In March 2010, new contract has been signed between GOPA mbH and TALDi, under the “Youth Employment Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina- YEP”, the Project Component II - Employability and Employment of marginalised Youth aiming at: Assistance to young people in terms of improving job search skills and enhancing their employability.
In implementation of the project activities TALDi is closely cooperating with the Tuzla Canton Biro for employment and Biro for employment Bijeljina.
Targeted participants are unemployed people from Tuzla and Bijeljina region. In this respect, the training modules are designed to meet their needs for specific skills for enhancing their employability through the acquiring new skills and knowledge relevant for active and effective job seeking process.
Core activities of the support program are related to the provision of the training and consultancy support following the presented frame of support measures:
Module 1: Introduction and development of the personal vision and setting its own employment objectives/targets Module 2: Preparation of the CV and applications for job seeking Module 3: Strengthening the personal competences: -Communication skills
-Negotiation skills
-Team and team work
-Motivation factors
-Conflict and conflict resolution Module 4: Interviews techniques and presentation skills Module 5: Starting your job /Keeping your job and development of the personal action plan
Project “Today’s children are tomorrow’s parents”
From 20th of November 2009, after the phase of the reconstruction of the premises, purchasing of necessary equipment and engagement of adequate professional staff, Centres established by the Project “Today’s children are tomorrow’s parents“ have been officially open and started their work with the beneficiaries.
Daily Centres are offering continual support to the children from multi-problem families and more then 300 children in the age from 6 to 15 have approach to the secured services.
In parallel with opening the Centres, educational component of the Project has also started, as to provide adequate knowledge and minimize beginner’s mistakes, establish equal and unique system of the functioning and work of all Centres supported by the Project.
Up to date, the Centre`s representatives undergone through the following trainings / seminars, delivered by international and local experts and Project manager/TALDi:
-Project management
-Financial management
-Working methods with children
-Inter-generational transfer of neglect and abuse and secondary trauma
-Social-emotional development of children and developmental disorders
-Volunteer management and training
-Organisational and institutional strengthening
-Child rights, child focussed approach, and participation in decision-making
Besides representatives of seven Centres from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the representatives of the Centres from Subotica, Serbia and Herceg Novi, Montenegro are involved in the process of education and transfer of knowledge, skills and experience.
In September and October 2010, two additional seminars are planned to be organised and realised:
-Gender concept training
-Working with parents
Each of the Centre in its daily work is following adopted model of functioning of the Centres, criteria for the selections of the beneficiaries are developed, individual and group work with the beneficiaries are organised.
Project team is conducting periodical monitoring, securing the provision of consultancy support to the Centers.
PROJECT:“Strengthening the role and capacities of Neighbourhood units/Local communities in the process of decentralization”
Supported by: The Balkan Trust for Democracy, The German Marshall Fund, Washington DC, USA and Municipality of Gracanica
Project duration: November 2009 – November 2010
Objective of the project: Improve decentralization process by enhancing the citizen cantered approach of the municipal authorities and by improving the capacities and performance of Neighbourhood units/Local communities in anticipating higher degree of participation in decision-making process and development of local communities
Main project activities:
-Establishment and periodical meetings of the Project coordination group;
-Organization and realisation of seminars; experience and lessens learned from R. Macedonia;
-Preparation and implementation of the serial of trainings /consultations involving representatives of the Municipal authorities and citizens of 4 (four) local units;
-Awarding of 4 (four) developed micro projects based on strategies defined and priorities identified;
-Realization of common actions in each of the four local units and presentation of the project achievements /results.
Project motto: Be a change you would like to see and take a full participation in managing local development!
Youth Employment Project in BiH (YEP)
TALDi is one of the four local partners within the Youth Employment Project in BiH (YEP), led by German company GOPA, supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC).
The Project is consisted of four components supporting youth employment and TALDi interventions are focused on component II of the respective Project, which is providing assistance for youth who have already completed education, but they are unprepared and under equipped for the jobs market place.
