Territorial Employment Pact

To promote participation in the labour market and social inclusion of the most vulnerable individuals in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municiaplity


Building a better future for citizens of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obili Project

TERRITORIAL EMPLOYMENT PACT

To promote participation in the labor market and social inclusion of vulnerable individuals in

Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality

Abbreviations

ALMM ALMP CfA CVA DoA EO EoI EP GDP GIZ KAS LAG LFS LPO LTU MLSW NEET OSH RAE TA UNDP UNKT VET VT VTC

Active Labour Market Measures Active Labour Market Programme Call for Applications Community Vulnerability Assessment Department of Agriculture Employment Office Expression of Interest Evaluation Panel Gross Domestic Product Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenabeit Kosovo Agency of Statistics Local Action Group Labour Force Survey Local Project Officer Long-Term Unemployed Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare Not in Employment, Education or Training Occupational, Safety and Health Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians Territorial Audit United Nations Development Programme United Nations Kosovo Team Vocational Education and Training Vocational Training Vocational Training Centre

Acknowledgements
This document is the result of the concerted work of many people in the Municipality of Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje (FKP), both representatives of local institutions and citizens living in the Municipality. All of them have participated in the preparation of this Territorial Employment Pact (TEP) and have provided valuable information on challenges, shared concerns, and prospects for interventions to generate and formalize employment in the community. Fation Dragoshi, International Consultant on local economic development, prepared the Territorial Audit of the Municipality and facilitated the consultations among the local actors. The results of this participatory approach are coherently put together and structured in this TEP document. Special thanks go to the Local Action Group, which, under the leadership of Mayor Burim Berisha, has engaged with great resolve and commitment in this initiative. Many people shall be acknowledged for having contributed, in various capacities, to the articulation of this first TEP, starting from the staff of the Local Employment Office in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje, local Civil Society Organizations, and the private sector. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the facilitation and support of the UNDP Programme and Project staff. The implementation of the FKP TEP is co-financed by the Human Security Trust Fund and the Municipality of Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje.

The project Building a better future for citizens of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obili is a joint effort of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNV and WHO under the umbrella of the UN Kosovo Team (UNKT) addressing key human security challenges in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obili. This Territorial Employment Pact was formulated under the UNDP component of the project. Fation Dragoshi, International Consultant, prepared this document.

Table of Contents
Abbreviations....................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 6 Action 1. Establishing social enterprises to foster sustainable employment 9 Action 2: Green jobs for people at risk of exclusion ............................................ 11 Action 3. Promotion of employment opportunities for disadvantaged youth ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Action 4. Providing safe housing conditions for households living in extreme poverty ............................................................................................................... 18 Action 5. Incentives for promotion of employment for vulnerable individuals through public works ............................................................................. 20 Action 6. Incentives for work integration of low-skilled and unskilled longterm unemployed women ............................................................................................ 23 Action 7. Formalization of employment through upgrading of rural microenterprises ......................................................................................................................... 26 Summary Table ................................................................................................................ 29 Annexes ............................................................................................................................... 30
ANNEX 1: Profiling vulnerable individuals/TEP beneficiaries .........................................30 ANNEX 2: Declaration of impartiality and confidentiality .................................................31 ANNEX 3: Expression of Interest/Application Form...........................................................32 ANNEX 4: Expression of Interest/Application Form Template ........................................33 ANNEX 5: Evaluation Form .......................................................................................................34 ANNEX 6: Evaluation form action 4 .....................................................................................35 ANNEX 7: Stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Pact ..............................36

Introduction
The Territorial Employment Pact (TEP) in the Municipality of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje is an institutional innovation1 based on negotiated planning, where different actors at the local level assume complementary and inter-connected roles and responsibilities in view of employment objectives. The 2013 TEP for the municipality of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje involves over 13 national and local partners. The implementation of the 2013 TEP (7 actions) costs 567,437 USD2, of which the Municipality of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje provides 362,700 USD (Euro 279,000) and UNDP provides 204,737 USD in the framework of project Building a better future for the citizens of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obili. The TEP will impact over 493 individuals. It will generate 268 new jobs for those most vulnerable individuals in the community. ***** By any account, Kosovos economic performance over the past years has been remarkable. However, the steady GDP growth, in the range of two to five per cent per year, has failed to create jobs, tackle inherited structural unemployment, and enrich the stock of human capital. Young labour force, a friendlier business environment, and good quality agricultural land can be key assets and drivers of success in socio-economic development. Yet Kosovo remains one of the poorest countries in Europe, with particularly unsatisfactory labour market outcomes for multiple groups, including young people, minorities, and women. Relatively high unemployment rates (estimated between 35 and 43 percent in 2012) may mask a shocking reality when the low labour force participation rates are taken into consideration: in essence, nearly three quarters of Kosovos working-age population are not currently employed3. Many of those not participating in the labour force are no longer seeking work as a result of their longterm and seemingly irreversible exclusion from the job market. Therefore, job creation alone is not the answer for them. They require special support to return to active jobseeking, particularly where cultural and societal constraints (such as like of services related childcare and care for the elderly, combined with stereotyped gender-biases) are at play. Women, youth and RAE minorities are the most obviously excluded from labour force participation, at rates not found across other European contexts (see Figure 1). In addition, programmes to encourage labour market activation of these groups would be self-defeating if decent work prospects do not materialize. Figure 1.
Participation Rate Country* All KOSOVO 36.8 Women 18.6 All 23.9 Women 10.3 All 35.1 Women 44.4 Employment to Population Ratio Unemployment

TEPs constitute a model of territorial concertation, which has been adopted in many European countries. They were introduced experimentally in 1996 and then re-proposed in a new form for the period 20002006. 2 The exchange rate applied throughout the document is 1 = $1.3. I n some cases the amounts are rounded up. 3 Kosovo Human Development Report 2012, Private Sector and Employment, UNDP 2012.
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EU 27 Albania** Croatia FYR Macedonia Serbia***

71.8 68.2 60.5 63.9 60.4

65.6 60.3 55 50.8 50.7

64.1 58.7 50.7 44 46.4

58.5 51.8 47 35.3 38.3

10.5 13.9 15.9 31.2 23.1

10.5 14.3 15.6 30.5 24.3

* Data on EU 27, Croatia and FYR Macedonia are taken from EUROSTAT - 2012 annual reports. ** Data for Albania taken from LFS 2011 (annual report). The unemployment rate of women refers to administrative data. *** Data on total participation, employment and unemployment rates in Serbia are taken from LFS 2012 (q4). Data on participation, employment and unemployment of women are taken from LFS 2011 (annual report).

