| Project funding | EU |
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| Project website | N/A |
| Programme website | Serbia – North Macedonia |
| Contribution to the Programme’s specific objective | Skills improvement and creation of employment opportunities in perspective sectors |
| Project start date | 01.04.2021 |
| Project end date | 30.09.2022 |
| Project total budget | EUR 188.958,00 |
| Project EU funding | EUR 160.614,00 |
| Description | Overall Objective: contribute to increase of employability of the rural population (especially women and youth) through innovative ways of agricultural production in line with sustainable use of recourses. Specific objective 1: Create predictions for improving and developing employability in rural areas in rural municipalities. Specific objective 2: Establish support measures for improving the employability of the rural population Specific objective 3: Strengthen capacities of final beneficiaries/local rural communities for new forms of employment opportunities and cooperation in agriculture. Activity 1:Creating predictions for improvement and development of employability in rural areas of the involved municipalities Activity 2:Establishment of support measures for improving the employability of the rural population Activity 3: Capacity building of final beneficiaries in local rural communities for new form of employment opportunities and cooperation in agriculture Activity 4:Promotion and Visibility |
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| Expected results | R1: Mapped economic potential of remote, passive settlements in 5 LSGs in the targeted cross border area R2: Improved capacity of LGSs and local communities to formulate and actively implement support measures for the population in these areas R3: Improved Local Development Policy Planning R4: Improved knowledge and competencies of the population, for market oriented economic activity based on the sustainable use of recourses including Improved knowledge of social entrepreneurship |
| Expected outputs | The project aims to fill in the gap in the cross-border are of both countries regarding joint action and networking in the field of employment, labor mobility and social and cultural inclusion. The project will enable to contribute to increase the employability of the rural population (especially women and youth) by creating predictions for improving and developing employability in the rural areas and strengthening the capacities of final beneficiaries/ local rural communities. From the other side, the project will enable the target groups to experience the values of high quality support scheme -Having a chance to build capacity for improved trainings such as: 1) Organic production 2) Benefits of cooperatives 3) Standards in agricultural production 4) Geographical origin 6) Market principals 7) Cross-border cooperation/joint market appearance 8) social entrepreneurship; -Getting training thematic programmes in 5 municipalities, including mentoring for 25 direct users; -Utilizing the opportunities and coordination offered by the Joint Cross-border Coordination Body; -Expand the social and business network by organized study visits in both cross-border rural areas. The proposed activities will enable socio-economic benefits for the involved target groups during and after the project by contributing to their development and business growth opportunities and capacities. At the same time, the project through its promotion strategy will enable promoting the employability in cross-border areas by highlighting good ideas and those behind, producing success stories, promoting best practices and support, and providing valuable sources of information for future policy development in the included rural cross-border areas. On the quantitative side, the project will contribute to: -Increasing the number of the new local policies in all the involved 5 municipalities, the projects will try to cover at least 5 new support measures and services identified by the needs of the local rural pollution; -Increasing the number of people finding easier possibilities of job opportunities and easier getting work based on skills they acquired during project realization: -Increasing the number of people participating in cross-border initiatives -Increased number of potential rural entrepreneurs who will start the business as end users of the program. |
| Lead partner | Institution name: NALED-Naltional Alliance for Local Economic Development Country: Serbia Address: Makedonska 30/VII, Belgrade Website: www.naled.rs Legal status: Private |
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| Partner | Institution name: Women Association Rose Lebane Country: Serbia Address: Laze Lazarevica bb, Lebane Website: N/A Legal status: Private |
| Partner | Institution name: Foundation for Management and Industrial Research Country: North Macedonia Address: 16ta Makedonska Brigada 13b, Skopje Website: www.mir.org.mk Legal status: Private |
| Partner | Institution name: Association for activism, education, art and culture “AktivUM” Country: North Macedonia Address: B.Stevkovski Gojco 7, Kumanovo Website: www.aktivum.org.mk Legal status: Private |