The TALDi assistances is focused on two objectives:
1. Provision of assistance to the young people in terms of enhancing their employability through vocational on–the-job training with identified companies /potential employers
2. Development of self-employment skills and improving employment chances among the youth unemployed population, through offering advice and guidance backed up with a modular entrepreneurial training programme and development of skills relevant for effective job seeking.
Targeted beneficiaries of the project are unemployed youth without work experience in the age 17-30 years. Realisation of the project activities is conducted in cooperation with the Public Employment Services of Tuzla canton and Bijeljina regional employement office.
Objective 1: - Assistance to young people and enhancing their employability through vocational on-the- job- training within identified companies/potential employers
- Being aware of evident problems in youth employment, in particular employment of young people with no work experience, TALDi as a local partner to the Project “Youth Employment in BiH -YEP“, implemented by GOPA mbH, carried out a survey of opinions and attitudes of employers and a review of employment / unemployment situation of youth in the area of Tuzla Canton and Bijeljina area.
- There is high level of consensus among employers, which clearly indicates the problem employers face in the employment process of the first time employee, especially in the segments that are related to non-harmonization of the education system with the market demand and lack of practical knowledge and skills students obtain within the regular formal education. Since the survey has confirmed, that both employers and representatives of employment offices recognize the need for on-the-job-training of new employees, the project interventions of YEP proved to be fully justified.
- Secured full 25 arrangements planed in the first project year for on- the-job-trainings for the first time employees within the selected companies with the strong expectation that the significant number of on-the-job-trainees will be offered follow up employment contracts.
Alongside with the technical skills and knowledge trainees are acquiring within the companies, the Project is also supporting an enabling environment within which the new potential future employee will develop its personal skills and attitudes related to the enhancing positive attitude towards the job, responsibility for the tasks assigned commitment and motivation skills, which present the personal characteristics seen by each of the potential future employer, among the most important, alongside with the technical know how.
Objective 2:
Education support to self-employment, promotion of entrepreneurial culture among the youth unemployed population, and active job seeking.
The entrepreneurship education is mainly focusing on development of the entrepreneurial spirit among the unemployed people, who consider the option of the potential future self-employment, while the active job seeking is providing the relevant “know how” in terms of the strengthening the knowledge, skills and attitudes of young unemployed people in effective job seeking process and presentation to the potential employer.
In the close cooperation with the Employment offices in Tuzla and Bijeljina three out of five planed training cycles are already organised and successfully implemented, each involving 12 to 14 unemployed young persons within the group, and upon the finalisation of the training the beneficiaries have the access to individual consultation support they might need in the process of employment and self-employment.
Positive evaluation of the process by beneficiaries could be illustrated by this statement of the young unemployed person saying: ”Entrepreneurial way of thinking and my strong commitment to start active job seeking are the most appreciated benefits I take from this training process”.
Promotional material and visibility of TALDi interventions under the Youth Employment Project (YEP)
New project in partnership with the Stichting Kinderpostzegels, The Netherlands In the frame of its mission and strategic orientations related to the support of civil society, TALDi as a national program manager in cooperation with the Stichting Kinderpostzegels, The Netherlands, is starting implementation of the new three years program “Today’s children are tomorrow’s parents”, financed by the respective Matra programme -The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Project is aiming at improvement of the quality of life and development of new opportunities for children from multi-problem families in Bosnia and Herzegovina by provision of high quality and child focussed support through establishment of sustainable Day care centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Initial project actions are focused at realisation of the PR campaign aiming at the rising awareness about position of children from multi-problem families, while the follow up activities will be related to the advertisement of the call for proposal open for NGOs who are dealing with the children at risk and are willing to establish effective Day care centre. In the first program year it is foreseen that the best applicants will be selected and support provided to the selected NGOs in establishment and effective work of the six Day care centres in different regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
