1. Green Jobs case study Serbia Jovan Protić ILO National Coordinator for Serbia Creating Jobs for Equity and Prosperity 16–17 April 2015, Skopje FYR Macedonia

2. Project background and circumstances ILO component “Alliance building within the waste collectors sector in Serbia” of the Joint Project “Strengthening Social Cohesion in the Labour Market through Support to Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Groups” ILO component “Alliance building within the waste collectors sector in Serbia” of the Joint Project “Strengthening Social Cohesion in the Labour Market through Support to Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Groups” Former SWIFT cooperative replaced by employment potentials in the private sector Former SWIFT cooperative replaced by employment potentials in the private sector Favorable legislative background since 2009, but the implementation remains poor and enforcement capacities inadequate Favorable legislative background since 2009, but the implementation remains poor and enforcement capacities inadequate Waste management relies primarily on landfills and no major progress has been recorded since 2009 Waste management relies primarily on landfills and no major progress has been recorded since 2009 More than 35,000 persons involved in informal waste management More than 35,000 persons involved in informal waste management

3. Project achievements and ongoing challenges Project studies on available quantities of recyclable waste and waste streams with highest potential for employment in the private sector Project studies on available quantities of recyclable waste and waste streams with highest potential for employment in the private sector Assessment of potentials for cooperation with the City of Belgrade through support to public-private partnership with certified recyclers Assessment of potentials for cooperation with the City of Belgrade through support to public-private partnership with certified recyclers Key challenges: Key challenges: - coverage of costs within the public-private partnership and its sustainability beyond the project duration; - coverage of costs within the public-private partnership and its sustainability beyond the project duration; - willingness of Roma beneficiaries to seek employment and abandon their social security benefits; - willingness of Roma beneficiaries to seek employment and abandon their social security benefits; - contractual modalities for decent employment of Roma beneficiaries; - contractual modalities for decent employment of Roma beneficiaries; - successful outreach towards the generators or recyclable waste, in spite of inconsistent enforcement of the Law on waste management - successful outreach towards the generators or recyclable waste, in spite of inconsistent enforcement of the Law on waste management

4. Lessons learned and ways forward Certified private sector employers as the source of sustainable green jobs Certified private sector employers as the source of sustainable green jobs Public-private partnership and the factors of success – availability of on-the-source waste separation, restricted access to landfills and waste-picking, registration of job-seekers in that sector, etc. Public-private partnership and the factors of success – availability of on-the-source waste separation, restricted access to landfills and waste-picking, registration of job-seekers in that sector, etc. Possible replication of the model (with improvements) in the areas with high concentration of recyclable waste generators Possible replication of the model (with improvements) in the areas with high concentration of recyclable waste generators Possible reform of some elements of the social security system, taxation and the labour legislation to allow more green jobs creation in waste management Possible reform of some elements of the social security system, taxation and the labour legislation to allow more green jobs creation in waste management

5. Thank you for your attention! Jovan Protić ILO National Coordinator for Serbia Nemanjina 22-26, Belgrade Tel. (381) 11-3616-128 E-mail: protic@ilo.orgprotic@ilo.org