Each society has a responsibility to ensure that every child can reach its full potential.
Education, Employment and Social Policy
Education, employment and social policy are inextricably linked and are of great importance for the development of any society. They represent three areas that contain the key elements necessary to achieve sustainable, smart and inclusive growth in the country.
Against this background, the EU has supported numerous projects that improve people’s lives and working conditions, contribute to matching skills with labour market needs and foster proper social protection and the prevention of social exclusion in Montenegro.
The EU has funded two large-scale programmes in these sectors. The first one was implemented between 2015 and 2017 with an EU contribution of €6 million and focused on developing human resources in Montenegro.
A follow-up programme, the Joint EU-Montenegro Programme for Employment, Education and Social Protection, started in 2018 and will run until the end of 2022, with the EU contributing €15.3 million. The programme focuses on supporting businesses and employers, creating jobs as well as on helping to preserve jobs during the pandemic. It contributes to strengthening the education system and social inclusion and improving the social and child protection system in Montenegro.
The EU will continue to support Montenegro in strengthening competitiveness and social cohesion in the future.
Projects
Cultural heritage is of paramount importance for preserving national identity, but also for the economic development of a country. It contributes substantially to employment and social cohesion. In this respect, it is vital to raise public awareness of the importance of cultural heritage and preserve it for future generations.
Providing social protection is of paramount importance for reducing poverty and inequality, strengthening social stability, as well as for achieving social justice. It is therefore important to foster social inclusion and continuously develop quality social protection programmes.
Key competences are the sum of knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to live in contemporary knowledge-based society. They are very important when it comes to employability, social inclusion and active citizenship. Therefore, everyone has the right to develop key competences.
The EU is a catalyst in social change and strongly devoted to improving living conditions by promoting employment, sustainable growth and greater social cohesion within and outside its borders.
The European Union’s pre-accession assistance to Montenegro for the period 2014-2020 is implemented through eight priority sectors, including the sector of education, employment and social policies.
The European Union places great emphasis on better understanding of labour market needs and skills matching, as well as providing support to unemployed and active job-seekers.
All disability rights in the sectors of social protection, employment, pension and war veterans, education and health directly depend on the design of the disability assessment/determination system.
The rule of law, respect for human rights and democratic governance are at the heart of the EU accession process. To support reform processes in these areas, the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) have been closely cooperating in the Western Balkans and Turkey through the Horizontal Facility for many years.