit the increase in number of employed youth indicator.
Quality apprenticeships and traineeships
A strong emphasis has been put on youth starting with 2012 and the adoption of Employment Promotion Act, which for the first time allowed employers in
the private sector to take on youth in a form of traineeship called “Occupational training without commencing employment”. This institute was previously
available for a narrow population of youth – only those who had no registered work experience whatsoever and were obligated by their respective
occupations or by the workplace to pass some form of professional exam to work independently in their profession/in that workplace. This previous
institute was regulated by article 41 of the Labour Law15 (Official Gazette, Nr. 149/09, 61/11, 82/12, 73/13) which stated that only employers from the
public and government sector were allowed to conclude a contract on occupational training with an unemployed young person with an obligation to secure
a mentor and their pension insurance, with no mandatory remuneration for the intern, but with all other non-material benefits that derive from regular
work contract or collective agreement (i.e. daily, weekly and annual leave and other). Their health and safety at work benefits were covered by the state as
per Contributions Act. It could last for maximum of 12 months and the employer had no obligation to resume contract with this person. Employment
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http://www.zakon.hr/z/528/Zakon-o-poticanju-zapo%C5%A1ljavanja
ALMP – „Your initiative – your workplace“: http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=11746
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http://www.minpo.hr/default.aspx?id=544
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http://www.zakon.hr/z/307/Zakon-o-radu
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Promotion Act now states that every person, with no regard to their age and with less than 12 months of experience in their respective occupation can take
part under this scheme, but using ALM measures16. This way, an employer, who can now be from private sector, is reimbursed costs for obligatory
contributions (pension and health insurance and safety at work for those with previous work experience). A young person is compensated with 1.600,00 KN
(about 210 EUR) in the amount of non-taxable scholarship and transportation costs to promote inter-city mobility. Contracts are signed (1) between CES and
the employer on payments and obligations towards trainee, (2) between CES and the trainee on compensations and travel costs and (3) between employer
and trainee, regulating their mutual relations. This kind of internship scheme can last as long as it is required by rules of a respective profession – usually for
12 month, but not more than 36 months (which is only possible for specific crafts to gain access to master’s exam, after which a young person is highly
employable), but it can now be done for a 12 month period just for the sake of gaining first work experience. Employers in private sector must insure hiring
of at least 50% of youth they trained, and if they don’t oblige by that rule, they can’t take on another trainee under this scheme for the following year.
Accompanying measure (Work after occupational training17) was developed for all employers who are willing to hire a person aged 15 up to 30 trained
under this scheme (work contract) to level out the odds for those young people trained in public and government sector where there is no obligation to
resume contract. This traineeship was frowned upon at first, but the results of this past 3 years (2011 - when it was under Labour Law, 2012 and 2013) show
promising results, as over 50% of those covered by this scheme found employment within a year of their training. Trend in 2013 occurred, that employer
started creating jobs for youth that they found very motivated and good workers.
As a conclusion, including this scheme, Croatian legislation acknowledges these work-based learning schemes:
- Apprenticeship, exclusively as a part of secondary vocational education, as described by the Craft Act18 (Official Gazette, Nr. 143/13) and further
explained under 2.4.;
- Internship as per article 37 of the Labour Law (Official Gazette, Nr. 149/09, 61/11, 82/12, 73/13) is conducted exclusively in the occupation in which
a person was educated, a person is trained for independent work and a work contract is concluded (it can be a fix-term contract) and it cannot last
more than one year (i.e. nurses but also other schemes used mainly by medium and large companies in Croatia);
- Traineeship as per article 41 of the Labour Law (Official Gazette, Nr. 149/09, 61/11, 82/12, 73/13) as described previously and
- Traineeship as per article 6 of the Employment promotion Act19 (Official Gazette, Nr. 57/12, 120/12), using ALMP measures as described
previously.
Development of additional training schemes and forms of work-based learning are envisaged through YGIP measures in close cooperation of social
partners, chamber organisations and youth representatives, as well as through National Youth Programme 20014-2017 which is currently in the process of
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ALMP - Occupational training without commencing employment: http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=11760
ALMP - Work after occupational training: http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=11749
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http://www.zakon.hr/z/528/Zakon-o-poticanju-zapo%C5%A1ljavanja
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public discussion20. 2014 is being used as a preparatory period for agreement on these schemes and development of grants that will test the quality and
asses effectiveness of these measures. There is also a need for development of shorter-term measures aimed at inclusion and more soft-skills based (onthe-job trainings) to better suite individuals who are further away from the LM, like persons with disabilities or Roma, also to show skills to an employer
with a possibility of hiring them. As these schemes primarily depend on employers, it is also envisaged to support them by their own associations and
representatives in their community, which will start in late 2014 and during 2015. Schemes will be primarily advertised and offered by CES and for those
done in schools (apprenticeships), special support will be developed in cooperation with schools and local employers, for which a strong need for quality
mentorships exists. These mentorships also need to be tested to find best principle for their implementation within national policies and they will be tested
under the same scheme as additional training schemes. The testing period and support should last from 2014-2016, and full roll-out can be planned for
2017, as we cannot expect a stronger economic recovery before that period, which would then allow for all NEET youth to be offered participation in these
schemes.
Continuation of (quality) education
To fully implement the Guarantee, Croatia needs to take further steps, especially in the education system. One of the planned reforms is the extension of an
integrated general compulsory education from eight to nine years, while retaining the duration of secondary education, which means prolonging the total
length of the pre-tertiary education, which will be gradually implemented until 2020. Need for prolongation of general compulsory education has been
identified in the Draft Strategy of Education, Science and Technology (SEST21) which will be adopted in the first quarter of 2014, as one of direct responses
to increasingly declining results Croatian students have shown in recent PISA studies. This prolongation is to help students improve their key competences
thus allowing increased vertical mobility in education system as well as improved access to higher education. A comprehensive VET curricular reform aimed
at allowing flexibility towards LM needs will be further developed and financed under the OP ESF 2014-2020 within the aforementioned strategy. The
reformed curricula will enable students to participate directly in the LM without any need for additional training and job induction. Furthermore, as part of
curricular reform, measures to prevent early school leaving and to increase student’s achievements will be developed as a kind of a bridge by providing
students to better prepare for higher education and by offering means for those in higher education to stay in education. These would be short-term
measures that will go parallel to curricular reform, which is slowly being implemented since CARDS and IPA. The CARDS 2002 Vocational Education and
Training: Modernisation and Institution Building and CARDS 2003 VET Upgrading of VET schools were finalised in December 2006 and December 2007
respectively. The CARDS IVET projects initiated an important process of VET reforms in Croatia, which is recently continued. Within the project IPA -
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Draft Strategy of Education, Science and Technology: http://www.vlada.hr/hr/dodatno/javna_rasprava_strategija_obrazovanja_znanosti_i_tehnologije
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Strengthening institutional framework for the development of the VET occupational standards/qualifications & curricula 14 Sector Profiles have been
developed as well as the information and management tools for qualification planning. The new project within the ESF funds would continue what has been
started within the project IPA and the newly developed methodology would be further developed according to the results of the external evaluation of the
26 curricula that have been developed according to it. After that the next set of new vocational curricula would be developed in their respective sectors or
according to the market-need analysis (starting in 2015). Furthermore, the programmes need to develop the entrepreneurial skills within the students so
that young people would be able to start their own business. The importance of entrepreneurial skills has been recognized in the Croatian qualification
framework where it has been developed as cross-curricular theme. Additional efforts are already being done with the SEECEL project since the
entrepreneurial skill is something what a young person must have upon finishing their education and entering the labour market.
Croatian qualifications framework (CROQF) is set up as key educational reform instrument which will regulate the system of qualifications in Republic of
Croatia, as well as improve the educational programmes through their harmonization with LM needs. Through this process, qualifications will become more
comparable and easier to understand for employers, educational establishments, workers and learners, thus increasing the chance for NEET persons to
mobilize towards further education or employment. The Act on CROQF which came into force in March 2013, also prescribes the adoption of two key
Ordinances: The Ordinance on CROQF Register and the Ordinance on recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning, which are planned
for adoption in 2014. Ordinance on CROQF Register is a precondition for development of CROQF Register which is planned to be developed by the end of
2015. Development of programmes for validation of non-formal and informal learning is envisaged under specific objective in OPESF 2014-2020, as it has
been recognised that employability will be increased when competences developed informally and non-formally are upgraded, validated and formally
certified. The CROQF as an instrument for quality assurance will be used in these terms. In addition, complementarity is assured with the Youth Guarantee
Implementation Plan that envisages grants (vouchers) to those who are unemployed and dropped out from education to be assessed through the
programmes for validation of non-formal and informal learning. Only after this will it be possible to create quality education programmes with an emphases
on adult education and quality second-chance programmes.
Reforms are envisaged through the Strategy in higher education as well – improvement of study programs and consistent implementation of the Bologna
reforms and redefining of the competences acquired, among other reforms, will be carried out from 2014 – 2020. Improved quality and relevance of study
programmes is expected to contribute to increased employability of learners, more particularly by revision and modernization of study programmes based
on qualifications standards and in line with respective occupation standards under the framework of the CROQF. One very important aspect is linked to
support to part-time students to finishing the study programmes and there needs to be a stronger link between employers and universities by encouraging
quality practice during higher education (between 2015 and 2018), which is a complex matter due to university autonomy and needs to be systematically
developed and tackled in further development of the Implementation Plan.
In the 2014-2016 periods, most of the second-chance programmes and trainings will be provided by CES but there is a scheme envisaged through OP ESF
2007-2013 directed at support to adult education. This scheme will complement the development of new training schemes for youth, but it is not possible
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to estimate how many youth would benefit from this scheme, for it is intended for development and strengthening of whole adult education sector. With all
said, it is clear that a wholesome intervention for youth by providing quality education and trainings to all would be possible no earlier than 2017.
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2.2 Partnership approaches (see YG CR, rec.2-7 and SWD section 3.1) (approx.: 500 words= 1 page)
Ministry of Labour and Pension System as a Youth Guarantee Coordinating Organisation formed a Council of Minister of Labour and Pension System for
development of Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan (YGIP Council), as a working body which brings together 17 different stakeholders, including
representatives of the social partners and relevant CSO organisations - Croatian Youth Network and Centre for Education, Counselling and Research with an
emphases on young women. YGIP Council worked intensively from September to December 2013 on the analysis of support to youth in the LM and in
identifying and developing measures that need to be established to implement the Youth Guarantee scheme. YGIP Council will continue to work after its
initial task finishes, as a monitoring and advisory body. YGIP Council will hold sessions on quarterly bases (at least 4 per year). MLPS will prepare Annual
Implementation Reports not later than February of the current year and an Annual Implementation Plan by the end of March of the current year.
To ensure the implementation of measures and reforms and have a high policy commitment in resolving the youth employment problems in Croatia an
Inter-ministerial Government Task Force for Monitoring the Implementation of Recommendations of the Council of the European Union on Establishing a
Youth Guarantee (YG Task Force22) was formed on February 14th 2014 (Official Gazette, Nr. 20/2014). The task force will be chaired by the Minister of
Labour and Pension System and the main task is to insure coordination of all government bodies responsible for the implementation of policies aimed at
facilitating the transition of young people from education or inactivity to the LM, which was rather sector-oriented until now. YG Task Force will hold
sessions according to current needs and in coordination with YGIP Council through two representatives – the youth guarantee coordinator and the president
of the Council.
Implementation of employment policies on the regional and local level is insured by established Local Partnerships for Employment which are being
transformed into Local Employment Development Initiatives (LEDIs23), which have the task of strengthening overall social dialogue and the task of
developing and implementing local employment promotion plans. Stakeholders are different in each LEDI, but most of them are partnered by local and
regional government, local or regional development agencies, branch offices of CES, Social Service Centres (SSC), regional offices of CCE, CCTC,
representatives of Croatian Employers Association and trade union representatives, local education institutions and training providers, and CSOs. The
coordination of each LEDI is done by one representative body which acts as technical secretariat. These LEDIs are still developing and being empowered, and
are going to play a role in implementing YG measures on the local level by developing Youth Employment Action Plans and implementing measures in line
with local/regional needs.
All information on YG measures will be available at CES, SSCs, Croatian Youth Network, CESI and in local and regional info-centres for youth which are
financed by MSPY and led by youth and for-youth CSOs. Also, one of the firs activities to be implemented is the development of an YG Internet portal which
will compile all relevant information, and for hard-to-reach groups, hiring and training of YG promoters is envisaged.
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http://www.hzz.hr/default.aspx?id=10080 and http://www.hzz.hr/dfc/default.aspx?id=114
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Coordination scheme:
MLPS
YG Task Force
Policy Coordination
Coordinating Organisation
ESF MA
YG Council
Monitoring and Advisory Body
YG IMPLEMENTATION
(National/Regional policies/measures)
Table 2.2: Key organisations that will support and deliver the Youth Guarantee scheme
Name of key
organisations
Ministry of
Labour and
Pension system
(MLPS)
Type
of
organisation
Public
Authority
Level
of
responsibility
National
Role in implementing the Youth Guarantee scheme
Ensuring the success of the partnerships
- Youth Guarantee Coordinating Organization
- ESF Managing Authority
- creates and monitors ALMP developed according to LM needs and
actively monitors LM conditions
- encourages and promotes cooperation of social partners
- establishes Forum for lifelong professional guidance and career
development in order to promote mutual learning activities at national,
regional and local level between all parties fighting youth unemployment
in order to improve design and delivery of future Youth Guarantee
schemes
- coordinates national policies for youth and further
implementation of YG through Inter-ministerial Government
Task Force for Implementation of the Youth Guarantee (YG
Task Force)
- Coordinates YG through Council of Minister of Labour and
Pension System for development of YGIP (YGIP Council)
- ensures quality of social dialogue through Economic and
Social Council
- participates in Council for Youth of the Government of the
Republic of Croatia
Ministry of Social
Policy and Youth
(MSPY)
Public
authority
National
- promotes the YG implementation among the target group (youth, youth
NGOs)
- includes the YG scheme in the current and future strategic documents
regarding youth
- discusses issues and disseminates information on the YG
implementation from the institutional meetings within the EU bodies
regarding youth (Youth Working Party of the Council, DG Youth
meetings, etc.)