The Municipality of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje faces challenges that are typical of the world of work in peri-urban and rural areas, such as: i) a high incidence of family and informal work; ii) women and youth disproportionally affected by vulnerabilities; iii) poor occupational health and safety conditions in certain industries; iv) limited infrastructure and access to public services; v) lack of training and productivity improvement opportunities. In light of these specific challenges, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has facilitated the preparation of a Territorial Employment Pact (TEP) for the Municipality by supporting the leading role of the local authorities and local employment office (through the Local Action Group) and mobilizing the support of relevant partners. The TEP strengthens the local co-ordination of ongoing activities, programmes, and interventions that have a human and economic development orientation. It applies an employment lens to the initiatives that are currently being carried out in the community in order to bring into focus employment generation and transition to formalization. The TEP is a partnership of local actors based on the conciliation of interests expressed by the multiple forces of the Municipal local authorities, business associations, civil society organizations, professional bodies, financial institutions, etc.). The TEP establishes 6 inter-connected service lines:

1. Entrepreneurship and business advisory services, with a particular focus on women 2. Training incentives/skills training grants 3. Access to credit opportunities 4. Subsidised employment 5. Organization/association building (to enhance voice and representation) 6. Regulatory environment, including rights
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In view of integrating European employment guidelines into Kosovos active employment policies, the preparation of the TEP followed the steps and methodology used for other pacts for employment and development realized in several European regions in the 1990s and early 2000s4. In particular: 1. Identification of a relevant territory (Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality); 2. Dialogue and collaboration among the representatives of the local institutions (including the local branch of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare) to seek the commitment of those who have the resources and responsibility for the future development of the municipality and its communities; 3. Completion of a participatory strategic audit of the area (for instance through value chain and sectoral analysis) for the determination of challenges, common concerns, and prospects of the different actors who are active in the field of employment; 4. Identification of a planning group/development agency responsible for the strategy (the Local Action Group supported by a team of specialists from UNDP). The group is also responsible for continuous monitoring and for evaluation; 5. Selection of a set of strategic interventions that are attainable within the relevant time-scale and with measurable impacts in terms of employment generation/formalization. These are formally laid down in an agreement described as a territorial employment pact; 6. Mobilization of the appropriate capacities and organizations for delivery, according to transparency and efficiency criteria. In this context, national and local authorities, as well as other public entities, undertake those commitments toward simplification and acceleration of procedures; banks and other credit institutions, within the limits of their statutes, assume the commitment to support financial assistance; private sector, trade unions and other civil society organizations carry out their roles as stipulated in the TEP. One of the comparative advantages of the TEP vis--vis formalization and generation of employment is that it promotes a close partnership between local actors and the local branches of line Ministries, including the Employment Service. The TEP strengthens social cohesion and uses a local partnership to extend de-fact the provision of services to those who are unemployed or in vulnerable working conditions. The TEP recognizes that local governments and labour market institutions need to have the capacity to design, monitor, and evaluate youth employment interventions targeted to the local circumstances. This TEP is the first attempt in Kosovo to realize local-level concertation around employment issues. Driven by the Local Action Group, the Pact defines the roles and responsibilities of over seventen actors involved in efforts to generate and formalize employment in the Municipality. The TEP is a replicable model. With the support of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the Municipality can already begin promoting subsequent TEPs (for 2014 and onwards), with specific actions and targets, and build relevant partnerships for implementation. Other municipalities of Kosovo can also engage in the necessary steps (see above) to move from a territorial audit to a Pact for employment generation.

For a review of the initiatives and a catalogue of Territorial Employment Pacts in Europe, see for instance Territorial Pacts and Local Level Concertation in Europe. A multi-level governance perspective, prepared in August 2007 for the New Modes of Governance Project. The document contains a catalogue of hundreds of TEPs formulated in EU Member States since 1996.
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Action 1. Establishing social enterprises to foster sustainable employment

Background analysis The quality of life of people in Kosovo is affected by several factors, including lack of access to employment opportunities and sustainable livelihoods, poor service delivery at the local level, and vulnerability to shocks (not only in relation to the households income)5. The compounded result of these elements is that some individuals live in a situation of social exclusion, which prevents them from participating as active citizens in the economic and social development of their communities. Against the backdrop of much needed institutional reforms of the welfare, provision of safety nets, and ensuring access and participation by citizens, social enterprises6 have emerged as a tool and policy instrument to deliver objectives in two key areas of social and economic policy: i) Service delivery: Social enterprises often operate in the provision of welfare/social and other services to specific groups of individuals or within spatially defined regions and communities. According to the existing literature on this topic, the participatory nature of social enterprises presents distinctive advantages in relation to stakeholders engagement in and ownership of design and delivery of these services. Their approach may offer a comparative advantage in terms of effectiveness, customer satisfaction, contribution of non-monetary resources by stakeholders and other beneficiaries, identification of gaps in service provision and piloting of innovative services that contribute to social cohesion and other policy objectives. ii) Social inclusion: Social enterprises can facilitate social inclusion through labour market integration of marginalized individuals (e.g. long-term unemployed, minorities, people with disabilities, returnees, etc.) by combining market-oriented training and skills development through temporary and/or permanent employment in a business with a social objective that trades on the market. Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines
A social enterprise is established generating employment for up to 50 disadvantaged people, initially in building maintenance Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality Long-Term Unemployed jobseekers June 2013 November 2014 - Business/entrepreneurship advisory service - Training incentives/skills - Access to credit opportunities - Organization building - 6164 unemployed jobseekers - 3 people received vocational training through the public system (MLSW) in January 2013 - No jobseeker placed in employment after VT in the last 6 months a- Number of unemployed jobseekers

Baseline Employment Office data

Indicators
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Mosaic 2012: Overview of perceptions on public services and local authorities , USAID & UNDP, 2012. Social enterprises are positioned between the traditional private and public sectors. Although there is no universally accepted definition of a social enterprise, their key distinguishing characteristics are the social and societal purpose combined with an entrepreneurial spirit of the private sector. Social enterprises devote their activities and reinvest their surpluses to achieving a wider social or community objective either in their members' or a wider interest. (Source: European Commission)

Targets Stakeholders involved in implementation Sequence of Action

- 50 unemployed jobseekers receive VT and start work EO, LAG, UNDP

Service Lines: Business Advisory Services and Association Building Upon signing the agreement with the Municipality, UNDP contracts an International Expert (IE) on Social Enterprises (SE) to carry out two missions to Kosovo. The expert will collect data and prepare a business plan for the social enterprise, including financial projections, risk identification, resources, utilization of production capacity, operational plan, etc. The business plan should clearly spell out decision points, financial and legal implications, as well as balance the social and the business goals. The consultant should also suggest measures to assess the social return on investment. The consultant will provide recommendations about the organizational form of the SE and ToRs for the staff of the to-be-established Social Enterprise. Service Lines: Training incentives and Access to Credit Opportunities By mid-September 2013, the Executive Board meets for the second time to approve the business-plan and the annual work-plan with the relevant budget. In its second meeting, the Executive Board starts the procedure to recruit the Executive Director of the SE. UNDP and Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality allocate and transfer to the SE, a grant of $44,000 of which $39,000 as start-up capital (salaries, office rentals, equipment, marketing materials) and $5,000 for skills upgrading for the staff. A study visit to YAPS in Albania is envisaged to take place in autumn 2013 to be followed by another study visit in early 2014 in Italy, organized by the forum for Social Enterprises in Albania. Italy is considered a European best practice in social enterprise management. Monitoring The CEO reports periodically, every second month, to UNDP, the LAG and the Municipality.
Costs break-down Description Consultancy fees and related expenditure Grant for human resources development Unconditioned grant

