The first few months of the implementation of Your Job project in Serbia were used to establish local offices and incubators for youth in Zrenjanin, Ruma and Aleksinac, as well as to carry out a series of preparatory activities. During the summer, the GCs began presenting the project to potential stakeholders. Contacts were made with local self-government bodies, branches of the National Employment Service, social welfare institutions, educational and other public institutions and with representatives of employers. The project was also presented to the public through local media and social networks.

Aleksinac

From May to September, GCs from Aleksinac mapped stakeholders in their municipality, introduced them to Your Job project, and invited them to cooperate with their Incubator for youth. The project was also presented on Radio Aleksinac.

Also, the project was presented to the participants of a previously implemented project for youth and consultation with interested young people was started.

Numerous meetings were held with representatives of the institutions to discuss the project. The cooperation on the project was discussed with representatives of Aleksinac Gimnasium, Agricultural School “Sumatovac”, Office for Youth and National Employment Services.

A focus group was held in early July to conduct a qualitative study of gender equality in the labor market. GCs from Aleksinac participated in the “Individual Counseling” training held in Belgrade, organized by Caritas Srbije for GCs from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ruma

Incubator for youth was also established in Ruma. In the project implementation period so far, GCs from Ruma have mapped potential project associates, contacted them and presented them the Your Job project. Meetings were held with the Director of the Center for Social Work, representatives of the National Employment Service and local governments.

Meetings were also held with the principals of the four high schools (Secondary School of Agriculture and Nutrition “Stevan Petrovic Brile”;  Secondary technical school “Milenko Brzak – Uca”;  Gymnasium „Stevan Puzić” and High school “Branko Radicevic”) with whom it was agreed to hold info sessions with second-, third- and fourth-year students in September. A memorandum of cooperation is also planned.

A focus group was held at the end of June to discuss gender equality in the labor market with young people.

Your Job project was the main topic of the meeting with the Bishop of Srem Diocese, msgr Đuro Gašparović, held on 18.07.2019 in Petrovaradin. Representatives of Caritas Austria, Caritas Serbia and Caritas Srem also attended the meeting. Meetings with Parish Parishioners in Ruma, Hrtkovci, Platicevo are planned for early September to discuss the possibility of holding info sessions with youth in parishes.

GCs from Ruma participated in the “Individual Counseling” training held in Belgrade, organized by Caritas Srbije for GCs from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Zrenjanin

At the Incubator for youth in Zrenjanin, the first customer consultations were conducted in August. Workshops for young people were held through the game “Employment”, and the workshop “Be My HR” was held with young people who have already experienced the job search process. Games and workshops were created by GC Milica Bogdanov.

A meeting with the Youth Office was held and cooperation in youth employment was agreed.

Several meetings were held with the European Institute for Education and a memorandum of cooperation was signed.

A memorandum of cooperation has also been signed with the Center for Social Work.It was agreed to include persons without parental care and foster families. In the coming period, it was agreed to hold workshops at the Safe House for women victims of violence.

The project was also presented to the Zrenjanin city government, who proposed cooperation with the StarIT Center, an IT entrepreneurship center.

Cooperation with the school for children with disabillity “May 9th” has also been established. In addition to elementary school, this school has secondary education for various professions, and it was agreed to include theese young people into the activities of the project.
A focus group was held at the end of June to discuss gender equality in the labor market with young people.

GC from Zrenjanin took participation in the “Individual Counseling” training held in Belgrade, organized by Caritas Srbije for GCs from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Activities on Your Job project in Zrenjanin have been featured in a number of print and electronic local media as well as on social networks.

As the summer vacation and holiday season is over and all preparatory work on setting up a Incubators for youth in Aleksinac, Ruma and Zrenjanin has been completed, GCs expect much more project activities to be implemented in the next period.