- supports and prioritises capacity building of future young leaders and
civil society stakeholders in partner processes of creation,
implementation, monitoring an evaluation of policies directed to youth
- cooperates through YG Task Force and YGIP Council
- in charge of coordinating the work of the Council for Youth
of the Government of the Republic of Croatia where all the
major issues regarding youth are discussed
- follows the work of local youth advisory boards and
evaluates the implementation of the Law on Youth Advisory
Boards – the reports about their work contain
recommendations to the local level on matters to improve
and undertake to enhance the consultation on the local and
regional level
- coordinates the drafting and implementation of strategic
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Name of key
organisations
Type
of
organisation
Level
of
responsibility
Ministry of
Science,
Education and
Sports
(MSES)
Public
authority
National
Ministry of
entrepreneurship
and crafts
(MEC)
Public
authority
National
employment
- presents, discusses and promotes the YG to the wider public,
institutional coordinative bodies and various partners
documents for youth in Croatia and takes part in the cross
sectorial bodies involving youth
- follows and takes part in the institutional relations of Croatia
with the EU and CoE regarding youth; where youth issues
are the main topic
- coordinates the Structured Dialogue with Young People in
the EU
- National Coordinating Body for SEST
- Cooperates with MLPS and MRDEUF in implementation of
the CROQF
- Coordinates development of Strategy of Education, Science and
Technology (SEST)
- provides financial support for modernization of VET curricula related to
regional/local LM needs and regional/local comparative advantages
- provides financial support for VET school in order to promote and
provide lifelong learning programmes related to new LM needs and
home jobs opportunities for physical disability persons
- provides support for early professional information and orientation
programmes for pupils in 7th and 8th elementary school grades
- Provides targeted support in a form of newly developed programmes or
/and professional support (e.g. assistant in class for students with
disabilities)
- Subsidises transportation costs /textbook costs for students belonging
to socially/economically deprived groups
- provides financial support to low skilled vocational students in order to
enable their access to higher education
- coordinates development of national system for recognition and
validation of non-formal and informal learning in line with the principles
of CROQF
- Coordinates the implementation of the CROQF
- supports active measures to increase access to and reduce drop-out
rates from higher education
- Creating and implementing measures related to Small Businesses Act
for Europe, in particular those related to young population
entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning through:
- Investing in targeted programmes for entrepreneurial education in order
to raise quality formal, informal/lifelong learning and the creation of
enterprise-oriented social environment;
- Supporting creation of and promoting entrepreneurial climate in schools
and faculties;
- Strengthening entrepreneurial competences in general and especially
through activities promoting the development of pupils’ and pupils’
cooperatives and companies, acquiring of entrepreneurial competences
and application of knowledge and skills in the operations of training
firms;
- Supporting apprenticeship programmes for (deficit) craft occupations
according to provisions of Crafts Act (OG 143/13) that regulate
vocational education system for crafts.
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- multi-stakeholder approach aimed at joint implementation of
more demanding interventions
- coordination of partners and partnerships of key
organisations on national level through inter-ministerial
cooperation, Public Private Dialogue (PPD), Committees
Name of key
organisations
Ministry of
Economy
(ME)
Type
of
organisation
Public
authority
Level
of
responsibility
National
Ministry of
Agriculture
(MA)
Public
authority
National
Ministry of
Culture
(MCULT)
Public
authority
National
Ministry of
Finance
(MF)
Public
authority
National
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and EU Funds
(MRDEUF)
Public
authority
National
Ministry of
Tourism
(MT)
Public
authority
National
Government
Office for
Cooperation with
NGOs
(GOCNGO)
Public
Authority
National
- through implementation of Investment Promotion Act ensures that the
measures for employment and education of young people are met and
delivered;
- coordination and support, with other partner institutions, in the creation
and delivery of specific education and training activities for young
people
- through monitoring and analysis of LM create new measures and
policies for employment of young people
- Provides support for starting agriculture farm for the first time
- Provides new jobs for rural youth
- Provides agricultural education (not as regular education) and seminars
- Promotes involvement of young people in local development
- Issues Rural Development Programme and sets rules for
implementation, monitoring and evaluation in Ordinances, delegate
tasks to other partners (e.g. Paying agency for agriculture, fisheries and
rural development, local action groups…).
- Implements „Backpack /full/ of culture“
- Develops and promotes culture, cultural and artistic creativity, cultural
life and cultural activities;
- Provides financial, material and other conditions for performance and
development of cultural activities
- Insures financial support and planning
-
cooperates through YG Task Force and YGIP Council
-
-
cooperates through YG Task Force
- Plans and implements regional development policy and establishes an
integrated system for planning, programming, management and
financing of regional development
- Coordination of activities necessary to ensure effective coordination
with the units of local/ regional self-government and with other
stakeholders in drafting, organization and implementation of regional
development programmes and projects
- In charge of EU structural funds planning and programming
- In charge of Tourism Development Strategy 202024, development and
investments in tourism
-
-
-
-
coordinates the work of ministries, central state offices,
Croatian Government offices and state administrative
organizations, as well as administrative bodies at local
level in connection with monitoring and improving the
cooperation with the non-governmental, non-profit sector
-
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coordinates Government policy of cooperation with NGOs and other
civil society organisations
monitors the implementation of the National Strategy for the Creation
of an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development and
measures for sustainable financing y of projects of civil society
organizations from the state budget and other public funds, as well as
pre-accession and structural funds of EU
monitors employment of youth within programs and projects financed
http://www.mint.hr/UserDocsImages/130426-Strategija-turizam-2020.pdf
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Name of key
organisations
Type
of
organisation
Level
of
responsibility
-
Croatian
Employment
Service
(CES)
Croatian
Chamber
of Economy
(CCE)
Public
Authority
Independent
professional
and business
organisation
National/
regional
National/
regional
from State and EU budget that are implemented by CSOs. Monitoring
and data collecting is done through joint information system Potpora
plus.
monitors employment of youth within programs and projects financed
from State and EU budget that are implemented by CSOs. Monitoring
and data collecting is done through joint information system Potpora
plus.
- creates procedure of data exchange and services with social service for
mutual beneficiaries
- establishes and develops youth employment centres and youth
counsellors in all PES regional offices - involve social partners in
activities (preparation for employment and career planning, cooperating
with employers and other stakeholders on the local level which aim to
define and implement ALMP for youth, encourage young people for
self-employment, volunteering etc.)
- promotes youth job-clubs and provides knowledge and support in
establishment of job-clubs for youth to NGOs and other interest
organizations/LM stakeholders
- provides youth specific job—market trainings for labour-market
stakeholders, in cooperation with youth organizations
- Establishes Life long career guidance centres as a one stop shop for
informing and counselling for all, especially youth, which will enable
them to gain career management skills – based on local partnership
approach
- Develops LMIS - LM information system (put in place in July 2013.)
which combines information on employment and unemployment and
wage rates in Croatia. The system includes combination of data from
the relevant stakeholders and provides an overview of the LM at
national and county level. It will be accessible to every user who needs
support in the decision-making process of career choice.
- Organises tailor-made individual counselling and group sessions
especially for youth at risk (Behavioural disorders, health and learning
difficulties etc.) in partnership with NGOs and other organisations
- Encourages continuous development of LEDIs - Local Employment
Development Initiatives - with objective to foster employment growth in
Croatian counties through preparation and implementation of innovative
local employment development initiatives.
- Provides youth info days on current situation (employment
opportunities, demands,..) on county level
- Informs and attracts employers to participate and get involved into
implementation of YG measures.
- Collects and disseminates employers’ feedback to the relevant
institutions
- Provides workshops for employers on county level for vocational
education and training
- Provides info days on successful entrepreneurial stories and successful
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-
-
-
-
-
cooperates through YGIP Council
creates good cooperation with social partners, local
employers, local education and service providers and
youth NGOs by LEDIs and supports local stakeholders to
define, create, facilitate and implement local employment
and HRD policies (as defined in Human Resources
Development Strategies) in a partnership framework
Project partnerships between institutions, agencies,
NGO’s in order to improve data exchange and
cooperation for delivery of services directed to young
people
Active involvement at regional and nation committees and
working groups for youth issues (in Local partnerships for
employment especially in the part for youth employment,
Counsel for the National Youth Programme 2014-2017,
and other initiatives which are going to be created
cooperates with MLPS and CES on promotion of ALMMs
through Agreement of cooperation
contributes to the implementation of YG through County
Chambers which already have the experience and
capacities in implementation of the national measures
regarding employment policies.
contributes through connections with the employers,
especially professional associations on central and county
Name of key
organisations
Type
of
organisation
Level
of
responsibility
cooperation between other institutions and enterprises in vocational
training
- Provides workshops on self-employment and entrepreneurial skills and
knowledge.
Croatian
Chamber of
trades and crafts
(CCTC)
Croatian
Employers
Association
(CEA)
Union of
Autonomous
Trade Unions of
Croatia
(UATUC),
Worker`s Trade
Union
Association Of
Croatia
(WTUAC),
Independent
Trade Unions of
Croatia (NHS),
The Association
Of Croatian
Trade Unions
(MHS) and
others
South East
European
Centre for
Entrepreneurial
Learning
(SEECEL)
Croatian Youth
Network
(CYN)
-
level
Partnerships of key organisations can be coordinated on
national level through Committees, workshops and IT
platforms and also through direct cooperation on county
level.
cooperates with MLPS and CES on promotion of ALMMs
through Agreement of cooperation
Independent
professional
business
organization
of tradesmen
and
craftsmen
Non- profit
and
independent
employers'
association
Trade Unions
National/
regional
- Provides education of craftsmen and potential tradesmen through
lifelong education
- Organizes apprenticeships, licences craft workshops, promotes craft
occupations
-
National/
regional
- monitors and helps in developing in apprenticeship and traineeship
schemes
-
cooperates through Economic and Social Council
National
- Conveys voice of young people trough trade union youth section, which
are connected with educational institutions;
- Public encouragement for the idea of youth employment;
- Monitoring the implementation process;
- Informing young people in educational institutions and determining their
needs and interests;
- Emphasizing the positive features of YG
-
cooperate through YGIP Council
cooperate through Economic and Social Council
Independent
body under
the Croatian
national
legislation
(Public
Institution Act
of the
Republic of
Croatia)
NGO,
national
youth council
Regional
-
- cooperates through YGIP Council
- cooperates with MEC and ME
-
National alliance,
encompassing
over 60 member
-
review of implementing measures related to Small Businesses Act for
Europe, in particular for human resources (CH 1 and 8)
creating curriculum policies for implementation LLEL
creating learning outcomes for LLEL
creating entrepreneurial school (pilot project at 8 elementary, 4
high schools with general field of education and 4 non
economical colleges one of which has pedagogical orientation–
Training of trainers in each of the SEECEL member states)
development of a methodology and implementation of SMEs training
needs analysis
Conveys voice of young people as a representative platform of youth
NGOs;
Takes part in monitoring and evaluation processes and contributing to
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- cooperates through YGIP Council and Council for Youth of
the Government of the Republic of Croatia
Name of key
organisations
CESI
Centre for
education,
counselling and
research
Type
of
organisation
Feminist
NGO
Level
of
responsibility
organizations
from all parts of
the country
National
development of robust and transparent system of success indicators;
- Reaches out to NEET group members through national campaigns
utilizing youth-friendly approach;
- promoting multi-stakeholder approach, aimed at joint implementation of
more demanding interventions, focused on optimizing strengths and
neutralizing weaknesses of each stakeholder, complementing mutual
efforts;
- Capacity building for youth NGOs and other LM stakeholders.