Service Line Business advisory services Training Incentives Access to credit opportunities Organizational building

15 pers. $ 8,870 $ 5,000 $ 39,000 $ 650 $ 53,520

Legal assistance to register the organization (4wdx$130) TOTAL (estimated)

Sustainability UNDP and the Municipality contract the Social Enterprise for the works envisaged under the relevant Pact actions. UNDP works with the national institutions to establish the legal framework for the social enterprises in Kosovo. Replicability The model may be replicated in Obiliq/Obili Municipality by UNDP.

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Action 2: Green jobs for people at risk of exclusion

Background analysis About 16.7% of Kosovos population is estimated to be extremely poor, with less than 1.02/day directed to consumption and meeting basic nutritional needs. Poverty is more prevalent in rural areas and among minority groups7. The unemployment rate of the poor (55%8) is higher compared to the country average unemployment rate (44.8%9). Over 80% of those registered unemployed job seekers have no prior formal working experience10. Limited access to employment is one of the most serious problems facing the minority communities11. Poverty and unemployment challenges are compounded by the risks and vulnerability caused by environmental degradation. The majority of Kosovos municipalities, including Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje, face multiple environmental challenges (pollution from thermo-energy production, pollution related to the mining sector, waste management). The heaps of waste accumulating throughout the territory are at the same time a threat to the environment and an opportunity for job creation that could benefit unskilled individuals who leave in some of these marginalized urban and periurban areas. In Kosovos central region the three largest markets for waste production are Pristina Municipality (198897 inhabitants), Fush Kosov / Kosovo Polje Municipality (34827 inhabitants) and the Industrial Area (partly under administrative territory of Pristina and party under Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje) where the majority of largest industrial and retail companies are located. There are several companies in the central region collecting waste for recycling (plastic, paper, aluminum, metal). Five of them are of a sizeable dimension and operate in the territory of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje. A study carried out by GIZ shows that only 35% of plastic and paper waste produced every month in the Kosovo Central Region, is collected by companies for recycling purposes with the reminder ending up at the waste-deposit12 center. Every month, over 110 tons of plastic bottles and 800 tons of paper go uncollected and therefore not recycled in the Central Region. At an average market price of 180 /ton for plastic and 150 /ton13 for paper, this represents a considerable amount for money.
Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines Baseline Employment Office data 20 individuals from RAE communities are equipped by the project with the necessary tools to collect recyclable waste; Neighborhood no. 28 and 29 and surrounding areas populated mainly by RAE communities RAE communities members aged 18 and over, living in extreme poverty; unemployed people with no prior formal working experience July 2013 September 2014 - Access to credit opportunities - 1612 registered unemployed from RAE communities; - No data from the local EO about unemployed job-seekers with no prior working experience - No data for the amount of waste currently being collected

KOSOVO: MDG Factsheets 2010, UNKT Kosovo Poverty Assessment, Volume 1: Accelerating Inclusive Growth to Reduce Widespread Poverty , World Bank 2007 9 Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011: Final Results , ASK 2011 10 Results of the Labour Force Survey 2009 , Statistical Office of Kosovo, 2010 11 The Ethno-Political Map of Kosovo, ECMI 2012 12 The Waste Deposit Center for the Central Region is located at the KEK terri tory in Obiliq/Obili municipality. The center operates under very poor conditions with regards to environmentally secure practices, seriously endangering the soil, underground waters and the ecosystems. 13 Source: SRI company, based in the Industrial Area, collecting recyclable waste for export.
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Indicators

Targets Stakeholders involved in implementation

a- Number of new jobs created for unemployed job-seekers from RAE communities (municipal level data) b- Tons of recycled paper and plastic by the newly established organization - 20 jobs created for unemployed job-seekers from RAE; - 65 tons of waste for recycling collected monthly. EO, Municipality, LAG, UNDP

Sequence of Action In September 2013, the Municipality and UNDP, on behalf of the LAG, launch and promote, amongst potential beneficiaries, a Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) (please find Call for Expression of Interest/Application template in ANNEX 3). As the action aims at providing support to people who might not be able to read and write, Health for All organization organizes a 10-days campaign promoting the action amongst potential beneficiaries. Interested potential beneficiaries fill in the EoI form (please find Expression of Interest/Application Form template in ANNEX 4), only Part-A. For those not able to read and write, the NGO staff and the local project officer provide assistance. The call remains open for 2 weeks. The UNDP local project officer (LPO) collects the forms. An Evaluation Panel (EP) is established by the LAG with 5 members representing: - Employment Office (1); - Local Action Group (1); - UNDP (2). Members of the EP make sure to declare ex-ante (see Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Form in ANNEX 2) whether they have any family or other relationship with potential beneficiaries. This will not disqualify the member of the EP provided they have notified in advance. This is mandatory for all Evaluation Panels established in the framework of the Pact implementation. The EP scores each applicant according to the Profiling Table (ANNEX 1) using the Evaluation Form Template (ANNEX 5). The 20 applicants with the highest scores benefit from the action. Should any eligible beneficiary not be able or refuse to participate in the action, the next applicant with the highest score is selected. Mandatory selection criteria shall be defined in the Call for EoI including the following: - Unemployed job-seekers with no prior formal working experience; - Member of Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian and Bosniaks minorities. Service Line: Training Incentives In August 2013, Health for All organization develops a training module on Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) for solid waste collection workers (contracted consultancy). Last week of August 2013, selected beneficiaries attend a 2-days intensive training on OSH @ work (12hrs) tailored to workers in the recycling industry. Service Line: Access to credit opportunities Selected beneficiaries successfully completing the OSH training receive: - Working uniforms (summer and winter), industrial boots, face dust-masks, eye protectors and heavy-duty gloves; - Working tools (grabber for plastics, paper picker); and - Pedaling Tricycle for waste collection. UNDP and the Municipality jointly fund the grants. UNDP buys the equipment by end of September 2013. The Municipality, the LAG and UNDP distribute the working tools to the beneficiaries. To avoid the possibility of beneficiaries selling the equipment

