1. EU Twinning Project “Capacity Building of the Employment Support
Services of Georgia”
Public Employment Services and future challenges, Twinning project
structure and work plan
Mr. Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze, PhD.
Resident Twining Adviser to Georgia
Tbilisi, 30th of October 2015
Georgia Jobs Day

2. Faiths (urban legends) in Georgia concerning
jobs
MACRO LEVEL
• Economic development is solving this issue so we do not nee to
regulate
INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL
• Investment and FDI create jobs we do not need to deal with this
directly
CITIZENS LEVEL
• I am working only if I have a labour contract (vs. LFS criteria)
• Every single vacancy is for some relatives (there are no open ones)

3. As a contradiction…
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development /GIZ Pilot Survey of Labour Market Needs
in Georgia Tourism, Apparel, ICT, Food Processing 2010

4. Generic labour ministry functions including
Public Employment Service
ILO support for the role of public
employment services in the
labour market 2009
Regulated by
Employment Act

5. The core functions of the Public Employment
Service (PES)
• Information: PES offers a unique and usually nation-wide service as providers of
labour market information. The information they provide includes extensive data on
vacancies and potential applicants. They assist people choosing a new career, and
those wanting to re-focus their career perspectives. They provide information on
training and retraining opportunities.
• Brokerage: Brokerage services are the core business of all PESs. Over time these
services have been developed in a variety of specific forms catering form the
differentiated needs of jobseekers and employers with vacancies. They range from
fully open presentation of vacancies to more selective mediation between jobseekers
and employers, and from quick job matching procedures to intensive job search
assistance.
• Market adjustment: A distinctive feature of Public Employment Services is their dose
involvement in implementing labour market policies which help to adjust
mismatches between supply and demand.
"MODERNISING PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
TO SUPPORT THE EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENTSTRATEGY COM(1998)641 Brussels, 13.11.1998

6. Project components
revision of the
structure and
functions of the
SSA employment
component (PES?)
establishment and full
functioning of a
comprehensive Labour
Market Information
Management System
HR & training the staff
Communicate with
citizens and employers
revision of the
Georgian Legal
Framework of equal
opportunities
legislation related to
employment

7. Gantt Chart Sept. 2015-Jan. 2017

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