- Empowers young women through existing workshops with CES –
“unemployed women training”;
- promotes equal labour opportunities and gender equality
- advisory role in all problems affecting women and gender
equality, which is to be given to all institutions involved in
YGIP
CONSULTATIONS OF PARTNERS:
4TH OF SEPTEMBER 2013, 1st MEETING, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM
ESTABLISHING OF COUNCIL; DECISION-MAKING, WORKING METHODS, ROLE OF THE COUNCIL IN YG IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM:
- Minister MM, MD. Ph.D. Mirando Mrsić
- Deputy Minister Tatjana Dalić
- Deputy Minister Dario Baron
- Others present: Sanja Major, Aleksandra Gavrilović, Filip Miličević, Gordana Dragičević, Lovrenka Brajković Bulat, Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Petar Strižak
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL POLICY AND YOUTH, Mr. Ante Martić
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, Mr. Tomislav Pokaz
MINISTRY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CRAFTS, Sanja Fišer
GOVERNMENT OFFICE FOR COOPERATION WITH NGOs, Vesna Lendić Kasalo
CROATIAN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, Mirjana Radišić
CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY, Gabrijela Karaica, Marin Marinović
CROATIAN CHEMBER OF TRADES AND CRAFTS, Mirela Franović
CROATIAN EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION, Milica Jovanović, Anny Brusić
UNION OF AUTONOMOUS TRADE UNIONS OF CROATIA, Darko Šeperić
CROATIAN INDEPENDENT UNIONS, Katarina Rumora
CROATIAN TRADE UNION ASSOCIATION, Vedran Sabljak
THE ASSOCIATION OF CROATIAN TRADE UNIONS, Mirna Matković i Lucija Barjašić Špiler
CROATIAN YOUTH NETWORK, Sven Janovski, Nikola Buković
CESI - Center for Education, Counselling and Research, Svjetlana Knežević
11th OF SEPTEMBER 2013, 2nd MEETING, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM
PLANNING MEASURES
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM: 6 members
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY: 1 member
MINISTRY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CRAFTS: 2 members
OFFICE FOR COOPERATION WITH NGOs: 1 member
CROATIAN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE: 2 members
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CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY: 2 members
CROATIAN CHEMBER OF TRADES AND CRAFTS: 2 members
CROATIAN EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION: 1 member
UNION OF AUTONOMOUS TRADE UNIONS OF CROATIA: 1 member
CROATIAN INDEPENDENT UNIONS: 1 member
THE ASSOCIATION OF CROATIAN TRADE UNIONS: 2 members
CROATIAN YOUTH NETWORK: 1 member
CESI - Center for Education, Counselling and Research: 1 member
4TH OF NOVEMBER 2013, 3rd MEETING, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM
PLANNING MEASURES
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL POLICY AND YOUTH: 1 member
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND SPORT: 1 member
MINISTRY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CRAFTS: 1 member
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE: 1 member
MINISTRY OF CULTURE: 1 member
GOVERNMENT OFFICE FOR COOPERATION WITH NGOs: 1 member
CROATIAN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE: 1 member
CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY: 1 member
CROATIAN CHEMBER OF TRADES AND CRAFTS: 3 members
THE ASSOCIATION OF CROATIAN TRADE UNIONS: 2 members
CROATIAN YOUTH NETWORK: 2 members
16th OF DECEMBER 2013, 4th MEETING, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM
ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE ESF AND YEI FUNDS
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND SPORT: 1 member
CROATIAN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE: 1 member
THE ASSOCIATION OF CROATIAN TRADE UNIONS: 1 member
20TH OF DECEMBER 2013, 5th MEETING, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND PENSION SYSTEM
YEI AND FOLLOW UP
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2.3 Early intervention and activation; (see YG CR, rec. 8-10 and SWD section 3.2) (approx.: 750 words= 1,5 pages)
Vulnerable groups in Croatia, apart from the governmental support given by Ministry of Social Policy and Youth are supported by a number of institutions:
SSCs, schools, local and regional authorities, CSOs, etc. Most of the financial support comes from the MSPY, but a substantial financial part resides with local
and regional authorities which struggle with providing steady support to programmes dealing with vulnerable groups. Given that Croatia is demographically
an “old country”, struggling with high unemployment and reflections of past war for independence, a substantial part of finances are routed towards
general social benefits, leaving little space for costly projects targeted at activation of vulnerable groups in the LM. As mentioned in the Rationale, this is yet
to be tackled by the expansion of the network of social services in the community done by MSPY for the next programming period (2014 – 2020) and
measures supporting these schemes will be developed with further development of the Implementation Plan in next couple of years. For now, this leaves
vulnerable groups in the hands of many CSOs which have to deal with lack of capacity and stable financing.
There are many CSOs doing admirable work and leading the way when it comes to activation: organizations for children and students with disabilities,
organizations for support to LM integration for persons with disabilities, substance abusers, homeless persons, children without proper parental care, etc.
But there is a general lack of centralised data giving overview on these programmes and their beneficiaries. This is why Croatian Youth Network, with the
support of Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs, has undertaken the task of creating a catalogue encompassing comprehensive overview of nonformal education programmes provided by CSOs, including those aimed at the aforementioned target groups. The catalogue is to be published during spring
2014.
To provide structure to supporting youth and especially youth facing multiple barriers - in Croatia, only by rough estimate and data collected by Social
Service Centres and schools, these youth would be children coming from socially disadvantaged background and from rural areas – we firstly have to
conduct an analysis of this group so that the funds and measures would be better targeted. Croatian Government has also prepared a Strategy for
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion which will provide proper overview of social excluded persons and ones at risk of poverty. This strategy is to be
adopted in the first half of 2014. This problem also implies a need to be able to compare data gathered by schools and MSES with data gathered by Social
Service Centres, CES and REGOS, to be able to detect youth in risk of poverty and unregistered NEETs.
At this point, considering there is no clear picture who unregistered NEETs are, there is a need to give support to CSOs and trial various approaches to test
out which ones work and why. This means that the only way to set the starting point and an outreach strategy for this category of youth is to provide a
possibility to current service providers to set their own strategies and then study their results with an aim to build policy based on evidence and real needs.
Working with youth and outreach
For this purpose, one of the first measures will be a development of a NEET tracking system, which will compile data collected by CES, MSES, by Central
Register of Affiliates and by Croatian Health Insurance Fund which can provide data on the type of insurance (unemployed persons being insured on bases
of their unemployment). Off course, other sources holding relevant information might be detected as this measure rolls out. This system will be quick
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response and a part of a bigger reform measure, the Human Resources Register, which will be set up as a big data base providing information on the
current status of every person – from the moment he enters education, through work years and until retirement giving a clear picture on an individual’s
path and thus making it possible to make precise conclusions on the connection between acquired knowledge and experience in relation to LM
achievements.
MSPY is in final stages of preparation of firs Croatian Law on youth. This law will define the notion of youth work in Croatia, strengthen the position of youth
NGOs on the umbrella, national and local level and enable them to play a more active part in early intervention and activation, determine sustainable and
continuous modes of financing organized youth sector through supporting their programs and projects and for the first time establish continuing
implementation of research on youth (i.e. “Youth in time of crisis”25, don in 2013 was one of the first ones to tackle this particular group) as an additional
instrument of monitoring efficiency of youth policy and as a basis for developing new ones in line with real needs of youth. As a strategic instrument, new
National Youth Programme 2014-2017 is in its final stages of development and it will determine sets of measures aimed at strengthening position of youth
in different fields (employment, education, leisure, entrepreneurship) on a national level. This Programme is also the first one to be developed in close
cooperation with youth representatives and will be evaluated in line with indicators set in the Programme. It is expected that these two documents will set
the framework for youth-based policy and strengthen overall position of youth in Croatia in the next four years.
Measures aimed at providing support to working with youth, as a direct link to these two reforms, will strengthen youth and for youth CSOs to work with
youth and develop various projects and programmes for support to their peers, with special emphases on hard to reach and vulnerable groups.
Strengthening info-centres for youth will provide youth with fast information on where to find support in line with ones needs. As a powerful support, a
nation-wide campaign will be launched and special Internet site developed (it is envisaged to launch a tender for design students to take part in developing
site and visual identity) to inform youth on all YG measures and to provide support to organizing quality job-fairs. Also, to provide more information for
youth entering the LM (on their labour rights and responsibilities that derive form the workplace, as a form of early intervening when it comes to combating
undeclared work), a set of special supportive measures done by social partners but also CSOs will be implemented.
For work with hard to reach groups and vulnerable groups, a grant scheme will be launched to test the best way to support these groups by innovative
approach to individual group/person and provide an answer on best policy for outreach and bringing youth closer to LM. As a special scheme, aimed at
pupils in secondary education with an emphasis on underdeveloped regions, as means to prevent dropping out and/or falling into NEET, Croatian Ministry of
Culture has already implemented a project called “Backpack/full/of culture”, which activates young people by enabling them to take part in workshops held
by artists. These workshops often activate both sides – pupils to activate within their own community and artists/creative people to become aware of their
strengths and capacities.
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Ilišin, V., Bouilett, D., Gvozdanović, A., Potočnik, D., 2013.: “Mladi u vremenu krize”, naklada Instituta za društvena istraživanja i Friedrich Ebert Stiffung, Zagreb
http://www.fes.hr/E-books/pdf/MLADI%20U%20VREMENU%20KRIZE.pdf
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As a special support, focused on CSOs, Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs provides support to developing programmes and projects as a part of
their regular work activities. Also, the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs will be collecting data on the number of youth employed within the
programs and projects financed from the State and EU budget that are implemented by CSOs. This will be done through the joint information system
“Potpora plus” (“Support plus”) which is being used by all government bodies that are rewarding and monitoring grants implemented by CSOs. Data is being
filled continuously within “Potpora plus” program which will allow the Office to extract needed information on projects focused on youth employment and
thus provide a good monitoring system.
Biggest vocational and career guidance reform is establishing a Forum for lifelong professional guidance and career development which will support
promotion of mutual learning activities at national, regional and local level and further development of efficient policies, measures and activities aimed at
development of top-quality vocational and career guidance. CES will continue with establishment of additional lifelong career guidance centres ('CISOK'),
which provide space and trained professionals to all stakeholders in creating and delivering support to unemployed youth, especially in career choice, in a
strictly individualized manner (small working groups or individual). Other measures which will support development of this important preventive area are
training of LLCG counsellors and youth employment counsellors to provide high-quality support, setting up of e-counselling system in vocational and
career guidance to have this kind of possibility available to all at all times (an on-line system of tests that provide one with a career choice by solving a
questioner – “My choice”/”Moj izbor” which will be further developed) and a special scheme provided to pupils in upper secondary vocational education as
a specially vulnerable group of youth by providing vocational and career guidance in schools with an aim to be able to cover all pupils in by Croatia 2017.
Measures aimed at staying in education are a combination of measures identified in draft Strategy of Science, Education and Technology, and can be
divided into two areas – one being measures aimed at providing support to pupils/students with disabilities and vulnerable groups to stay in education and
the other one being “bridging” measures targeting pupils with poor/low skills to stay in education or/and progress to higher levels of education.
Enhancing key competences in STEM and ICT fields for NEET persons who completed secondary education for enrolment in study programmes in STEM and
ICT fields is envisaged as a supportive measure to strengthen capacities of VET students to enrol and finish tertiary education by helping them to bridge a
gap created by inadequate education. In academic year 2011/2012 more than 19.000 students enrolled into study programmes in STEM and ICT fields. In
the next academic year, only 10.034 students managed to satisfy study programme criteria to move on to second year of their study. This means that 41% of
students did not succeed in passing exams in STEM and ICT courses on their first year. Notably, VET students are those who participate in this number with
highest rate. There is no free-of-charge additional preparation for persons who intend to enrol into study programmes in STEM and ICT combined with the
fact that large number of persons interested in enrolment into STEM and ICT study programmes do not have sufficient financial means to allow them
enhancing key competences in STEM and ICT fields. Given the fact that there exists a constant trend of decline in enrolment into study programmes in STEM
and ICT fields combined with growing decline of their results in STEM and ICT study courses on the first year, this activity would target those persons who
completed secondary VET and general education, before enrolling into tertiary education. In this way, the activity will ensure that those persons receive key
competences in STEM and ICT fields, giving them more access to tertiary education in STEM and ICT fields, prepare them with relevant learning outcomes in
STEM and ICT fields thus preventing drop-out on the first year, increasing completion rate, increasing their employability and acquirement of higher level of
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qualification. Activity will be implemented through MOOCs (Massive open online courses), where vouchers will be awarded to those persons interested in
enrolment into tertiary education in STEM and ICT fields. MSES plans to directly award vouchers for purchase of laptops, tablets etc., in amount of 200 € to
persons who completed secondary education but have not enrolled in to tertiary education. Since 19.000 students, on average, enrol into tertiary education
in STEM and ICT fields, this activity should particularly encompass those persons from vulnerable groups, with low success on State matura exam etc. It is
expected that 6000 persons per year should receive vouchers which amounts to 1.200.00€ per year. Activity will be implemented through period of 20152020, amounting to 7.200.000€ in six years of implementation.
Development and implementation of programmes for recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning (NFIL) are linked to the qualification
standards in the Register of CROQF. The system will be developed on the basis of CROCF Act, Ordinance on Register of CROQF and Ordinance on recognition
and validation of NFIL which are currently being developed by MSES. Given the fact that setting up of Sectorial Councils and development of the Register of
CROQF are preconditions for the implementation of CROQF as a reform instrument, this activity cannot be launched before 2016, when all respective
instruments for implementation of CROQF will be operational. Following the logic of proposed action, it is our decision to split this activity into two separate
LOTs, where programmes for validation of NFIL shall be developed by educational institutions in LOT I, and LOT II which will include vouchers for learners
(NEET target group) in order to enrol into such programmes:
LOT I – open call to educational institutions (grant scheme) where they would develop programmes for validation of NFIL on all level of education. This
activity shall receive funds from ESF and will serve as systemic background for implementation of LOT II. Taking into account previous IPA experience in
development of programmes and curricula (IPA 2017 – 2013), where the average cost of development of single programme stood around 150.000€, it is
calculated that the overall cost of LOT I where 40 programmes shall be developed, amounts to 6 million EUR in one year of implementation. Development of
programmes is to be launched in 2016, when all CROQF instruments are expected to be fully functional, and it will last for five years (2016 – 2020) which
amounts to 30 million EUR in five year period. Development of programmes for validation of NFIL will include development of didactic materials, electronic
teaching tools, exams for validation of learning outcomes, training of staff involved in assessment of non-formal and informal learning outcomes, internal
QA procedures, etc. After first year of development, programmes will be implemented thus signalling activation of LOT II.
LOT II – vouchers to learners in order to enrol into programmes for validation of NFIL which will provide them the opportunity to acquire competences and
qualifications in short period of time. Entire process of validation of NFIL will be quality assured, which will be achieved by linking programmes with
qualifications standards in the Register of CROQF, as the main QA mechanism. Since YEI guidelines specify education of NEET group as eligible for YEI funds,
it is our firm belief that LOT II activity has to be financed within YG. LOT II will be operational from 2017, when it is expected that a certain number of
programmes will have been developed and ready for implementation. LOT II encompasses a large group of beneficiaries, primarily NEET, MSES suggests
including as many learners as possible, who will receive vouchers, thus allowing them entry into programmes for validation of NFIL. Current analysis show
that over 170.000 young people up to 29 years of age fill into NEET group. Therefore, every developed programme should enrol at least 100 learners, where
the average cost per learners is 800€, based on member states best practice. This leads to 80.000€ per 100 learners enrolled into one programme. It is
planned to have 4000 learners enrolled into 40 developed programmes in LOT I, which amounts to 3.200.000€ per every year of implementation. For the
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entire period of implementation of LOT II, overall founds amount to 12.800.000 €. Activities in Lot I and Lot II will operate simultaneously after 2016, thus
ensuring sufficient number of programmes for available number of learners.
