GEORGIA: ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY MEASURES The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia George Gamkrelidze, Acting Head of Labour Market Analysis Division

Content State Program Employment Support System Labour Market Information System Labour Market Components Research Research Activity

State Program The State Program for Training-re-retraining and Qualification Raising for Job-seekers Primary goal of the program is to increase competitiveness of jobseekers and support their employment; Program envisages two components: Short VET training programs (1000 GEL); Professional Internship at Enterprises (150GEL); Target Groups: Citizens of Georgia above the age 16, or Stateless persons with special, humanitarian and refugee status; Registered as a job-seeker at the Labour Market Management System (

State Program Budget 601 vouchers were issued in 2015 Year Budge (GEL) Budge (USD)

State Program Distribution of Vouchers by Gender Distribution of Vouchers by Status StatusNumber Percent age Without Status38865% PwD315% Refugees529% Probationers376% Former Prisoners163% Socially Vulnerable7713% Total601100% GenderNumberPercentage Male40467% Female19733% Total601100%

Tracer Study 302 out of 415 graduates were interviewed on March 29 – April 4, 2016 How do you assess a service received through the state program?

Tracer Study Has the program increased your employment opportunity?

Tracer Study Has the completion of the program helped to secure an additional source of income ?

Employment Support System – worknet.gov.ge Employment support system enables registered members to participate in employment support programs and get information on vacancies; Currently members are registered in the system.

Employment Support System – worknet.gov.ge Registered by Level of Education

Employment Support System – worknet.gov.ge Registration by Age Groups

Labour Market Information System In 2016 MoLHSA plans to establish LMIS; LMIS IT System is envisaged as “One Stop Shop” public web portal that includes up-to-date information about: Labour Market Conditions in Georgia; Occupational profiles and outlook; Career guidance information.

Labour Market Information System What is LMIS? LMIS is a mechanism to handle collection, procession, analysis and dissemination of the labour market information to jobseekers, students, employers, policy-makers and other stakeholders. Why is LMIS Important? Provides information on employability, trends in industrial sectors, career prospects & etc; Improving information flow; Supports policy makers in analysis and decision-making process. Who is an audience? Students; Job seekers; Governmental Agencies; Private Sector. CollectionProcessionAnalysisDissemination

Labour Market Components Research Research covered 11 regions of Georgia; 6000 organizations were surveyed both from public and private sectors; Data is analyzed according to regions, types of economic activities, education level; Occupations are analyzed at 4 digit of ISCO Labour Market Components Research revealed demanded professions through analyzing positions, where employers have labour force shortage due to lack of skills and qualifications; list of most demanded professions were prepared for the state program – the State Program for Training-re-retraining and Qualification Raising for Job-seekers.

Main Findings The employment rate increased by 1%; Most organizations hire labour force, but have limited number of vacancies (demand is low); A small number of organizations complain about labour shortages; It’s difficult to find workers for some occupations: Lack of applicants; Shortages of skills and qualification; Applicants require more salary than it’s proposed by employers; Determined employment growth and reduction according economic activities. Employment was seriously reduced in the construction sector ( ), in spite of it construction is a leader in terms of employment (74397).

Problems of Hiring Workforce

Labour Force Shortage due to Lack of Necessary Skills

Research Activity In 2016 Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia plans to undertake research on unemployed youth attitudes, motivation and employment strategies. Objectives of the research are: To create an accurate data base on unemployed youth attitudes, motivation and employment strategies on basis of Tbilisi and other university cities (Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Akhaltsikhe, Telavi, Gori); To identify employment strategies used by young people; To prepare recommendations on employment supportive mechanisms of young people.

Research Activity Method: Research will be done through qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative research will cover 4 focus group meetings 20 semi-structured interviews with governmental and non-governmental institutions working on youth issues; Quantitative research will envisage 400 face-to-face interviews with 4 categories of respondents. Target Groups: Respondents will be years old young people and they will be divided into 4 categories: University and VET students; Unemployed graduates of universities and VET schools; Employed graduates of universities and VET schools; Unemployed youngsters who didn’t continue study after school graduation.

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