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immediately after receiving it, the equipment remains property of the Municipality for a period of 12 months after which they are donated to the beneficiaries. This will be secured through signing of handover forms between the Municipality and beneficiaries. Three months after receiving the equipment the beneficiaries register as self-employed. Monitoring The LAG, EO and UNDP perform periodic monitoring for the implementation of the action. Evaluation The Impact evaluation of this interventions focuses on analyzing the living standards of the beneficiaries households in comparison with poverty indicators and the results of the CVA, in view of understanding whether they are better off in comparison with similar households (composition, geographic, etc.) that have not benefitted from the intervention. Sustainability According to Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS), there is an annual average increase of 10% of waste produced per inhabitant in the Kosovo Central Region, ensuring that the need for collection will be stable or increase over time. Waste sorting at the generation points is bound to increase due to the results of several donor projects, as well as the implementation of the Strategy for Waste Management 2012-2016. Replicability The action can extend its support to more people, thus decreasing costs per beneficiary, be replicated in the same format in other municipalities, or become a model for other groups to be formed and undertake the same type of service delivery in the same municipality.
Costs break-down Description Consultancy Working uniforms (20x$170) Pedaling tricycles and tools (20x$1,100) TOTAL (estimated) Costs per job created

Service Line Training Incentives and awareness raising Access to credit opportunities ($ 25,400)

20 pers. $ 1,080 $ 3,400 $ 22,000 $ 26,480 $ 1,324

Risks assessment Beneficiaries may find it difficult to coordinate with one another in terms of territory coverage. Beneficiaries may not immediately recognize the benefit of pulling out from the social assistance scheme and pay social contributions.

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Action 3. Promotion of employment opportunities for disadvantaged youth

Background analysis From a basic employment standpoint, youth is a clear policy priority. While young people are not often family breadwinners, a prolonged unemployment spell can affect them for life, diminishing their freedom to build a decent life, support their family and participate in the public life. They are more likely to leave the country, become inactive, or turn to informal or even illegal sources of income. Kosovos labour force participation rate is equally discouraging as the unemployment rate data. Many of those excluded from the labour market are willing and able to work, but have simply given up searching for a job or have never considered the option of heading to the employment office in search for employment. Data from LFS 200914 show that 73% of youth aged 15-24 are out of work. If you are a young woman or you belong to rural or minority youth the odds of being out of work are even higher. In rural areas people do not have many opportunities outside agriculture related work. Rural youth are less likely than their urban counterparts to participate to non-land based source of income15. Of those registered unemployed jobseekers in September 2012, 35.73% are aged 152416. In Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje the rate increases at 36.96%17. For disadvantaged youth lacking basic education, living in degraded peri-urban or rural areas, and not able to speak the majority language, failure to find a first job or keep it for long can have negative long-term consequences on their future prospects. The residential construction boom that has unfolded in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje over the last 5 years resulted in over 4200 apartments being built, of which approximately 30% are already inhabited. It is estimated that, over the next two years, about 90% of these apartments will be inhabited, thus creating a significant opportunity for sustainable employment generation in building repair, maintenance and other services.
Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines Baseline Employment Office data Indicators Targets Stakeholders involved in implementation 54 disadvantaged youth receive vocational training on 9 different occupational profiles, 24 of them have access to credit opportunities for selfemployment. Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality Disadvantaged young people aged 18-29, LTU (12+ months) jobseekers May 2013 September 2014 - Training incentives/skills training grants - Access to credit opportunities - Subsidized employment - In the last 6 months no young unskilled unemployed received VET - There are 1624 young unskilled unemployed (January 2013) a- Number of young unskilled unemployed receiving VET b- Number of young people employed as auto-electricians c- Number of young people self-employed - 54 young unskilled unemployed receive VET - 20 young people self-employed and contracted by the social enterprise - 10 young people employed EO, LAG, VTC Pristina, VTC Ferizaj, Socio-Educational Centre DON BOSKO, UNDP

14 UNDP is currently supporting the Kosovo Agency of Statistics to prepare an updated Labour Market

Outlook with data from the continuous LFS from 2012. Results of the Labour Force Survey 2009, Statistical Office of Kosovo, 2010 16 Kosovo Labour Market Information September 2012, Department of Labour and Employment, 2012 17 Source: Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Employment Office, January 2013
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Sequence of Action The Municipality and UNDP, on behalf of the LAG, launch a Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) for potential beneficiaries (disadvantaged youth) in the community. The call remains open for 10 days. Integrohu organization promotes it heavily among the target population supported by the Employment Office. To be eligible, applicants shall meet the following criteria: - Be resident of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality aged 18 34; - Be able to read and write; - Not having been in employment, education, or training (NEET) during the previous 12 months (as per EO data); Priority is given to youth from rural areas and minority communities. Applicants deliver the EoI forms, Part-A only, to the UNDP local project officer. Copies are provided to the EO. An Evaluation Panel (EP) is established by the LAG with 5 members representing: - Employment Office (1); - Local Action Group (1); - UNDP (2); After launching the call, the EO sends requests for enrollment in vocational training of unemployed job-seekers to the Vocational Training Centre (VTC) Pristina, the VTC Ferizaj and to the Socio-Educational Centre DON BOSCO, specifying the number of potential beneficiaries for each profile and proposing a tentative starting date. Evaluation of the applications is done, according to the Profiling Table and the Evaluation Form Template (ANNEX 5). The 54 candidates with the highest scores benefit from the action. Selected beneficiaries, starting from the applicant with the highest score, choose their wished occupational profile. Should any eligible beneficiary not be able or refuse to participate in the action, the next applicant with the highest score is selected. Selected beneficiaries register, when applicable, as unemployed job seekers at the local employment office upon enrollment in the action. Service Line: Training Incentives Beneficiaries receive vocational training, by the respective Vocational Training Centers (VTC), on the following occupational profiles, as they have previously selected:

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Occupational Profiles Auto-electrics Hydraulics Thermo-hydraulics Household equipment repair and maintenance Electrical installations Civil Welding Plastering (and decorating) Tiles specialist Carpentry TOTAL

No. of beneficiaries 6 people 6 people 6 people 6 people 6 people 6 people 6 people 6 people 6 people 54 people

Suggested Training provider VTC Pristina VTC Pristina VTC Pristina SEC DON BOSCO SEC DON BOSCO SEC DON BOSCO VTC Pristina VTC Pristina VTC Mitrovica

Complimentary to the occupational profiles, all beneficiaries simultaneously receive training on Entrepreneurship with basic modules (max. 4 weeks). UNDP covers emerging costs for the adaptation of the curricula. The Employment Office sends requests for enrollment in vocational training to the three respective VT centers for the 54 unemployed jobseekers in the respective occupational profiles. The training is preferably provided 4 to 5 times a week. UNDP covers transportation costs for the targeted beneficiaries throughout the training period (60x$2.6/2). Both