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Table 2.3: Key reforms and initiatives to ensure early intervention and activation
Name
of
the
reform/initiative26
Key objective(s)27
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
Scale
Name
and
role
of
organisation in the lead
and cooperating partners
Timetable for implementation
Implementation
applicable
-to define the notion
of youth work in
Croatia
-to strengthen the
position of youth
NGOs on the
umbrella, national
and local level and
enable them to play a
more active part in
early intervention and
activation
-to determine
sustainable and
continuous modes of
financing organized
youth sector through
supporting their
programs and
projects
- to establish
continuing
implementation of
research on youth as
an additional
instrument of
monitoring efficiency
of youth policy and
as a basis for
developing new ones
in line with needs of
youth
-to determine sets of
measures aimed at
strengthening
position of youth in
Youth between 15 –
30 years of age
National, regional
and local level
Ministry of Social Policy and
Youth (lead)
Ministries of: labour and
pension system, science,
education and sports, health
(consultation)
first quarter of 2014 Legislative
proposal
N/A
Youth between 15 –
30 years of age
National,
Regional, Local
Youth (lead)
Coordination of state bodies
working with youth
first quarter of 2014
N/A
cost,
if
Planned reforms
1) Adoption of the
Law on Youth
(Usvajanje Zakona o
mladima)
2) Adoption of the
National Youth
Programme 2014 –
2017
26
27
In English and original name (in national language).
Please ensure that the objectives meet the established ‘SMART’ criteria, i.e. that they are Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant and Timebound. Developing
SMART targets will help to establish the standards you can measure the performance by. The objectives should be linked to the ‘rationale’/needs identified in section 1.
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(Usvajanje
Nacionalnog
programa za mlade
za razdoblje20142017)
3) Development of
Human Resources
Register
(Uspostava registra
ljudskih potencijala)
different fields
(employment,
education, leisure,
entrepreneurship) on
a national level
-to develop a
centralized register
which will follow a
person from entering
the educational
system to
employment
(consultation and
implementation)
-youth under 15
-youth from 15-29
4) Forum for lifelong
professional guidance
and career
development (forum
za cjeloživotno
profesionalno
usmjeravanje i razvoj
karijere)
-to promote mutual
learning activities at
national, regional
and local level
between all parties
fighting youth
unemployment in
order to improve
design and delivery
of future Youth
Guarantee schemes;
-to develop efficient
policies, measures
and activities, and
better coordinated
provision of youth
services
-youth aged 15 up to
30 (registered and not
registered with CES)
( I.-VIII.2013.Registered
unemployed 1524=64246 persons;
Registered
unemployed 2529=47809;
Registered
unemployed 1529=112055 persons
Source: CES, on-line
base
National
5) Establishment of
additional Lifelong
Career Guidance
Centres
(Osnivanje centara za
cjeloživotni razvoj
karijere-'CISOK')
-to strengthen the
capacities of CES in
implementing and
evaluating YG
scheme (=total of 8
centres established;
evaluation of
beneficiaries by
surveys);
-to increase the
availability of
services as an
outreach measure
and focal point for
career guidance
-youth aged 15 up to
30 (registered and not
registered with CES)
( I.-VIII.2013.Registered
unemployed 1524=64246 persons;
Registered
unemployed 2529=47809;
Registered
unemployed 1529=112055 persons
base)
regional
National
Lead: Ministry of Labour and
Pension System
Cooperating partners:
Ministry of Science,
Education and Sport,
Croatian Employment
Service, Central Registry of
Affiliates (REGOS)
Lead: Croatian Employment
Service
Ministry of Labour and
Pension System, Ministry of
Social Policy and Youth,
Ministry of the Science,
Agency for Vocational
Education and Training and
Adult Education, Agency for
Science and Higher
Education, Education and
Teacher Training Agency,
other public and private
providers, social partners
and NGOs
2014 Faze 1 - development of
register architecture
Faze 1
EUR 39.000,00
2015 Faze 2 – development of
register
Faze 2
EUR 262.000,00
2016 register developed
TOTAL
EUR 301.000,00
2014-2015
EUR 15.000,00
Service
Pension System, local
authorities, NGOs (youth
and gender-equality), social
partners and chamber
associations
2014-2016
EUR 1.250.000,00
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Name
of
the
reform/initiative28
Key objective(s)29
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
Scale
Name
and
role
of
Implementation
applicable
-to carry out a
national campaign
on YG (= 1 YG
website, promotional
videos on TV and
web, posters and
leaflets in all PES
regional offices,
Regional youth infocentres and youth
NGOs)
--to conduct 22
community activities
(job-fairs, career
days, etc.) in 11
regions
-to inform
stakeholders
members
(employers) on
measures and
available
funding/benefits
-to inform students
in final years of
primary, secondary
and tertiary
education on YG,
LM needs and
career choice,
gender equality,
employment and
-youth form NEET
group not registered
with the Croatian
Employment Service
or other public
institutions
-youth up to 15 years
in primary schools
-youth aged 15-18 in
secondary schools
-youth aged 18-29
finishing tertiary
education
National/
Regional
Pension System
Ministry of Entrepreneurship
and Crafts, Croatian
Employment Service, Social
partners, Chamber of trades
Chamber of Economy,
Employers Association,
Youth organizations,
Student organisations
2014: campaign prepared and
launched, website developed
and launched,
2014-2015 EUR 750.000,00
cost,
if
Planned initiatives
CAMPAIGNS
6) Informing of public,
stakeholders and
beneficiaries
(Informiranje javnosti,
dionika i korisnika)
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2014-2015: 22 job-fairs held
Please ensure that the objectives meet the established ‘SMART’ criteria, i.e. that they are Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant and Timebound. Developing
SMART targets will help to establish the standards you can measure the performance by. The objectives should be linked to the ‘rationale’/needs identified in section 1.
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Name
of
the
reform/initiative28
7) Informing youth
entering the LM
(Informiranje mladih
koji ulaze na tržište
rada)
OUTREACH
8) Setting up of NEET
tracking system
(Uspostava sustava
praćenja NEET
osoba)
9) Social Innovations
in Activation of Youth
(Socijalne inovacije u
aktivaciji mladih
osoba)
Key objective(s)29
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
Scale
Name
and
role
of
Implementation
applicable
About 1000
unemployed youth
aged 15 up to 25
engaging in ALMM or
commencing
employment
National
Lead : Ministry of Labour
and Pension System
Cooperating : Croatian
Employment Service, social
partners, chamber
associations, employers,
CSOs
2014-2016 Grant schemes
developed and implemented
EUR 400.000,00
-to conduct a
systematic analysis
of drop-outs
-to track and analyse
youth not registered
with PES (=tracking
system developed
on national level)
about 16% of youth
aged 15-25
national
2014-2015
EUR 100.000
-to pilot about 15
different projects of
reaching out to
youth, youthcoaching projects
and second-chance
programmes
-to contribute to
development of selfesteem of young
-about 750 young
persons aged 15-29
facing social exclusion
and difficulties in
entering LM, from
different social
backgrounds (youth
with disabilities, youth
with behavioural
problems, socially
regional (on
county level, with
an emphasis on
counties facing
grater
unemployment)
Pension System
Youth, Croatian
Employment Service,
Croatian Bureau for Pension
Insurance, Central Registry
of Affiliates
Pension System
Youth, Government Office
for Cooperation with NGOs,
regional offices of Croatian
Employment Service,
2014-2017 Grant schemes
developed and implemented
EUR 4.000.000,00
self-employment
skills
- to include youth as
promotors of YG
-to provide youth
with relevant
information on:
labour rights and
obligations and
gender equality on
workplace
-to test new and
innovative
approaches to youth
entering LM
-to provide
employers with
additional
information on YG
and their possibilities
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cost,
if
Name
of
the
reform/initiative28
Key objective(s)29
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
deprived youth) - not
less then 50% from
NEET group
Scale
-to enable faster flow
of information
towards youth
Youth from 15-29
Regional
-to enable steady
support to NGOs
Youth from 15-29
vulnerable groups
and activation in the
LM or in re-entering
education (= a selfassessment tool
developed; not less
then 60% of reached
youth reactivated)
Name
and
role
of
Implementation
applicable
cost,
Lead: Ministry of Social
Policy and Youth
Cooperating: youth CSOs,
local and regional networks
2014-2017
EUR 524.564,00
(4 m KN, cost in EUR
approximated)
National
Lead: Ministry of Social
Policy and Youth
Cooperating: Government
Office for Cooperation with
NGOs, youth CSOs
2014-2017
EUR 524.564,00
(4 m KN, cost in EUR
approximated)
-vulnerable youth
aged 15-29 (about
2.000 pupils)
regional (in all 21
counties)
Lead: Ministry of Culture
Pension System, Ministry of
Science, Education and
Sport, Ministry of Social
Policy and Youth and local
Social Services Offices,
Government Office for
Cooperation with NGOs,
regional and local
authorities, youth CSOs
2014-2020
EUR 2.300.000,00
-early school leavers,
National
Lead: CES
2014 - 2016
EUR 25.000,00
regional authorities, local
education authorities, youth
NGOs and NGOs working
with youth
- interest for peerlearning
10) Strengthening the
network of local and
regional info-centres
for youth
(Osnaživanje mreže
regionalnih infocentara za mlade)
11) Strengthening
youth and for-youth
NGO’s for working
with youth
(Osnaživanje udruga
mladih i za mlade za
rad s mladima)
12) Activation through
cultural content 'Backpack /full/ of
culture'
(Aktivacija kroz
kulturne sadržaje
(Ruksak /pun/ kulture)
- interest for peerlearning
-to prevent pupils in
secondary education
from dropping out or
falling into NEET
status by supporting
activation by
engaging them in
various cultural
activities held by
artists
VOCATIONAL AND CAREER GUIDANCE
-to provide more
13) LLCG counsellors
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if
Name
of
the
reform/initiative28
Key objective(s)29
and Youth counsellors
training
(Trening savjetnika za
mlade i savjetnika za
razvoj karijere)
efficient support and
access in gaining
qualifications in line
with their abilities
and upgrading their
career management
skills
14) Setting up ecounselling system in
vocational and career
guidance
(Uspostava sustava esavjetovanja o razvoju
karijere)
15) Providing
guidance to pupils in
upper secondary
vocational education
(Pružanje usluga
profesionalnog
usmjeravanja za
učenike u srednjem
strukovnom
obrazovanju)
-to make information
and guidance
services available to
the broader
customers,
especially youth
-to provide
information on LM
needs and career
choice to pupils in
final years of VET
education (school
visits)
- making
recommendations
for scholarships and
loans
STAYING IN EDUCATION
16) Provision of
-to enable equal
assistants for pupils
access to education
with disabilities in
by providing support
primary and
in line with specific
secondary schools
needs of pupils with
and educational
disabilities
institutions
(Osiguravanje
pomoćnika učenicima
s teškoćama u
osnovnoškolskim i
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
young pupils with
developmental and
health disabilities
under 15 years of age,
young people finishing
secondary school,
young unemployed up
to 25 years
- young people 15 up
to 30 thinking about
making decisions
upon their education
,employment-changing
career
Scale
Name
and
role
of
MLPS, MSES, local
government
December 2014 – curriculum
development and improvement
October 2015: model
established and counsellors
trained
December 2015: counsellors
active
June 2016 model evaluation
National
Service
From 03/2014 – 12/2015
EUR 273.550
-about 30.000 pupils
aged 17-19
National
Lead: CES
Cooperating: MSES, MLPS,
chamber associations,
employers associations
2014-2015
EUR 2.250.000,00
pupils/students
belonging to
disadvantaged groups
(pupils/students with
disabilities, with
behavioural problems
and/or learning
difficulties aged 15-21
National
Lead: Ministry of Science,
Education and Sport
Cooperating: local/regional
authorities, schools
2014-2016
EUR 4.000.000,00
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Implementation
applicable
cost,
if
Name
of
the
reform/initiative28
srednjoškolskim
odgojno-obrazovnim
ustanovama)
17) Financing
continuation of
education for students
who have completed
two-year and threeyear vocational
programs
(Financiranje
nastavka obrazovanja
za učenike koji su
završili dvogodišnje i
trogodišnje strukovne
programe)
18) Enhancing key
competences in
STEM and ICT fields
for NEET persons
who completed
secondary education
for enrollment in study
programs in STEM
and ICT fields
(Jačanje ključnih
kompetencija u STEM
i ICT područjima za
osobe koje su završile
srednjoškolsko
obrazovanje s ciljem
upisa u studijske
programe u STEM i
ICT području)
19) Develop and
implement
programmes for
validation of nonformal and informal
learning linked to the
Key objective(s)29
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
Scale
Name
and
role
of
Implementation
applicable
-to support
continuation of
education;
to provide transition
in vocational
education from three
years to four years
educational
programme
3.500 beneficiaries (in
particular risk and
vulnerable groups of
students)
National
Education and Sport
authorities, schools,
education providers
2014-2020
EUR 3.500.000 €
To introduce
measures aimed at
increasing enrolment
and completion rate
of tertiary education
in STEM and ICT
fields (by providing
vouchers to learners
to purchase laptops,
tablets etc.) through
remedial MOOCs
(Massive open
online courses)
VET and general
secondary school
students who
successfully
completed secondary
education and intend
to enrol into study
programmes in STEM
and ICT fields while in
NEET status
(6000 persons)
National
Education and Sport
Cooperating: higher
education institutions,
local/regional authorities,
CARNET (Croatian
Academic and Research
Network)
2015 - 2020
EUR 7.200.000,00 per year
NOTE- This activity
shall be
implemented
through LOT I (ESF)
and LOT II (YEI)
-all NEET youth (18 –
29) interested in
achieving
qualifications at higher
level
National
Education and Sport
Cooperating: education
institutions, local/regional
authorities
2016 - 2020
LOT I – 30.000.000 EUR
Open call to educational
institutions (grant scheme) –
ESF funds
cost,
LOT II - 12.800.000 EUR –
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if
Name
of
the
reform/initiative28
Key objective(s)29
qualification
standards in the
register of CROQF
(Razvoj I uvođenje
programa za
vrednovanje
neformalnog I
informalnog na
temelju standard
kvalifikacija u Registru
HKO-a))
LOT I to develop
programs for
validation of nonformal and informal
learning with the aim
of enabling wider
access to education
and to provide
citizens with
possibilities for
better employability
Target
group,
including
no
of
people covered (if
available)
Scale
Name
and
role
of
Implementation
applicable
cost,
if
restricted call MSES (YEI
funds)
LOT II:
provide vouchers to
learners to enroll
into programs for
validation of non formal and informal
learning
20) Development and
implementation of
preparation for State
matura exam
(Razvoj i provedba
pripremu za polaganje
ispita državne mature)
-to provide support
to youth aged 18 –
25 with lack of
necessary skills and
knowledge in order
to enable their
progression to
higher education
-All youth aged 18 –
25 who completed
three and four year
secondary vocational
programmes, not
enrolled into tertiary
education and not
employed
National
Cooperating: secondary
vocational schools,
education institutions,
local/regional authorities,
public/private providers of
courses for preparation for
State matura exam
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2015 - 2020
Approx.. 6000 pupils per year/
~400EUR per student = ~2.3 M
EUR
For the period 2015-2020
=14.2 M EUR
2.4 Supportive measures for labour market integration (see YG CR, rec. 11-20, and SWD section 3.3) (approx.: 2000 words=4 pages)
Development of National Curriculum for VET with the aim of ensuring relevance of VET in line with labour market needs will be developed as a part of the
VET curricular reform, envisaged and planned for implementation through OP ESF 2014-2020, with over 10 million EUR planned for investment in this area
over a period of next 7 years. Focus will be put on development of a stronger bond between LM needs and learning outcomes, as described previously. This
is why one of the first actions to be taken in this area is adoption of Strategy of education, Science and Technology, which underlines all reforms that are to
take place with an aim of creating quality education at all stages with strong link to LM needs, promote LLL and strengthen adult education, and set out the
picture for development of quality high education with an emphases on development of science and technology.
