1. COUNTRY REPORT ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT & YOUTH GROUP ACTIVITY: PAIRS & SINDICATE WORKING CROATIAPOLANDLATVIA

2. STATISTICAL DATA CROATIAPOLANDLATVIA POPULATION: 4.500.00038.622.6602.346.000 EMPLOYED PERSONS: 1.340.00014.000.000 989.000 UNEMPLOYED PERSONS in numbers: 312.313 3.217.000 89.735 UNEMPLOYED PERSONS in percentage: 23.30% 22.98% 8.5%

3. STATISTICAL DATA CROATIAPOLAND LATVIA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 18.3%18.1% 8.9% UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH in numbers: 115.543 1.402.61212.507 UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH in percentage: 37%43.6% 13.9%

4. SECTORS IN ECONOMY WHERE EMPLOYMENT IS INCREASING CROATIA & POLAND & LATVIA Construction Commerce Turism Transport services Banking & insurance IT technology

5. TRADE UNION STATISTIC NUMBER OF TRADE UNION MEMBERS CROATIAPOLANDLATVIA (UATUC)-2000(SOLIDARNOSC)–2003(LBAS)-2003 245.000 800.000170.248 EMPLOYMENT PERSONS: 1.340.00014.000.000989.000 TU EMPLOYEES MEMBERS in percentage: 18.3% 5.7% 17.2%

6. NATIONAL PROGRAMS CROATIA 1.Ministry of small enterprises provides credits for youth with benefit of small monthly credit rate 2.National Employment Agency have two programs: a) From school to work b) From university to work POLAND 1.First job – youth can work maximum 6 months in health care, schools & other state intitutions & government pays their salary LATVIA 1. Ministry of welfare last year created Pilot Project: How to integrate unemployed youth in labour market

7. TRADE UNION EMPLOYMENT & YOUTH POLICY CROATIA 1.TU UNEMPLOYMENT SECTION a) computer education for TU unemployment members b) education on communication skills 2. YOUTH SECTION POLAND 1.YOUTH SECTION LATVIA 1.YOUTH SECTION