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VTC Pristina and Socio-Educative Centre DON BOSCO are accessible by urban public transportation from the center of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje. Carpentry and welding training are provided by the VTC in Ferizaj together with Entrepreneurship course (basic modules). UNDP covers transportation costs from Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje to Ferizaj (45 min one way by minibus). Upon completion of the vocational training course, beneficiaries can enroll with the Social Enterprise, which can than offer them employment as it becomes available. Service Line: Access to credit opportunities Twenty-four beneficiaries (occupational profiles from 2 to 9) successfully completing the occupational training and the Entrepreneurship modules have access to grants for buying basic working tools according to the table below. UNDP and the Municipality jointly fund the grants. Trainers of the respective occupational profiles design, a list of basic working tools necessary for the beneficiaries to enter into the occupation. Grants are provided ONLY to the first three beneficiaries with the highest score form the profiling table for each occupational profile (as indicated in the table below) that successfully complete the trainings. Beneficiaries indicate their most preferred working tools from the respective lists, within the maximum grant amount available. Occupation Hydraulics Thermo-hydraulics Household equipment repair& maintenance Electrical installations Welding Plastering Tiles specialist Carpentry TOTAL Beneficiaries Grant available max. Total 3 people $ 845 (650) $ 2,535 3 people $ 845 (650) $ 2,535 3 people $ 780 (600) $ 2,340 3 people $ 780 (600) $ 2,340 3 people $ 845 (650) $ 2,535 3 people $ 520 (400) $ 1,560 3 people $ 650 (500) $ 1,950 3 people $ 715 (550) $ 2,145 24 people $ 17,940

UNDP buys the working tools and distributes them to the beneficiaries. The working tools remain property of the Municipality for one year, in order to avoid the possibility of beneficiaries selling the working tools immediately. This will be secured through signing of handover forms between the Municipality and the beneficiaries. The other beneficiaries successfully completing the vocational training are assisted by the local EO to find job at the local companies. Monitoring The LAG, EO and UNDP perform periodic monitoring for the implementation of the action. Evaluation The EO performs an impact evaluation at the end of the interventions and six months later. Impact is measured against the targets of the intervention (self-employed beneficiaries upon leaving and 6 months upon leaving the programme). Costs break-down Description Vocational and entrepreneurship training (54 people)
(Curricula adaptation)

Service Line Training incentives ($ 20952)

54 persons $ 2,600 $ 1,120 $ 8,808 $ 8,424

Promotion of the CfPs Occupational training

(Household equipment repair 6px3monthsx$78)/(Electrical installations 6px3monthsx$78, other $4,000) Travel grants for trainees (54x60x2.6$)

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Grants for working tool for 24 beneficiaries TOTAL (estimated) Costs per job created

$ 17,940 $ 38,892 $ 720.2

Sustainability The rapidly increasing number of residential buildings in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and the capital Pristina represent a large market for housing restorations/construction. The Social Enterprise established in the framework of the Pact contracts most beneficiaries (occupational profiles from 2 to 9) to provide their services for works envisaged in the relevant Pact actions. Replicability The same approach can be replicated for other professional profiles such as bakery and office equipment repair. Risks assessment The training courses might not start on the designated time due to requirements for minimum number of trainees.

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Action 4. Providing safe housing conditions for households living in extreme poverty
Background analysis The majority of the poor in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality live in single-family houses in peri-urban and rural areas. Some of them are affected by cold winters with temperatures going as low as 5C indoor. As the housing stock is often in poor condition with no access to affordable sources of heating, electricity cannot be used as an alternative because is often unreliable and/or too expensive. The implications of this situation for poverty, environmental sustainability, and human development are clear. As expenditures on energy typically absorb the largest share of vulnerable household budgets allocated to non-food spending, increases in energy costs could push rural households into poverty. Higher wintertime indoor temperatures could reduce the incidence of respiratory disease, improving health, reducing health expenditures, and increasing household productive capacity. Finally, the collection of firewood leads to forest and land degradation, and ultimately to reduced soil fertility, floods and landslides. Increases in energy efficiency can play an important role in reducing household energy expenditures and insecurity18. The municipality regularly receives requests for support for improving housing conditions from low-incomes families living in extreme poverty. UNDP and Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality agreed to join funds to support reconstruction works for improving indoor energy efficiency for up to 40 families in need thus creating up to 40 jobs. From a rough estimate, with an average of 2800 in materials plus labour costs, single family houses can be repaired to improve indoor energy efficiency.
Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines Baseline Indicators Targets Stakeholders involved in implementation 40 families receive mini-grants and skilled labour to repair their houses for increasing indoor energy efficiency Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality Households from RAE and other communities living under extreme housing conditions living in extreme poverty. June 2013 March 2014 Access to credit opportunities VCA data: % or number of households living in extreme housing conditions a- Number of vulnerable individuals benefiting from improved housing conditions; b- Number of young people employed through the action. - Over 220 individuals benefit from the interventions - 40 young people employed Municipality, LAG, UNDP, Health for All and Integrohu organizations

Sequence of Action In early-June 2013, the municipality presents to the LAG the most urgent, yet feasible, requests it has received for improving housing conditions from families living in extreme poverty. Only cases when the applicant is the legal owner of the land and the building will be dealt by this Action. Each application file includes engineering technical specifications, to be developed by the Municipality staff. LAG members and UNDP, in the capacity of the Evaluation Panel, score each request using the Evaluation Form (ANNEX 6). The first 40 applications with the highest scores shall be eligible to benefit from the action under the condition that beneficiaries shall provide the required unskilled labour. Should any eligible beneficiary refuse to participate in the action, the next applicant with the highest score is selected.
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The Heat is On: Practical Proposals for rural heating in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNDP 2013

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Service Line: Access to credit opportunities UNDP and the Municipality provide selected beneficiaries with grants for repairing their residencies, up to $5,200/4,000 in materials, and skilled labour (to be provided, when possible, by local young self-employed professionals19). Support is conditioned to provision of unskilled labour for completing the repairing by the beneficiaries (family and friends). Based on the detailed technical specifications for all beneficiaries, UNDP tenders out the materials and the related skilled labour (companies are asked to provide materials and installation). The municipality is responsible for issuing the reconstruction permit and other related permits. Since the action is jointly funded by the Municipality and UNDP, due to availability of funding, support to beneficiaries may be carried out in half in autumn 2013 and half in Spring 2014. The municipality signs an agreement with each family benefiting from the intervention, clearly indicating the responsibilities of the beneficiaries (provide unskilled labour in due time, facilitate the process, take responsibility to find alternative accommodation for the family throughout the construction work, ensure safety and health for those helping with unskilled labour, etc.). Reconstruction works shall take place, preferably, between September 20th and October 31st, 2013 for the first group of beneficiaries. The Municipality is responsible for the supervision of the work. Monitoring and Evaluation An implementation report is prepared every second month by the municipality and presented to the LAG. Costs break-down Description Construction materials and skilled labour Access to credit (40 houses x $5,200) opportunities Provision of unskilled labour (beneficiaries) ($ 208,000) Supervision of works (municipal staff) TOTAL (estimated) Costs per household supported Service Line 40 households $ 208,000 (max) n/a n/a $ 208,000 $ 5,200

Risks assessment In case the intervention is not implemented as scheduled, weather conditions might not allow for completing the works properly.

