EU Twinning Project “Capacity Building of the Employment Support Services of Georgia”

Public Employment Services and future challenges, Twinning project structure and work plan

Mr Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze, PhD. Resident Twining Adviser to Georgia

Tbilisi, 7th of October 2015

Why employment support services?

• Wage-work is a key element of the citizen's life• it designs our time schedule • also defines lifestyle • contributes to labour market productivity • determines values in a society • supports social inclusion• correlates with physical and mental health

The core functions of the Public Employment Service (PES)

• Information: PES offers a unique and usually nation-wide service as providers of labour market information. The information they provide includes extensive data on vacancies and potential applicants. They assist people choosing a new career, and those wanting to re-focus their career perspectives. They provide information on training and retraining opportunities.

• Brokerage: Brokerage services are the core business of all PESs. Over time these services have been developed in a variety of specific forms catering form the differentiated needs of jobseekers and employers with vacancies. They range from fully open presentation of vacancies to more selective mediation between jobseekers and employers, and from quick job matching procedures to intensive job search assistance.

• Market adjustment: A distinctive feature of Public Employment Services is their dose involvement in implementing labour market policies which help to adjust mismatches between supply and demand.

"MODERNISING PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICESTO SUPPORT THE EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENTSTRATEGY COM(1998)641 Brussels, 13.11.1998

Therefore a well-established public employment services has (from the EU perspective)

A. Strategic performance managementB. Designed of operational processesC. Sustainable activation and management of transitionsD. Relations with EmployersE. Evidence-based design and implementation of PES

servicesF. Management of partnerships and stakeholdersG. Allocation of PES Resources

EU PES 2020 bench-learning process

Project components1. The revision of the Georgian Legal Framework of equal opportunities

legislation related to employment in line with …. the Association Agreement;2. The revision of the structure and functions of the SSA employment

component to reflect its expanded role in the labour market management processes,

3. The establishment and full functioning of a comprehensive Labour Market Information Management System (WorkNet Information System),

4. Human resource development within the ESS, employment component of the Social Service Agency of Georgia

5. Modern communication strategy and PR for employment support services

Gantt Chart Sept. 2015-Jan. 2017

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