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TA to draft the Terms of Reference for IPA 2009 Technical Assisance Project “Support to Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare” - Kosovo

Kosovo

European Commission

The Governmet of Kosovo

Latest World Bank figures show that poverty in Kosovo is increasing and that around 20% of the population is in extreme poverty. Persons in poverty experience enormous barriers in accessing the formal labour market as they are largely unskilled and from discriminated and marginalised communities. The MLSW has an essential role in poverty reduction and addressing social exclusion and unemployment. However, its work is hampered by weaknesses in the legislative framework, poor design of social and unemployment benefits, and HR limitations. The project purpose is the promotion of economic and social cohesion and poverty alleviation in Kosovo. An internal review accompanied by capacity building measures of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare will serve to increase the equity and efficiency in the delivery of social and employment assistance schemes and will seek, in particular, to address the challenges of the forthcoming decentralisation process. The initiative will serve to review and revise the employment and social benefits systems and build the capacity of the MLSW administrative structures in preparation for the decentralisation process starting from 2009 - 2010. The specific objective of this project is the drafting of Terms of Reference for IPA 2009 Technical Assistance project ’Support to the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

Start date: 2009-05-01

End date: 2009-06-30