Initially it was envisaged that the Social Enterprise was contracted to provide the services with young professionals trained and equipped with working tools in the framework of Action no. 3. Due to time restrictions, UNDP will tender out the works.
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Action 5. Incentives for promotion of employment for vulnerable individuals through public works
Background Analysis Broadly speaking, public works programs are social protection instruments used in diverse country contexts, in both low and middle-income countries, with the twin objectives of providing temporary employment and generating/maintaining some infrastructure. Similar to other safety net objectives, public works provide an established economic benefit to the recipients. Yet, public works programs may also have additional features, which may render them more attractive, particularly in countries where social tensions, unrest and inequality exist. Primary objectives of public works programs include: mitigating shocks, antipoverty, and providing a bridge to more permanent employment20. The specific objectives of public works programs vary according to each territorys short and long term needs. This includes needs emerging from shocks to which the country is subjected to, as well as the desire to promote longer-term development outcomes that can be achieved through infrastructure development and skills training21. Due to post-war migratory flows towards urban areas, Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality has seen a significant increase in the number of inhabitants. As a result there is an increase in the number of pupils attending the schools and citizens visiting the medical centers. Most of the schools work in three turns with 52 pupils in a class. The conditions of the bus stops serving the citizens need to be modernized providing decent conditions for the citizens using public transportation. The municipality is committed to improving the services to its citizens but due to limited resources it is aggressively looking for joining funds with donors to finalize public works projects that would generate mid-term employment for the poorest and improve living conditions for its citizens. The Social Enterprise (SE) established through project resources starts operating by early July 2013. The enterprise is committed to recruit unemployed jobseekers living in poverty, train them and provide them employment opportunities.
Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines Baseline Employment Office data Indicators Targets Stakeholders involved in implementation Twenty-five people employed for up to six months in public work projects jointly funded by the Municipality and the project resources. Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality Long-term unemployed receiving social assistance. Priority is given to minority members, and, when possible, partially disabled individuals. August 2013 May 2014 - Training incentives - Access to credit opportunities (PPP) - 1612 registered unemployed from Roma and Ashkali minorities; a- Number of people employed by the action - 25 young unemployed jobseekers employed EO, Municipality, LAG, UNDP, SE

Another important objective of public works program is to generate public goods for the community, though not necessarily restricted to them. It is important to stress that although the provision of public goods is not the primary objective of the public works program, it is indeed crucial. 21 Public Works and the Jobs Agenda: Pathways for Social Cohesion?, The World Bank Group 2013
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Sequence of Action The municipality designs and approves, by the end of September 2013, three public works projects to be funded by the action on: - Beautification of public areas - greening interventions (Sept. 2013 onwards) - Construction of up to 10 bus stops (Sept. 2013 onwards); - Repairing equipment of municipal schools and medical centers (Sept 2013 onwards). Service lines: Training incentives and access to credit opportunities In mid-September 2013, the SE and the EO identify and select, using the Profiling Table, 10 long-term unemployed jobseekers (12+ months) from RAE communities. Beneficiaries receive one-weeks training on basic techniques of gardening by specialized agencies. The Municipality approves the work-plan for the beautification of public areas by late September, which the SE implements with 10 selected workers for a period of 6 months (October 13 March 14). UNDP provides up to $ 5000 for working materials (flowers, trees, etc.), payable to the SE upon receipt of invoices. The Municipality is responsible for supervision of works. In early-November 2013 the Municipality finalizes the work-plan for the construction of the bus stops (with concrete proposals for the design) and the repairing of equipment for municipal schools and medical centers. The SE and the EO identify and select, using the Profiling Table, 6 unskilled labour workers (long-term unemployed) to be involved in the implementation of the projects. The SE selects 9 skilled workers, amongst the young people trained and equipped with working tools in the framework of action 3 of the Pact, to work for the implementation of the projects (see table below).
Project Training and labour costs Materials

Beautification of public areas (greening interventions) 10 people x 6months x $230/month Construction of up to 10 bus stops 4 people x 3 months x $230/month 5 people x 30wd x $39/wd Repairing equipment of municipal schools and medical centers 2 people x 6 months x $230/month 4 people x 50wd x 39/wd TOTAL

$ 16065 ($ 2265 + $ 13800) $ 8,610 ($ 5850 + $ 2,760) $ 10560 ($ 2,760 + $ 7,800) $ 55235

$ 5000 $ 10000 $ 5000

Monitoring An implementation report is prepared every second month by the SE for the LAG and UNDP Evaluation The EO performs an impact evaluation at the end of the interventions and six months later. Impact is measured against the targets of the intervention (beneficiaries in employment upon leaving and beneficiaries in employment 6 months upon leaving the programme). Sustainability By providing a targeted and temporary incentive, the intervention can help long-term unemployed workers shed the stigma that they have developed, rebuild skills and work habits, and reenter mainstream society. Even workers who are not retained after the subsidy is removed will emerge with recent work history, reacquainted with the rhythms of the workplace.

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Service Line Training incentives

Access to credit opportunities ($32,970)

Costs break-down Description Vocational training on gardening Training materials Unskilled labour costs: greening public areas projects (10px6monthsx$230/month) Unskilled labour costs: repairing public inst. equipment project (2px6monthsx$230) Skilled labour costs: repairing public inst. equipment project (4px50wdx$39) Unskilled labour costs: construction of 10 bus stops (4px3monthsx$230/month) Skilled labour costs: construction of 10 bus stops (5px30wdx$39/wd) TOTAL (estimated) Costs per job created

25 pers. $ 2,265 $ 20,000 $ 13,800 $ 2,760 $ 7,800 $ 2,760 $ 5,850 $ 55,235 $ 2,209.4

Replicability The intervention can be replicated for other vulnerable individuals when companies have openings and financial resources are available. Risks assessment - The upcoming elections might threaten the continuity of the public work projects; - Beneficiaries might not be motivated to exit the social assistance scheme for three months employment opportunities.