Introducing modern and innovative features in vocational education is focused on a period prior to full VET curricular reform. This “bridge” measure will
enable youth to gain knowledge in line with LM needs in a sense that VET schools will address these through extracurricular activities and projects, specific
shortage of vocational skills - i.e. in sectors where there is a shortage of skills at the national/regional level, then in sectors with specific skill demands in
relation to the introduction of new technologies and/or sectors that are undergoing specific economic changes (industry restructuring).
Providing opportunities for unemployed early school leavers - training for youth with no or with lowest education will be done with an aim to provide
guidance, including providing information, counselling and competencies assessment in order to support them in their career choices and decisions upon
further education/training/employment opportunities. In collaboration with schools, SSCs and with envisaged data exchange, according to established
protocols for (1) children and young people placed in homes for children and youth with behavioural problems and (2) protocols for working with young
people coming out of the welfare system and institutions for children and adolescents without parental care, established NEET tracking system will identify
the ones that drop out of education. After their identification, CES will provide services, information and support for continuing education – either through
re-inclusion in regular programs or in adult education programs.
To provide quality monitoring and analysis of the LM, steps have been taken by joint efforts of ME and MLPS to detect areas of propulsive growth. Also,
meetings were held with representatives of relevant universities to develop relevant quality training courses during 2014 and 2015 aimed at unemployed
persons. These areas have also been detected in Draft Strategy for Industrial Development for 2014-2020. Before the development of this monitoring and
analysis system, a crude version of monitoring will be developed as a Labour market information system, which will developed by CES in cooperation with
MLPS, Croatian Bureau of Statistics and Pension Institute. This LMIS will compile data on currant areas in which there are more opportunities for
employment, occupations that are sought for, areas/occupations where retirements are expected, as to provide educated information on possibilities for
employment and further education/training. Development of the LMIS is expected to start during 2014.
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In terms of support to systems, structures and capacity building, actions to be financed include the development of Job clubs for youth and provision of
specific and targeted Job club activities, as well as the establishment and elaboration of specialised public employment services for youth. Job clubs refer to
intensive short-term targeted programs for small groups of youth, guided and managed by Job club leaders, that include training of job search skills, goalsetting, motivational workshops etc. Job clubs are fully adapted for provision of tailor-made support and individualised service, in line with precise needs of
the participant group. Specialised CES services for youth include one-stop shops for youth, where they can find all relevant information and get support and
guidance by specialised youth counsellors, irrespective of whether they are registered with CES or not. This set of activities targets at improving the
accessibility and quality of services in terms of adjusting to the particularities of young people, as a precondition for realising improvements in youth
employability and employment levels.
Also, a set of activities aimed at strengthening stakeholders for developing LM oriented activities on local level (LEDIs) and develop Action plans for youth
employment, as well as at promotion of stakeholder’s involvement and capacity building for supporting quality mentorships and job creation for youth are
envisaged. The latter will help to strengthen capacity of social partners and chambers associations to work with their local/regional/ branch offices and
thus provide them to better support employers (with an emphasis on SMEs) and promote discussions on quality mentorship and quality job offers among
stakeholders.
In order to implement apprenticeship in accordance with the provisions of the Craft Act (OG 143/13), artisan/legal person and the student or his
parent/guardian signs a contract of apprenticeship. The contents of the Contract follows the provisions of the Ordinance on the minimum requirements for
apprenticeship contracts (OG No. 18/08, 19/10 and 109/12). The said contract regulates mutual rights, obligations and responsibilities between craftsmen
and students throughout the duration of the apprenticeship program for a certain occupation and in particular: financial compensation during the
apprenticeship (in the first year 10%, second year 20%, in the third year 25% of the average net salary in the previous year in the Croatian economy) and
liabilities of craftsmen or legal persons with regard to the achievement of the curriculum in a particular occupation. The contract is concluded in four
identical copies of which one copy belongs to the student (parent or guardian), the craftsman/legal person and the school and the Ministry of
Entrepreneurship and Crafts.
In this sense, craftsman /legal person who performs the apprenticeship program is responsible for:
-
Realization of practical training program that is conducted in a craft /legal person which is determined by Curriculum and framework educational
program for a certain occupation and can last for a minimum of 540 hours and a maximum of 640 hours, but even more than that,
Continuous monitoring, assessment and evaluation of the student’s results for contracted part of the program,
Ensuring the implementation of the prescribed work safety measures and security measures, while realizing practical apprenticeship,
Cooperation with the school as well as informing the school about the educational achievements of students,
Keeping proper records,
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Performing other obligations arising from the legal and other regulations regulating the apprenticeship.
From all of the above it is evident that contractors of practical training, apart from the obligation of payment of awards to students, have an important
obligation of realizing practical apprenticeship programs as well as monitoring and evaluating every assignment realized in the workshop, where the
descriptions of assignments and grades are entered into the folder of practical apprenticeship. So, apart from awards to students which can be valorised,
the contractor of practical training during the apprenticeship inevitably makes available to students the existing physical resources and provides instruction
by the master trainers in accordance with a prescribed program of apprenticeship.
Subsequently, measures are proposed in order to co-finance remunerations to pupils which small economic entities are legally obliged to pay for the work
realized during performance of apprenticeship throughout the school year.
Within the Programme "Business impulse" for the 2014, the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts is conducting the activity "Apprenticeships for the
craft occupations" granting to the contractors of practical training up to 75% of eligible costs related to the average amount of awards paid in the current
school year to the students included in the training for the craft occupations performing planned curriculum of practical training and exercising
apprenticeship. Grants for student’s apprenticeships are awarded in advance for the entire school year. Thus, the contractors of practical training can
receive support of 75% of the total costs which will use for payment of remuneration to students in the coming school year. In order to implement these
activities the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts concludes the contract for implementation with contractors of practical training (SMEs). In addition, in
order to stimulate enrolment in education programs for crafts, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts together with regional Chambers of Trades and
Crafts awards scholarships for students educated for scarce craft occupations.
In order to build capacity and prepare employers for providing quality apprenticeships but also provide good traineeships and internships, it is imperative to
set up a system of support to employers and to build quality mentorships. This scheme will provide possibilities to set up seminars, workshops and prepare
literature for master craftsmen for apprenticeships. It will also provide testing for different schemes of work-based learning which would provide a person
with relevant work experience or (in case of apprenticeship schemes) to actually gain a qualification by working with a qualified certified mentor. As for
mentors themselves, proper conditions for mentorships and for quality work-based learning will be identified, proper support to mentor and to schools
(financial, organizational, etc.) identified, employers' capacities to carry out work-based learning assessed and possibility of an “outsourced mentor” for
small businesses tested. This scheme will be a grant scheme by which a set of stakeholders will partner up to propose their own vision of best schemes
which will provide end beneficiaries (youth) with relevant work-experience after which they would be independent in their work. After the testing period,
best practice will be analysed and best way of mainstreaming the policy proposed.
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A larger part of the action, however, is targeting individuals, i.e. encompasses YEI type activities. This includes providing training and upgrading of skills in
line with labour market needs, with strengthened focus on development of key competences and providing opportunities for unemployed early school
leavers (youth with no or with lowest levels of education), which will mostly be done by CES. Furthermore, activities enhancing first employment for
acquiring work experience and provision of guidance and support for self-employment and entrepreneurship are envisaged, as well as providing direct
employment subsidies and compensations and implementing direct job creation programmes in fields of social care, education, project management, with
emphasis on help and assistance in the community, in order to promote youth employment and employability.
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Table 2.4: Key reforms and initiatives to enable labour market integration
Key objective(s) 31
Target group, including
no of people covered (if
available)
Scale
Name
and
role
of
organisation in the lead and
cooperating partners
Timetable
implementation
21) Adoption of Strategy of
education, Science and
Technology
(Usvajanje Strategije
obrazovanja, znanosti I
tehnologije)
-to contribute to life-long
learning
-to conduct a
comprehencive reform of
pree-school, elementary and
secondary education
- to develop National
Curriculum for VET in
accordance with LM needs
-to revise and upscale high
education system
-to support adult education
-to contribute to further
development of science and
technology sector
-youth under 15
-youth from 15-29
National,
regional
First quater of 2014
N/A
22) Development of labour
market monitoring and
analysis system
(Uspostava sustava praćenja i
analize tržišta rada)
-to develop models and tools
for forecasting future
demand for skills and
qualifications
All active population
National
2015-2016
EUR 1.000.000,00
23) Development of CES
services for youth
(Razvoj usluga za mlade pri
HZZ-u)
-to provide more efficient
support and access to
education, training and
employment of youth (=22
CES Regional offices);
-to stimulate the activation
and recruitment of youths in
the LM
- to train counsellors
- to establish and equip
Youth Employment Centers
Young persons under
25/30
( I.-VIII.2013.-Registered
unemployed 15-24=64246
persons;
Registered unemployed
25-29=47809;
Registered unemployed
15-29=112055 persons
base)
National
Education and Sport
Cooperating partners: Ministry
of Labour and Pension
System, Ministry of Social
Policy and Youth, Ministry of
Foreign and European Affairs,
Ministry of Regional
Development and European
Funds, Ministry of Finance,
Ministry of Economy, Ministry
of Entrepreneurship and
Crafts, Ministry of Health, and
other public and private
stakeholders (a very wide
cooperation)
Pension System
Cooperating partners: Ministry
of Science, Education and
Sport, Ministry of Economy,
Ministry of Entrepreneurship
Employment Service, Central
Registry of Affiliates (REGOS)
Lead : Croatian Employment
Service, Ministry of Labour
and Pension System
2014-2016
EUR 2.000.000
Name
of
reform/initiative30
the
for
Implementation cost, if
applicable
Planned reforms
30
31
Please ensure that the objectives meet the established ‘SMART’ criteria. The objectives should be linked to the ‘rationale’/needs identified in section 1.
40
Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
Key objective(s) 33
Target group, including no
of
people
covered
(if
available)
Scale
Name and role of organisation
in the lead and cooperating
partners
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
- long-term unemployed young
persons, low-skilled young
people and NEETs
National
Cooperating partners: Service,
Ministry of Labour and Pension
System, Croatian Bureau
of Statistics, The State Pension
Fund
2014-2016
EUR 25.000,00
Planned initiatives
Facilitating support to employment and mediation
24) Upgrading of LMIS -to ensure information on the
Labour Market Information
current LM trends as a basis
System
for career decisions;
(Osnaživanje sustava
-to address skills
informiranja o tržištu rada)
mismatches and improve
digital skills
32
33
Please ensure that the objectives meet the established ‘SMART’ criteria. The objectives should be linked to the ‘rationale’/needs identified in section 1.
