FEDERAL MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY PREPARED PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY IN FBIH

SARAJEVO. JULY 5 (ONASA) – Like most of the region, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is faced with the absence of quality employment program policies, as well as the increasing outflow of quality labor to international labor markets, which is a long-term problem, especially if they are taken into taking into account the negative demographic and population trends, i.e. as experts forecast, the expected changes in the population structure, which foresee an increase in the share of the elderly population by some 75%, and at the same time, it is predicted that the number of working-age population will be halved.
With the increased emigration of the young, qualified population, where according to reports from the civil society sector, about 5% of the total population has left the country in the past few years, and the accelerated aging of the population, given that 15% of the total population is over 65 years old, long-term problems are expected for the entire society and far-reaching consequences.
An increase in the dependency ratio (children and the elderly on the working-age population) is expected, which will put the economic burden of covering the costs of public services, such as education, health care, social care, including pensions, on the working-age population.
Depending on economic factors, despite everything, employment opportunities are opening up, and in order to direct employment policies in the right direction, the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, in cooperation with the International Labor Organization and other partners, prepared a seven-year Employment Strategy in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The recruitment strategy consists of three parts. In the first part, the situation on the labor market in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was analyzed, in the second part, policies aimed at remedial challenges in the sphere of employment were determined, while in the last part, operational aspects concerning the implementation of the employment policy were presented.
“Taking into account the general situation on the labor market and in the field of employment, we have prepared the Employment Strategy in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023 – 2030), which through four strategic goals aims to contribute to increasing personal employability, developing and improving the alignment of skills with the requirements of the labor market, promotion of capacities companies in the private sector to create formal jobs, to ensure inclusion in the labor market of difficult-to-employ categories through more effective active labor market policies, and to strengthen labor market management and increase the capacity to implement policies”, explained the goals and efforts pursued by this Strategy, the federal Minister of Labor and Social Policy Adnan Delić.
The proposal of the Strategy was submitted for opinion to the competent institutions in the Federation of BiH, i.e. in Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely: cantonal assemblies, the Federal Employment Service, cantonal employment services, the Federal Ministry of Education, cantonal ministries of education, employers’ and trade unions’ associations, the Professional Rehabilitation Fund and employment of persons with disabilities, the Agency for Labor and Employment of BiH, the Federal Institute for Statistics, the Federal Institute for Development Programming, the Federal Ministry of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, etc.
After obtaining the opinion, the Strategy will be referred to the further parliamentary procedure for final adoption, according to the announcement of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.