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Action 6. Incentives for work integration of low-skilled and unskilled long-term unemployed women
Background analysis Six percent of the Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje population aged 18 or above have no formal education and 4% have not completed primary education22. Adult women residing in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje have a lower education attainment than men. Nine percent of them, compared to 4% of men, have no formal education23 and by and large they have never attended non-formal education. Unemployment is very high among those with low skills and unskilled. In 2012, 57% of the unemployed people were unskilled24. Kosovos labour market is biased toward male employment. Less than three in ten of Kosovos women currently participate in the workforce and only one in ten is in work25. Amongst those employed, only 23.44 % are women and 76.56 % are men. There is a high incidence of Long-Term Unemployment (LTU). In 2009, 81.7 % of the unemployed had been unemployed for at least one year or more26. While there is no data for those unemployed for a very long-term (+24 months), the 2011 CENSUS data show that 63.96% of those unemployed in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje have never worked before27, 79.2% for women and 49.2% for men. In December 2012, 704 families received social assistance. ILO research shows that the persistence of a large number of long-term unemployed persons over long periods of time generates huge social as well as economic costs in terms of passive labour market expenditure, skills erosion, and/or pressure on social assistance systems. For some individuals, the experience of LTU can lead to permanent alienation from the labour market, with subsequent risks of material deprivation, poverty and social exclusion. The local Employment Office (EO) receives regularly requests for filling openings from the companies based in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and in the Industrial Zone. This represents a great opportunity for the potential beneficiaries of this intervention.
18 vulnerable women: - receive non-vocational skills training by UNDP (1w); - receive on-the-job training (1 month); and - are employed by production companies for 12 months. Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality Unskilled women in long-term unemployment (24+ months)28. June 2013 July 2014 - Training incentives/skills training grants - Subsidized employment - 2504 women in LTU (January 2013) a- Number of new jobs created for LTU women - 18 jobseekers in LTU employed EO, LAG, UNDP

Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines Baseline Employment Office data Indicators Targets Stakeholders involved in implementation

KOSOVO Mosaic 2012: Overview of perceptions on public services and local authorities , USAID & UNDP, 2012 23 Ibid 24 Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Kosovo 25 Kosovo Human Development Report 2012, UNDP 26 Results of the Labour Force Survey 2009 , Statistical Office of Kosovo, 2010 27 Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011, Kosovo Agency of Statistics, 2012 28 KAS estimates are based on a figure of 1.02/adult/day for those in extreme poverty in Kosovo
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Sequence of Action In August 2013, the local Employment Office identifies 50 women who meet the following mandatory criteria: 1. Long-term unemployed (24+ months); 2. Unskilled or low-skilled; and 3. Dropouts or early-school leavers. In September 2013, UNDP and the Municipality, on behalf of the LAG, launch a Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) addressed to the identified 50 women. The call remains open for 3 weeks. UNDP and EO reach out to each of the identified potential beneficiaries through phone calls and one-pager handouts. As the targeted potential beneficiaries might not be able to read and write, UNDP and EO staffs organize 3 INFO sessions to inform interested potential beneficiaries about the opportunities the intervention offers and assist them fill in the EoI Form. The local EO collects EoI forms. An Evaluation Panel (EP) is established by the LAG with 5 members representing: i. Local Employment Office (2); ii. Local Action Group (1); iii. UNDP (1) The EP scores each applicant according to the Profiling Table using the Evaluation Template. The 18 candidates with the highest score benefit from the intervention. Should any eligible beneficiary not be able or refuse to participate in the action, the next applicant with the highest score is selected. Within two weeks from selection, the EO specialists proceed counseling with each beneficiary (identify preferred occupations, design Individual Employment Plans). Contextually, the EO begins negotiations with companies that recently announced openings for low-skilled and/or unskilled workers to place the beneficiaries. The conditions and requirements envisaged by the Regulation no. 01/2012 on Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare are mandatory for selecting companies and implement the Active Labour Market Measures (ALMMs). The companies participating in the programme shall provide: - on-the-job training for 1 month, and - full-time employment for 12 months (during the first 6 months of work the salary of the beneficiaries is partially subsidized by the project (50% of the salary) and the remaining 6 months are fully covered by the company). Service Line: Training Incentives In September 2013, selected beneficiaries receive one-week non-vocational skills training provided by VTC in Pristina. Training focuses on general information on occupations, labour market opportunities, social skills, self-esteem, employability, personality development and team work. Beneficiaries who need to take public transportation to the training venue are provided with travel grants ($30). During the training period, the EO specialists finalize the placements. After the training, beneficiaries start the 1-month on-the-job training at the assigned companies. UNDP covers on-the-job training costs at 150/$195 monthly of which 1/3 go to the company as training costs (mentoring, training materials) and 2/3 to the beneficiaries as travel and food allowance. Should any beneficiary drop out after starting the on-the-job training, replacements will not be allowed. In such case the project staff is in charge for reallocating the unspent resources. Service Line: Subsidized Employment Beneficiaries successfully completing the on-the-job training start work at the assigned companies for 12 months. The project covers subsidized employment costs at 50% of

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the gross salary for 6 (six) months with the condition that the respective companies cover the remaining 50% for the first 6 months and 100% of the gross salary costs for the remaining 6 months. The reference gross salary for the purpose of this intervention for all 12 months is 300/month. In case the programme is interrupted by one of the parties (employee/employer) the provisions envisaged in the Regulation 01/2012 apply. Monitoring and Evaluation An implementation report is prepared every trimester by the EO and presented to the LAG. Beneficiaries are provided counseling by the employment office throughout the intervention period.
Service Line Training incentives ($4,250) Subsidized Employment Costs break-down Description Non-vocational skills training (1w) Travel grants for trainees (18x$30) On-the-job training (18x1mx195) 6 months partial wage subsidy (18x6mx195) 6 months employment (paid by the companies) TOTAL (estimated) Costs per job created 18 persons $ 200 $ 540 $ 3510 $ 21060 n/a $ 25310 $ 1406.11

Sustainability By providing a targeted and temporary incentive, the intervention can help long-term unemployed workers shed the stigma that they have developed, rebuild skills and work habits, and reenter mainstream society. Even workers who are not retained after the subsidy is removed will emerge with recent work history, reacquainted with the rhythms of the workplace. Replicability The intervention can be replicated for other vulnerable individuals when companies have openings and financial resources are available. Risks assessment Low take up rate by the vulnerable women participating in the intervention; Low take-up rate by the companies that may seek to formalize existing employees.