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Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
25) Development of job-clubs
(Razvoj klubova za
zapošljavanje mladih)
Key objective(s) 33
-to provide peer support
during job-search (=29 jobclubs)
of
people
covered
(if
available)
Unemployed or underemployed youth from 15 up to
30
26) Providing opportunities for -to provide second chance to About 1600 early school
unemployed early school
youth with lowest education
leavers and young persons
leavers - training for youth
and prevent/stop long-term
with no or lowest education
with no or with lowest
unemployment
level
education
(Pružanje prilike
nezaposlenim mladima koji
napuštaju obrazovanje obrazovanje za mlade bez ili s
niskim kvalifikacijama)
Empowering VET and work-based learning schemes (apprenticeships/traineeships/internships)
27) Introducing modern and
-to provide innovation before
Youth from 15-18 in schools
innovative features in
curricular reform
benefiting from grant-schemes
-to enable youth to gain
(Uvođenja suvremenih i
knowledge in line with LM
inovativnih sadržaja u nastavu needs
u strukovnim školama)
28) Development of new
Students in secondary
- development of new
curricula for craft occupations
vocational education (aged 15curricula for acquisition of
(Razvoj novih kurikuluma za
19)
craft occupations and
obrtnička zanimanja)
programmes for conducting
journeyman exam based on
learning outcomes,
particularly in line with
changes in the local and
regional labor market and
economy
29) Education for crafts Students in deficit secondary
-to provide scholarships to
scholarship to pupils in deficit
vocational education (aged 15students of secondary
craft occupations
19):
vocational schools who are
(Obrazovanje za obrte - academic year 2014/15: 350
studying in deficit craft
stipendije učenicima u
scholarships awarded to pupils
occupations
in
order
to
deficitarnim obrtničkim
educated in deficit crafts
increase the attractiveness
zanimanjima)
occupations
of the profession since the
- academic year 2015/16: 400
competencies acquired
during vocational education
occupations
guarantee the acquisition of
specific knowledge and skills
Scale
partners
Service
Cooperating: MLPS and
local/regional authorities and
employers; other stakeholders
Lead : Croatian Employment
Service
Cooperating : Ministry of Labour
and Pension System, education
providers
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
2014-2015
EUR 1.500.000,00
2014-2015
EUR 2.560.000,00
National
Education and Sport
authorities, schools
2014-2015
EUR 6.014.706,00
national
Lead: Ministry of Entrepreneurship
and Crafts
Cooperating:
Ministry of Science, Education and
Sport, schools, Croatian Camber
of Trades and Crafts, Croatian
Chamber of Economy
2014-2016
EUR 300.000
National
and Crafts
Cooperating:
Employers' and workers
representatives (consultation on
planning of programme)
March 2014:
Publication of
detailed programme
EUR
2000/student/year
Regional
(all 22
Counties)
National
Gradual rollout
between 2014-2017
Full roll-out planned
for 2017
2014/15 = 700.000
EUR
2015/16 = 800.000
EUR
2016/17 = 800.000
EUR
TOTAL = 2.300.000
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Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
Key objective(s) 33
in the function of
professional development,
business and personal
competencies
of
people
covered
(if
available)
occupations
Scale
43
partners
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
30) Apprenticeship subsidies
for craft occupations
(Naukovanje za obrtnička
zanimanja)
31) Setting up support to
employers and education
providers in organizing quality
work-based learning
schemes (internships,
traineeships,
apprenticeships)
(Uspostava sustava podrške
poslodavcima i pružateljima
obrazovanja u organizaciji
kvalitetnih programa učenja
na radnom mjestu ,
(stažiranja, naukovanja i
pripravništva)
Key objective(s) 33
-to encourage small
business enterprises to
participate in the student’s
education, by provision of
grants ,in order to contribute
to their acquisition of skills
and development of social
and entrepreneurial
competencies for craft
occupations
--to support mentoring in
work-based learning within
upper secondary vocational
education;
-to support mentoring and
work-based learning within
higher education;
-to support mentoring in
traineeship schemes;
-to pilot systems of support
to conducting work-based
learning within educational
system;
-to pilot systems of support
to work-based learning after
completing formal education
(traineeships on open
market or within ALMMs);
-to conduct survey on
employers' capacities to
carry out work-based
learning
of
people
covered
(if
available)
vocational education (aged 1519):
of pupils who are educated in
the deficit crafts occupations
Scale
- Employers taking on
apprentices or
students/learners within upper
secondary VET;
- employers taking on
students within higher
education:
- employers taking on
trainees in open market or
within ALMMs;
- social partners, county
branches of the Croatian
Chamber of Trades and Crafts
and Croatian Chamber of
Economy, CSOs.
National/
regional
Pension System
Cooperating partners: Ministry of
Science, Education and Sport,
Ministry of Entrepreneurship and
Crafts, Croatian Employment
Service, Social partners, Chamber
of trades and Crafts, Croatian
Chamber of Economy, Employers
Association
2015-2018
EUR 5.000.000,00
National
MEC (lead) secondary schools
and faculties
March 2014:
Publication of
detailed programme
EUR 3000/students
cooperative or
training company
/year
EUR 15.000/student
incubator/year
National
partners
and Crafts
Cooperating: Employers' and
workers representatives
(consultation on planning of
programme)
Businesses and VET providers
(implementing)
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
March 2014:
Publication of
detailed programme
EUR
3000/student/year
Gradual rollout
between 2014-2017
for 2017
2014/15 = 1.500.000
EUR
2015/16 = 1.650.000
EUR
2016/17 =
1.650..000 EUR
TOTAL = 4.800.000
End beneficiaries:
- Students in secondary
vocational education (aged 1519)
- unemployed youth aged 15
up to 30
- interest for peer-learning
Selfemployment
32) Support to student
cooperatives and training
firms and student incubators
at universities
(Potpora učeničkim
zadrugama i vježbovnim
tvrtkama te studentskim
inkubatorima na fakultetima)
-to promote and encourage
the creation of an
entrepreneurial culture of
young people by
encouraging student
companies, and student
vocational education (aged 1418):
- academic year 2014/15: at
least 40 student cooperatives
and / or training companies
Gradual rollout
between 2014-2017
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Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
Key objective(s) 33
incubators at universities
-to simulate the
establishment and operation
of companies, --to stimulate
acquiring of entrepreneurial
skills in a practical way
which they will later be able
to apply in their own
company
of
people
covered
(if
available)
Students in faculties (aged 1825):
least 10 student incubators
Scale
partners
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
for 2017
students cooperatives
and/or training
companies:
2014/15 = 120.000
EUR
2015/16 = 120.000
EUR
2016/17 = 120.000
EUR
TOTALEUR =
360.000
student incubators:
2014/15 = 150.000
EUR
2015/16 = 150.000
EUR
2016/17 = 150.000
EUR
TOTAL EUR =
450.000
OVERALL EUR
=810.000
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Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
33) Self-employment activities
(Aktivnosti pomoći
samozapošljavanju)
Key objective(s) 33
to provide support to selfemployment and
entrepreneurship for about
1000 persons
by providing identification,
informing, support in
business plan development
and programme follow – up
- to stimulate youth for selfemployment by providing
subsidies for a 12 month
period and support and
follow up in a business
incubator
Active Labour Market Policy Measures
Activity 1.
34) Promoting greater
subsidies and
inclusion of youth up to 30
compensations for
into ALMP
scheme beneficiaries
(existing activity)
- The co-financing of
employment is targeted at
persons under the age of 30
years who are registered as
unemployed.
Activity 2.
public work programmes
for youth
-to activate young people in
community services through
public work programs
-to provide skills by shortterm employment/placement
( up to12 months)
Activity 3.
support for acquiring first
work experience of young
people in their respective
occupations
- support for a person who
has no work-experience and
no experience related to
his/her profession to enter
of
people
covered
(if
available)
Youth up to 30 interested in
self-employment
Scale
National
About 1.500 young persons
aged 15 up to 30
Activity 1.
About 3000 young persons
from 15 up to 30
National/
regional
Activity 2.
from 15 up to 30, who are:
-long-term unemployed (at
least 6 months and more)
-vulnerable groups
-youth with specific skills to
help development of an OCS
partners
Service
Cooperating: Ministry of Labour
and Pension System, Ministry of
Entrepreneurship and Crafts,
Croatian Chamber of trades and
crafts, Croatian Chamber of
Economy
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
2014-2016
EUR 7.200.000,00
Service
and Pension System
2014-2016
Activity 1.
EUR 9.690.000,00
Activity 2.
EUR 11.100.000,00
Activity 3.
EUR 49.500.000,00
Activity 4.
4.800.000,00
TOTAL
EUR 75.090.000,00
Activity 3.
About 11.000 young persons:
-up to 25 years without
education or with secondary
education;
-up to 30 years with finished
higher education
Activity 4.
About 3.000 young persons
aged 15 up to 30
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Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
Key objective(s) 33
of
people
covered
(if
available)
Scale
partners
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
N/A
National
Service
and Pension System
2014-2017
EUR 200.000,00
N/A
Regional
Service
and Pension System
2014-2016
EUR 2.000.000,00
the labour market
- occupational training is
conducted at the employer’s
office, employer provides a
mentor for the participant
and receives reimbursement
of contributions they must
pay each month, while the
participant receives financial
aid from the PES.
35) Conducting an external
evaluation of training
programmes and other ALMP
measures
(Provedba vanjskog
vrednovanja programa
obrazovanja i ostalih MAPZ)
Capacity Building
36) Training, capacity building
and technical support to stake
holders on local level
(Trninzi, razvoj kapaciteta I
tehnička podrška dionicima na
lokalnoj razini)
Activity 4.
employment and training
subsidies
- Labour-market-oriented
training will help increase the
level of youths qualification,
particularly when it comes to
young high-school dropouts
and young people with low
and inadequate education
levels
-to evaluate the effects of
ALMPMs
-to encourage further
development of partnerships
and actions on local level
-to develop at least 8 Youth
Employment Action Plans
- LEDI (Local Employment
Development Initiatives) The objective is to foster
employment growth in
Croatian counties through
preparation and
implementation of innovative
local employment
development initiatives as
well as to support local
stakeholders to define,
create, facilitate and
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Name
of
reform/initiative32
the
37) Promotion of stakeholder
involvement and capacity
building for supporting quality
mentorships and job creation
for youth
(Promicanje uključivanja I
izgradnje kapaciteta dionika
za pružanje podrške
kvalitetnog mentorstva i
razvoja poslova za mlade)
Key objective(s) 33
implement local employment
and HRD policies (as
defined in Human
Resources Development
Strategies) in a partnership
framework.
-to strengthen capacity of
social partners and
chambers associations to
work with their local/regional/
branch offices
-to strengthen support to
employers (with an
emphasis on SMEs) by
relevant chamber
associations and employers’
associations
-to discuss quality
mentorship and quality job
offers among stakeholders
of
people
covered
(if
available)
Scale
partners
Timetable
for
implementation
Implementation
cost, if applicable
-professional chambers;
-employers' associations;
-trade unions;
- employers.
National/
regional
Lead : Ministry of Labour and
Pension System
Cooperating : Croatian
Employment Service, social
partners, chamber associations,
employers
2014-2016
EUR 2.000.000,00
3. Funding the Youth Guarantee (see YG CR rec. 21-23), (approx.: 750 words= 1,5 pages)
During the first period 2014-2015 Croatia will allocate YEI funds to active employment policy measures aimed at young people aged 15-29 years (coemployment and self-employment, financial assistance for education and vocational training and public works) and partly on education and
entrepreneurship (financing of continuing education for pupils who completed the two-year and three-year vocational programs, transportation and
textbooks for socially disadvantaged students and scholarships in vocational education and apprenticeships).
ESF funds will be used for strengthening Croatian Employment Service, non-governmental sector, social partners and chamber associations to work with
young people - through strengthening the system of vocational guidance and monitoring system of LM needs through the development of innovative
approaches in activation of NEET groups, through the development of local action plans for youth employment and development of support system to
traineeships, on-the-job trainings, apprenticeships, etc. The ESF part for the YG in the new programing period for 2014-2020 amounts EUR 66,35 million.
Most of the actions will be financed from the new programming period, but some of the actions will be funded through “left over” IPA funds and the short
six month ESF programing period (2007-2014). Funds will be met through national budget with at least 15% financing on each initiative and for the 2014
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ALMMs a reservation was made in the national budget amounting approximately EUR 65, 5 million, with additional national funds reserved for CSO
activities.
As the YG will be rolled-out gradually, there is no global estimate on the whole financial structure, but for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 it amounts roughly EUR
150 million. To estimate the cost versus benefits of the proposed Implementation plan, a cost-benefit analysis will be done by the end of Jun 2014.
Table 3: Funding the Youth Guarantee
Name of reform/initiative
Years for
which
funding is
planned
Sources & levels of funding
No. of beneficiaries planned
(when applicable)
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
PLANNED REFORMS
1) Adoption of the Law on Youth
(Usvajanje Zakona o mladima)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2) Adoption of the National
Youth Programme 2014 – 2017
(Usvajanje Nacionalnog
programa za mlade za
razdoblje2014-2017)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3) Development of Human
Resources Register
(Uspostava registra ljudskih
potencijala)
2014-2016
262.000,00 €
39.000,00 €
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4) Forum for lifelong
professional guidance and
career development (Forum za
cjeloživotno profesionalno
usmjeravanje i razvoj karijere)
2014.-2015.
2.250,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
N/A
/ESF/
12.750,00 €
49
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
2014.-2016.
