The activities of the Competitiveness and Employment Project were implemented through several components:
Capacity building of the PPS aimed at developing and piloting a framework for planning and managing public policies at the interministerial level, as well as individual frameworks at the level of line ministries;
Capacity building of the Ministry of Economy and the Development Agency of Serbia (DAS): activities included the design and implementation of sector strategies, action plans, a strategic framework for investment, and export promotion. In addition to institutional strengthening, efforts were also directed toward improving existing enterprise support programs and developing new ones;
Strengthening the institutional capacities of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, including the Innovation Fund, as well as the establishment and development of the Science Fund;
Capacity building of the National Employment Service (NES) to improve the provision of employment mediation services through the preparation and adoption of the NES Action Plan, and the design and piloting of a training voucher system. Through partnership with the project team, the NES developed the first National Employment Action Plan using a new methodology for profiling unemployment risk, a targeted professional development program for caseworkers, and recommendations on how to better design and implement specific active labour market measures.
Project indicators and additional data demonstrate a positive impact of the project on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, as well as on the economy as a whole. Grant programs served as a pathway for the establishment of new firms that generated additional income and employment. Support for technology transfer contributed to increased enterprise innovation. Innovation vouchers stimulated innovation, strengthened the research and development culture, improved the knowledge-based economy, and enhanced the innovation ecosystem and research and development environment.
More information about the project is available here.
List of available documents
| Title | Date | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Contract award notice | 27.04.2021. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 22.01.2021. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 05.10.2020 | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 29.09.2020. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 21.09.2020. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 20.07.2020. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 13.03.2020. | See more → |
| Contract award notice - 3A.3.3 | 09.01.2020. | See more → |
| Contract award notice - 3A.3.23 | 09.01.2020. | See more → |
| Notice of the award of a lower value contract | 29.11.2019. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 29.11.2019. | See more → |
| Notice of the award of a lower value contract | 08.11.2019. | See more → |
| Notice of the award of a lower value contract | 16.10.2019. | See more → |
| Notice of the award of a lower value contract | 08.09.2019. | See more → |
| Contract award notice - Office furniture | 12.07.2019. | See more → |
| Contract award notice - Consultants | 12.07.2019. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 14.06.2019. | See more → |
| Contract award notice | 10.05.2019. | See more → |
| Progress report | July-December 2017. | See more → |
| Progress report | January-June 2017. | See more → |