1.062.500,00
€
187.500,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
22) Development of labour
market monitoring and analysis
system
2016-2018
850.000,00 €
/ESF/
150.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
services for youth
(Razvoj usluga za mlade pri
HZZ-u)
2014-2016
1.700.000,00
€ /ESF/
300.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
5) Establishment of additional
Lifelong Career Guidance
Centres
cjeloživotni razvoj karijere'CISOK')
Technology
tehnologije)
N/A
N/A
PLANNED INITIATIVES
stakeholders and beneficiaries
(Informiranje javnosti, dionika i
korisnika)
2014 - 2016
637.500,00 €
/ESF/
112.500,00 €
N/A
50
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
8) Setting up of NEET tracking
system
(Uspostava sustava praćenja
NEET osoba)
9) Social Innovations in
Activation of Youth
(Socijalne inovacije u aktivaciji
mladih osoba)
10) Strengthening the network of
regional info-centers for youth
(Osnaživanje mreže regionalnih
info-centara za mlade)
11) Strengthening youth and foryouth NGO’s for working with
youth
(Osnaživanje udruga mladih i za
mlade za rad s mladima)
12) Activation through cultural
content - 'Backpack /full/ of
culture'
(Aktivacija kroz kulturne
sadržaje (Ruksak /pun/ kulture)
13) LLCG counsellors and Youth
counsellors training
(Trening savjetnika za mlade za
2014 - 2016
2014 - 2015
2015
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
7) Informing youth entering the
LM
(Informiranje mladih koji ulaze
na tržište rada)
340.000,00 €
/ESF/
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
60.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
1000
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
850.000,00 €
/ESF/
150.000,00 €
3.400.000,00
€ /ESF/
600.000,00 €
N/A
750
N/A
N/A
524.564,00 €
2014-2017
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
(4 m KN)
524.564,00 €
/
(4 m KN)
2014-2017
2014-2020
2014-2016
2.000.000,00
€ /ESF/
300.000,00 €
21.250,00 €
3.750,00 €
N/A
/
/
/
/
/
/
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1000
pupils/
1000
pupils/
2000
pupils/
N/A
30
70
100
EUR 250/ per person
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
14) Setting up e-counselling
system in vocational and career
guidance
(Uspostava sustava esavjetovanja o razvoju karijere)
15)
Providing vocational and career
guidance to pupils in vocational
upper secondary education
(Pružanje usluga profesionalnog
usmjeravanja za učenike u
srednjem strukovnom
obrazovanju)
16) Provision of assistant for
students with disabilities in
primary and secondary school
institutions (Osiguravanje
pomoćnika učenicima s
teškoćama u osnovnoškolskim i
srednjoškolskim odgojnoobrazovnim ustanovama)
17) Financing continuation of
education for students who have
completed two-year and threeyear vocational programs
(Financiranje nastavka
obrazovanja za učenike koji su
završili dvogodišnje i trogodišnje
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
razvoj karijere)
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
/
/
/
/
/
Total
/ESF/
232.517,50 €
2014-2016
/ESF/
41.032,50 €
/
2014-2015
1.912.500,00
€ /ESF/
/
70
N/A
/
337.500,00 €
15000
15000
30.000
EUR 75/person/year
2014-2016
4.000.000,00
€ /ESF/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
N/A
2014-2020
3.500.000,00
€ /YEI/
/
/
/
/
/
/
3.500
EUR 1000/per
person/per year
52
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
strukovne programe)
18) Enhancing key competences
in STEM and ICT fields for
NEET persons who completed
secondary education for
enrollment in study programs in
STEM and ICT fields
(Jačanje ključnih kompetencija u
STEM i ICT područjima za
osobe koje su završile
srednjoškolsko obrazovanje s
ciljem upisa u studijske
programe u STEM i ICT
području)
19) Develop and implement
programmes for validation of
non-formal and informal learning
linked to the qualification
standards in the Register of
CROQF
(Razvoj i uvođenje programa za
vrednovanje neformalnog I
informalnog učenja na temelju
standarda kvalifikacija u
Registru HKO-a)
20) Development and
implementation of preparation
for State matura exam
(Razvoj i provedba priprema za
polaganje ispita državne mature)
2015 - 2020
30.000
7.200.000 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
/YEI/
LOT I
2016-2020
LOT II –
2017-2020
2015 - 2020
25.000.000,00
€
(6000 per
year)
EUR 200/per
year/per person
LOT I – 40 grant
schemes per
year/150.000 EUR
per grant scheme
4.500.000 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
14.720.000,00
€
/YEI/
/
/
/
/
/
/
16.000
LOT II – 800
EUR/per beneficiary
14.300.000 €
/YEI/
/
/
/
/
/
/
36.000
400 € per person/per
year
/ESF/
53
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
/
/
/
50
50
100
N/A
2270
EUR 660/osoba
1600
EUR 1.600,00
24) Upgrading of LMIS - Labour
Market Information System
(Osnaživanje sustava
2014-2016
21.250,00 €
/ESF/
3.750,00 €
25) Development of job-clubs
Razvoj klubova za zapošljavanje
mladih
(Razvoj klubova za
2014 – 2015
1.275.000,00
€ /ESFI/
225.000,00 €
26) Providing opportunities for
leavers - training for the youth
with no or with lowest education
(Pružanje prilike nezaposlenim
mladima koji napuštaju
obrazovanje - obrazovanje za
mlade bez ili s niskim
kvalifikacijama)
2014 – 2016
2.060.000,00
€ /YEI/
75.000,00 €
27) Introducing modern and
inovative features in vocational
education
inovativnih sadržaja u nastavu u
strukovnim školama)
2014-2015
(OP ESF
2007-2013)
5.112.500,10
€ /ESF/
curricula for craft occupations
(Razvoj novih kurikuluma za
obrtnička zanimanja)
2014-2016
255.000 €
/ESF/
/
425.000,00 €
/ESFI/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
902.205,90 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
45.000
/
/
/
/
/
/
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29) Education for crafts scholarship to pupils in deficit
craft occupations
(Obrazovanje za obrte stipendije učenicima u
deficitarnim obrtničkim
zanimanjima)
30) Apprenticeship subsidies for
craft occupations
zanimanja)
31) Setting up Support to
providers in organizing quality
internship, traineeship,
apprenticeship and school
practise schemes
(Uspostava sustava podrške
poslodavcima i pružateljima
obrazovanja u organizaciji
kvalitetne stručne prakse,
stažiranja, naukovanja i
praktične nastave i vježbi)
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
2014-2017
2.300.000,00
€ /YEI/
/
/
no
/
/
/
1150
2014-2015
700.000,00 €
/
/
no
/
/
/
350
2015-2016
800.000,00 €
/
/
no
/
/
/
400
2016-2017
800.000,00 €
/
/
no
/
/
/
400
2014-2017
4.080.000,00
€ /YEI/
/
/
/
/
/
/
1.600
2014-2015
1.500.000 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
500
2015-2016
1.650.000 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
550
2016-2017
1.650.000 €
/
/
/
/
/
/
550
2015 - 2018
4.250.000,00
€
750.000,00 €
/
not defined
not defined
/
/
750
/ESF/
55
EUR 2.000 annually
EUR 3.000 annually
N/A
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
cooperatives and training firms
and student incubators at
universities
(Potpora učeničkim zadrugama i
vježbovnim tvrtkama te
studentskim inkubatorima na
fakultetima)
2014-2017
688.500,00 €
/ESF/
121.500,00 €
/
no
/
/
/
150
EUR 3.000 per
student’s cooperative
annually
EUR 15.000 per
student incubator
annually
33) Self-employment activities
(Aktivnosti pomoći
samozapošljavanju)
2015.-2016.
3.700.000,00
€ /YEI/
2.975.000,00
€ /ESFI/
525.000,00 €
/
/
/
500
500
1000
750
750
1500
EUR 1500/ per
person
EUR
3800/person/YEAR
34) Promoting greater inclusion
of youth up to 30 into ALMP
2014/2016
4.690.000,00
€ /YEI/
4.250.000,00
€ /ESFI/
750.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
3000
EUR 3800
/person/year
6.100.000,00
€ /YEI/
4.250.000,00
€ /ESFI/
750.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
3000
EUR 3700 /person/6
months
26.750.000,00
€ /YEI/
19.337.500,00
€ /ESFI/
3.412.500,00
€
/
/
/
/
/
11000
4500
EUR/person/year
2.800.000 €
/YEI/
1.700.000,00
€ /ESFI/
300.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
/
3000
Training of the
unemployed 1.600
EUR/person
56
Years for
which
funding is
planned
(when applicable)
36) Training, capacity building
and technical support to stake
holders on local level
(Trninzi, razvoj kapaciteta I
tehnička podrška dionicima na
lokalnoj razini)
37) Promotion of stakeholder
involvement and capacity
building for supporting quality
mentorships and job creation for
youth
izgradnje kapaciteta dionika za
pružanje podrške kvalitetnog
mentorstva i razvoja poslova za
mlade)
2014.-2017.
2014 - 2016
Cost per
beneficiary
(when applicable)
EU/ESF/YEI
35) Conducting an external
evaluation of training
programmes and other ALMP
measures
(Provedba vanjskog
obrazovanja i ostalih MAPZ)
170.000,00 €
1.700.000,00
€
National
Funds,
including
co-funding
Regional/Local
Funds
Employer
Funds
Other (please
specify)
Male
Female
Total
/
/
/
/
/
/
30.000,00 €
N/A
/
/
/
/
/
/
300.000,00 €
N/A
/ESF/
/
2014 - 2016
1.700.000,00
€
/
300.000,00 €
/
/
/
/
N/A
/ESF/
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4. Assessment and continuous improvement of schemes (see YG CR rec. 24-26)
Result and Output indicators for overall YEI implementation are set in the ESF OP 2014-2020 within IP 8.5 as follows:
Common and Programme Specific Result indicators:
-
Unemployed participants who completed YEI intervention
Unemployed participants who receive an offer of employment, continued education, apprenticeship or traineeship upon leaving
Participant in employment, including self-employment, 6 month after leaving
Common and Programme Specific Output indicators:
-
Below 25 years of age
Unemployed, including long- term unemployed
Unemployed/LTU youth who participated in the traineeship, apprenticeship and other on the job training schemes
Youth 15-29
Monitoring of the ALMP schemes will be done by CES which has a data base of all registered persons and an established cooperation with REGOS which
feeds in monthly reports on employed persons. Non-active NEET population will be tracked according to the procedures that are to be established by one of
the measures. Integration of youth in ALPM schemes is done on weekly and monthly bases. Monitoring of interventions based in schools or related to
secondary and tertiary education will be done by MSES and ones related to apprenticeships and entrepreneurship by MEC. GOCNGO will cover monitoring
of outcomes for beneficiaries in CSOs, but it will partially be done by MSPY through yearly reports on youth and for youth NGOs. Other schemes financed
through EU funds will be fed into MIS and monitored by MLPS as MA. Quarterly meetings of YGIP Council are envisaged to ensure smooth implementation
of all measures and do follow up reporting. MLPS as coordinating body will create comprehensive yearly reports on all activities by comprising reports of all
lead institutions.
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Table 4.1: Planned assessments for the (non-financial aspects of) structural reforms34
Name of the reform35
Expected change
1) Adoption of the Law on Youth
(Usvajanje Zakona o mladima)
-to strengthen the general position of youth
and build a base for evidence based policy
2) Adoption of the National
Youth Programme 2014 – 2017
(Usvajanje Nacionalnog
programa za mlade za
razdoblje2014-2017)
3) Development of Human
Resources Register
(Uspostava registra ljudskih
potencijala)
4) Forum for lifelong professional
guidance and career
development (forum za
cjeloživotno profesionalno
usmjeravanje i razvoj karijere)
5) Establishment of additional
Lifelong Career Guidance
Centres
cjeloživotni razvoj karijere'CISOK')
Technology
tehnologije)
-to contribute to further strengthening of
youth in all aspects of their lives
Yearly evaluation of progress
Yearly progress/monitoring reports
-to be able to forecast real skills and
knowledge needed in the current LM
Good job-matching and reduction of structural
unemployment
CES register, LM survey, survey of employers
-to promote development of lifelong career
guidance and contribute to quality of
guidance
Share of participation in adult education
Progress reports
-to contribute to development of lifelong
career guidance and raise awareness on
need to participate in lifelong learning
Visitors count, Share of participation in adult
education
sign in sheets
-to respond to dynamic changes in society,
economy and culture
-to face the challenges like application of
new technologies, environmental and
population aging
-to respond to the limited human, material
and natural resources which must be used
in the best way
-to predict the long-term development and
be ready for customization
-to be able to forecast real skills and
knowledge needed in the current LM
Monitoring
committee
(the
monitoring
committee
is planning to be established
following the adoption of the Strategy)
Monitoring reports
Good job-matching and reduction of structural
unemployment
CES register, LM survey, survey of employers
22) Development of LM
monitoring and analysis system
34
35
Means through which change will
measured
Surveys, evaluations, researches
Please include all reforms listed in the tables above.
59
be
Source of information / planned evaluations
Yearly progress reports
Table 4.2: Planned assessments of the initiatives and of the financial aspects of reforms 36
Name of the initiative /
reform 37
stakeholders and
beneficiaries
(Informiranje javnosti,
dionika i korisnika)
7) Informing youth
entering the LM
(Informiranje mladih koji
ulaze na tržište rada)
8) Setting up of NEET
tracking system
(Uspostava sustava
praćenja NEET osoba)
9) Social Innovations in
Activation of Youth
(Socijalne inovacije u
aktivaciji mladih osoba)
10) Strengthening the
network of local and
regional info-centers for
youth
(Osnaživanje mreže
lokalnih I regionalnih infocentara za mlade)
11) Strengthening youth
and for-youth NGO’s for
working with youth
(Osnaživanje udruga
mladih i za mlade za rad s
mladima)
12) Activation through
cultural content 'Backpack /full/ of culture'
(Aktivacija kroz kulturne
36
37
Target
population
equivalent)
22 CES Regional office;
(or
Population (or equivalent) actually
reached
22 Career days is expecting to be
organized (one in each CES Regional
office).
Outcome for population
Sources of information
Number of young persons informed on
occupation needed in the LM/gender
equity in occupation/skills
Evaluation lists
Reports, including media reports
Developed website
21.000 young people about to take
part in ALMPs;
Registered NEETs
As per activity 35.
Evaluation lists
Reports
MIS
Youth in NEET status (about 16%
of inactive youth aged 15-25 +
undetermined percentage of those
aged 25-29)
Inactive NEET persons
Reduction in number of registered NEET
persons.
Established number of inactive NEET
persons.
Reports
Youth in NEET status (about 16%
of inactive youth aged 15-25 +
undetermined percentage of those
aged 25-29) in particular inactive
NEETs belonging to vulnerable
groups.
Youth residing in areas of activity
of regional info-centers for youth.
About 750 young NEETs.
Number of young people included in the
LM (included in re-activation workshops
and/or covered by YG).
Evaluation lists
Reports
MIS
Youth coming to regional info-centers
for youth to inform themselves about
education and/or employment.
The number of young people included in
the education system and number of
employed young people who informed
themselves in regional info-centers for
youth.
Reports on results of implementation of
programs/projects
Youth residing in areas of activity
of youth and for-youth NGO’s not
in the education system and not
employed
Youth not in the education system and
not
employed
who
voluntarily
participated in programs of youth and
for-youth NGO’s to become included
into the education system or find
employment
The number of young people included in
the education system and number of
employed young people after completing
programs of youth and for-youth NGO’s
Reports on results of implementation of
programs/projects
pupils in secondary education, in
particular pupils from vulnerable
groups and in underdeveloped
regions
About 2000 pupils
Prevention from dropping into NEET
status, activation for resuming education
CES register
Signing lists
Please include all initiatives listed in the tables above.
60
reform 37
sadržaje (Ruksak /pun/
kulture)
13) LLCG counsellors and
Youth counsellors training
(Trening savjetnika za
mlade za razvoj karijere)
14) Setting up ecounselling system in
guidance
(Uspostava sustava esavjetovanja o razvoju
karijere)
15) Providing vocational
and career guidance to
pupils in upper secondary
(Pružanje usluga
profesionalnog
usmjeravanja za učenike
u srednjem strukovnom
obrazovanju)
16) Provision of assistant
for students with
disabilities in primary and
secondary school
institutions (Osiguravanje
pomoćnika učenicima s
teškoćama u
osnovnoškolskim i
srednjoškolskim odgojnoobrazovnim ustanovama)
17) Financing continuation
of education for students
who have completed twoyear and three-year
vocational programs
(Financiranje nastavka
obrazovanja za učenike
koji su završili dvogodišnje
i trogodišnje strukovne
Target
population
equivalent)
(or
565 of CES counsellors
reached
100
Enhanced and improved service for
youth;/ number of LLCG units
beneficiaries increased for 50 %
Signing lists /
LLCG counsellors and youth
counsellors trained/
81 CES counsellors for vocational
and career guidance
Number of CES counsellors for
vocational and career guidance
expected to be trained is 70
86% of CES counsellors for vocational
and career guidance trained for using ecounselling channel
Signing list
Project report
Number of pupils in vocational
education (135.930)
CES envisaged to provide this service
to 30.000 pupils.
Number of pupils who received career
guidance in vocational education
Career guidance report
45% pupils find
job/internship/traineeship/apprenticeship
after finishing school
CES register
Pension Fund register
50% pupils of four year technical upper
secondary education enter tertiary
education
Ministry of science, education and sports
Register
pupils/students belonging to
disadvantaged groups (Roma
minority children/pupils/students,
pupils/students with disabilities,
with behavioural problems and/or
learning difficulties)
To be defined later
Number of disadvantaged participants in
targeted educational services (e.g.
number of pupils with disabilities who
received specifically targeted professional
supports)
Structural funds MIS
Youth from 15-19 in secondary
education unable to continue
education
To be defined later (planned: about
3.500 students in 2014-2020 period)
Finishing
secondary
education;
Employment or job/placement; continuing
education on higher level
MSES
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programe)
18) Enhancing key
competences in STEM
and ICT fields for NEET
persons who completed
secondary education for
enrollment in study
programs in STEM and
ICT fields
(Jačanje ključnih
kompetencija u STEM i
ICT područjima za osobe
koje su završile
srednjoškolsko
obrazovanje s ciljem upisa
u studijske programe u
STEM i ICT području)
19) Develop and
implement programmes
for validation of nonformal and informal
learning linked to the
qualifications standards in
the Register of CROQF
(Razvoj i provedba
programa za vrednovanje
neformalnog I informalnog
učenja na temelju
standard kvalifikacija u
Registru HKO-a))
20) Development and
implementation of
preparation for State
matura exam (Razvoj i
provedba priprema za
polaganje ispita državne
mature)
Target
population
equivalent)
(or
reached
Young persons aged 18-29
enrolled in tertiary education, but
at risk of dropping out, young
persons who have dropped out of
tertiary education in STEM and
ICT fields
Number of students enrolled in STEM
and ICT fields for the academic year
2013 – 2014 is 19794.
Number of drop outs on the first year
of study is 6000 on average for past 4
years
Number of students staying in education;
continuing education on higher level
MSES
LOT II - All NEET youth (18 – 29)
interested in furthering their
education
Number of learners enrolled per
developed programme for validation
of non – formal and informal learning
(16000 learners enrolled into 200
developed programmes in four years)
Number of NEET youth with better
possibilities
for
employability
(competences and qualifications achieved
in shorter period of time); continuing
education on higher level
MSES
All youth aged 18 up to 30 who
completed three and four year
secondary
vocational
programmes, not enrolled into
tertiary education
Youth not in the education system and
not employed who completed three
and four year vocational education to
become included into the education
system through completion of state
matura exam
Number of students staying in education:
continuing education on higher level
MSES
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services for youth
(Razvoj usluga za mlade
pri HZZ-u)
Target
population
(or
equivalent)
22 CES Regional offices/ Overall
number of young persons up to
30 in Croatia
reached
Youth centres are planned to be
established within CES Regional
offices
Number of young people receiving the
service
Number of established
All young registered unemployed (15 up to
30) receiving the service.
22 Youth Centres established
CES data base
24) Upgrading of LMIS Labour Market Information
System
(Uspostava sustava
25) Development of jobclubs
(Razvoj klubova za
565 of CES counsellors
Number of CES counsellors expected
to be trained is 100.
Number of CES counsellors trained for
using LMI system increased by 18%
/ LMIS enhanced and further developed
LMIS data base
Signing lists
Young persons up to 30 facing
difficulties in entering LM - about
82.500 young people
2.270 young persons trained for active
job search
List/ Signing list
29 of job clubs established
2270 participants
26) Providing
opportunities for
leavers - training for the
youth with no or with
lowest education
(Pružanje prilike
nezaposlenim mladima
koji napuštaju
obrazovanje - obrazovanje
za mlade bez ili s niskim
kvalifikacijama)
27) Introducing modern
and inovative features in
inovativnih sadržaja u
nastavu u strukovnim
školama)
12.717 of young persons with no
or lowest educational level
registered at CES plus early
school leavers
It is envisaged to provide new
opportunities to 1600 early school
leavers and young persons with no or
lowest education level
50% of participants find
employment//internship/traineeship/
apprenticeship
3% of young unemployed facing
difficulties involved in Job Club activities
At least 50% of early school leavers
informed about continuing education or
training
/ 13% ( of 1600) of young persons with no
or lowest educational level continued
education or training
Students who attend newly
developed/revised
vocational
education programmes
To be defined later
Number of students enrolled in vocational
schools that have developed new school
curricula ( school curricula that contain
innovative features aimed to increase
competencies of students – focus is on
practical skills)
Structural funds MIS
63
CES data base
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curricula for craft
occupations
(Razvoj novih kurikuluma
za obrtnička zanimanja)
29) Education for crafts scholarship to students in
deficit craft occupations
(Obrazovanje za obrte stipendije učenicima u
deficitarnim obtničkim
zanimanjima)
30) Apprenticeship
subsidies for craft
occupations
zanimanja)
31) Setting up support to
providers in organizing
quality work-based
learning schemes
(internships, traineeships,
apprenticeships)
(Uspostava sustava
podrške poslodavcima i
pružateljima obrazovanja
u organizaciji kvalitetnih
programa učenja na
radnom mjestu ,
(stažiranja, naukovanja i
pripravništva)
Target
population
(or
equivalent)
Students in secondary vocational
education (aged 15-19)
reached
By implementing this measure it is
envisaged to reach about 24.000
pupils in beneficiary schools
Maintained number of pupils completing
educational programs for deficit crafts
occupations
Yearly reports from Agency for Vocational
Education and Training and Adult
Education (AVET) and/or MSES
Students in deficit secondary craft
education (aged 15-19):
educated
in
deficit
crafts
occupations
educated
in
deficit
crafts
occupations
educated
in
deficit
crafts
occupations
Students in secondary craft
- academic year 2014/15: 500 of
pupils who are educated in the
deficit crafts occupations
- Employers taking on
apprentices or students/learners
within upper secondary VET;
- employers taking on students
within higher education:
- employers taking on trainees in
open market or within ALMMs;
- social partners, county
branches of the Croatian Chamber
of Trades and Crafts and Croatian
Chamber of Commerce, CSOs.
envisaged to reach 1.150 pupils
educated in deficit crafts occupations.
Maintained number of pupils completing
educational programs for deficit crafts
occupations.
envisaged to reach 1.600 pupils
educated in deficit crafts occupations.
Increased number of apprenticeships in
SMEs for deficit crafts occupations
educational programs.
envisaged to reach about 800 end
beneficiaries.
End beneficiaries:
- Students in secondary vocational
education (aged 15-19)
- HEI students up to 30
- unemployed youth aged 15 up to
30
At least 100 equipped mentors in
SME’s.
Improved quality of work-based learning
schemes (long-term impact, cannot be
assessed within framework of this
intervention);
Increased number of trained/competent
mentors (overall and within specific type of
work-based learning);
- companies/employers whose mentors
took part in the scheme taking on learners
(at least 40% after 6 months);
- recommendations on how to improve
support to work-based learning within
educational system (upper-secondary
VET and higher education) based on
piloted schemes developed and discussed
in competent working/advisory bodies at
national level;
-recommendations on how to improve
At least 300 enterprises surveyed on
needs to carry out mentorship – work
based learning schemes.
At least 200 enterprises involved in
work
based
learning
schemes
(internship, traineeship).
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firms and student
incubators at universities
(Potpora učeničkim
zadrugama i vježbovnim
tvrtkama te studentskim
inkubatorima na
fakultetima)
33) Self-employment
activities
(Aktivnosti pomoći
samozapošljavanju)
34) Promoting greater
inclusion of youth up to 30
into ALMP
(Promicanje snažnijeg
uključivanja mladih do 30
godina u MAPZ)
Activity 1.
subsidies and
compensations for
scheme beneficiaries
(existing activity)
Target
population
equivalent)
(or
reached
Students in secondary vocational
- academic year 2014/15: at least
40 student cooperatives and / or
training companies
training companies
training companies
Students in faculties (aged 18-25):
10 student incubators
120.958 (average in 2013) of
young unemployed persons
registered by CES, depending on
selection criteria within every CES
measure (duration of registration,
working experience etc.)
By implementing this measures it is
envisaged to reach 6,000 students in
secondary schools and 200 students
in faculties
Activity 1
120.958 ( average in 2013) of
Activity 1
Envisaged number of persons
included in measures within this
intervention is 3.000
Activity2
120.958 ( average in 2013) of
support to work-based learning after
completing formal education (within
ALMMs or open market) based on piloted
schemes developed and discussed in
competent working/advisory bodies at
national level.
Number of student cooperative’s or
student incubator’s members acquired
knowledge and skills as key competences
for entrepreneurship and self-employment
Yearly reports of student’s organisation
receiving support.
Number of young persons envisaged
for this intervention is 1.000.
1000 of young people received selfemployment help
/ number of beneficiaries with developed
business plan increased by 40%
CES data base
Participant list
At least 85% of young persons in a job 6
month after receiving self-employment
subsidies
At least 75% of young entrepreneurs still
working 1 year after receiving subsidy
Activity 1
75% of young people employed after
receiving employment subsidy
CES data base/ Croatian Pension
Institute data base
Activity 2
intervention is 3.000 young persons.
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Activity 2
25%of young persons employed after
finished public work
CES data base /Croatian Pension Institute
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Activity 2.
public work programmes
for youth
Activity 3.
support for acquiring first
work experience of young
people in professions for
which were educated
Activity 4.
employment and training
subsidies
35) Conducting an
external evaluation of
training programmes and
other ALMP measures
(Provedba vanjskog
obrazovanja i ostalih
MAPZ)
37) Training, capacity
building and technical
support to stake holders
on local level
(Trninzi, razvoj kapaciteta
I tehnička podrška
dionicima na lokalnoj
razini)
38) Promotion of
stakeholder involvement
and capacity building for
supporting quality
mentorships and job
creation for youth
izgradnje kapaciteta
dionika za pružanje
podrške kvalitetnog
mentorstva i razvoja
poslova za mlade)
Target
population
equivalent)
(or
reached
Activity 3
intervention is 11.000 young persons
Activity 3
45%of young persons in job after
receiving employment and training
subsidies
Activity 4
Activity 4
35% of young persons in job after
receiving employment and training
subsidies
All CES ALMP measures.
All ALMP measures of CES put into
evaluation
CES ALMP measures targeted young
people evaluated
CES - Reports on evaluation
13 Croatian Regions / overall
number of youth up to 30 in
Croatia.
Action
plans
development
is
envisaged for 13 regions which still
haven’t developed Action plans for
youth.
New
measures
developed
implemented on local/regional
targeting young persons.
CES - List of action plans and initiatives
for youth
Branch offices and affiliates of
employers representatives, trade
unions and chamber associations;
Branch
offices
and
affiliates
capacitated in all regions for providing
information on YG to employers.
Capacity raised for quality support to
employers on local level for development
of work-based learning schemes and job
creation.
Activity 3
120.958 (average in 2013) of
Activity 4
120.958 (average in 2013) of
Local employers.
Overall number of youth up to 30
in Croatia.
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and
level
Evaluation reports
Media reports, including on-line activity
(reported to MLPS)
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