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Action 7. Formalization of employment through upgrading of rural micro-enterprises

Background analysis Generally characterized by small farms, low productivity and weak advisory services, the agriculture sector contributes up to 25% of Kosovos GDP29 . However, according to the Census (2011), only 4.4% of those who are in employment work in the agriculture sector (of which 99.8% men and only 0.2% women). Although farming has been a tradition in rural and semi-rural areas of Kosovo, it has seen a significant decrease during the last decade. High costs and scarce availability of agricultural machines, seeds, and fertilizers, as well as lack of funding opportunities, are few of the many impediments to agricultural development30. Sixty-two percent of Kosovos population lives in rural areas31, 47% of them live in poverty. Poverty in rural areas is highly correlated with lack of land, livestock, or agricultural equipment. Data show that agriculture is one of the sectors with the lowest share of total loans accounting for only approximately 4% of total outstanding loans to enterprises in June 201132. The low volume of loans issued to this sector is characterized by high interest rates, reflecting the perceived uncertainty of this sector by banks. Kosovo imports a large number of goods. Soft commodity prices are already inflating due to high demand and low supply. Food industry stakeholders claim that over 60% of the raw material is imported in Kosovo, meaning higher costs for production. Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje is home to some of the largest food processing companies (meat, diary, silage, fruits and vegetables) that increasingly demand raw material. Given the unmet demand of milk-processing companies for milk, Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality is committed to increase its support to farmers as a way to generate employment and address social problems.
Proposed Interventions Intervention Area Potential beneficiaries Time-frame Service lines Baseline Employment Office data Indicators Up to 33 rural households: - form a group of common interest (organization); - have access to credit opportunities; and - receive technical assistance for productivity upgrading Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje (periphery), Kuzmin, Miradi e Ult, Miradi e Eprme, Vragoli villages. Rural households in possession of 0.5 - 1ha arable land. Priority is given to women headed households June 2013 October 2014 - Association building (to ensure networking, voice and representation) - Entrepreneurship advisory service - Access to credit opportunities - 61 people are actually employed in agriculture in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje 33 a- Number of people self-employed formally in agriculture b- Number of people employed formally in agriculture c- Number of rural micro-enterprises established and/or upgraded

Regional Development Strategy for the Central Economic Region 2010-2013, Regional Development Agency Centre, 30 KOSOVO Mosaic 2012: Overview of perceptions on public services and local authorities , USAID & UNDP, 2012 31 Kosovo Population and Housing Census 2011: Final Results , ASK 2011 32 Ibid 33 Ibid
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Targets

Stakeholders involved in implementation

33 rural micro-enterprises established 33 people self-employed formally in the newly established micro-enterprises - at least 33 people employed formally in agriculture by the newly established micro-enterprises DoA, LAG, UNDP

Sequence of Action In August 2013, UNDP and the Department of Agriculture (DoA), on behalf of the LAG, launch a Call for Applications (CfA) and promote it amongst rural families in the designated villages (see table above) interested to start-up or upgrade their cowbreeding micro-enterprise. The call remains open for 3 weeks. To be eligible, applicants shall meet the following criteria: - Be resident of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje, Kuzmin, Miradi e Ult, Miradi e Eprme, Vragoli villages; - Own 0.5-1 ha of arable land; - Own decent stockyard for 2 to 3 cows conditions; - Be households with at least three adult members. Priority is given to women headed households. Applicants shall fill in the Application Form and deliver to the municipal DoA together with relevant documentation to prove they meet eligibility criteria. An Evaluation Panel (EP) is established by the LAG with 5 members representing: - Municipal Department of Agriculture (2); - Local Action Group (1); - UNDP (2). Evaluation is done according to the Profiling Table and the Evaluation Form. The 33 households with the highest score benefit from the action. Should any eligible beneficiary not be able or refuse to participate in the action, the next applicant with the highest score is selected. Service Lines: Entrepreneurship advisory services and association building The 33 selected households receive entrepreneurship advisory services for upgrading their farm over a 12-months period. Two consultants, with previous advisory experience for agriculture micro-enterprises34, are contracted for delivering the advisory and association building services. The consultants intervention begins with needs assessment for each household. Within 5 weeks from the needs assessment the consultants finalize, jointly with the respective households, a 1-year long work-plan for farm upgrading (66wd) costing each required intervention. Emphasis is put also on dialogue among farmers and with other actors involved in the value chain in view of sharing knowledge and experiences and exploring market opportunities. The recruited consultant assists beneficiaries to establish a network of milk producers in the selected territory (6wd) as per international best practices. The municipal DoA facilitates negotiations between the group of farmers and the three milk-processing companies operating in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje leading to cooperation agreement(s). The agreement foresees supply of the raw product (milk) by the farmers to the milk-processing companies according to well-defined quality criteria with previously agreed prices per unit. UNDP contracts two specialists to provide veterinary services, including necessary medical treatments (66wd).

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FAO Kosovo can provide contacts of the cluster of experts whom they work from several years.

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Service Line: Access to credit opportunities UNDP and the Municipality jointly fund the grants for farm upgrading. Each household is provided with a grant up to $ 4600 ( 3540), eligible ONLY for in-farm upgrading measures (see table below). UNDP is responsible for the tendering procedures for buying 66 cows and 33 milking machines. Monitoring & Evaluation DoA reports periodically to the LAG. The impact of the action can be measured vis--vis the performance of other households working in agriculture. Two parallel assessments can be run, with regard to a) similar enterprises (size, sector, etc.) that have not received financial support; and b) similar enterprises (size, sector, etc.) that have received financial support (through grant providing mechanisms) but not combined with specialized technical advisory services. Costs break-down Service Line Description Association Organizational set up - consultancy building work (10wdx$160) Entrepreneurship Consultancy work (33x2wdx$100) advisory services Specialized services/veterinary (66 cows x $100) Productivity upgrading grants - cows (33x$4000) Access to credit Productivity upgrading grants milking opportunities machinery (33x$400) TOTAL (estimated) Costs per micro-enterprise created Cost per job created

33 households $ 1600 $ 6600 $ 6600 $ 132000 $ 13200 $ 160000 $ 4848. 48 $ 2424. 24

Sustainability Through association building and cooperation for quality improvement the farmers increase their negotiating capacity with industry stakeholders and become eligible to benefit from other public agriculture subsidy programmes. Replicability The action can extend its support to more people, thus decreasing costs per beneficiary, be replicated in the same format in other municipalities, or become a model for other groups to be formed and undertake the same type of service delivery in the same municipality. Risks Assessment Farmers may not immediately recognize the benefits of registering as self-employed in agriculture.

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Summary Table
No. 1

Intervention Establishing social enterprises to foster sustainable employment Green jobs for people at risk of exclusion Promotion of employment opportunities for disadvantaged youth

Target groups
Low-skilled, unskilled LTU

Beneficiaries

No. of

Service lines
Business advisory services; Training incentives; Access to credit opportunities; Organization building; Access to credit opportunities; Training Incentives Training incentives; Access to credit opportunities; Subsidized employment; Access to credit opportunities Training incentives; Access to credit opportunities; Training incentives; Subsidized employment; Association building; Business advisory services; Access to credit opportunities;

1 social enterprise (50 people)

Timeframe Resources allocated June 2013 $53520

Implementing bodies
LAG, UNDP

FK/KP - $ 13000 Nov. 2014 UNDP - $ 40520

2 3

Unemployed RAE communities members; 18+; living in extreme poverty. Disadvantaged young people 18-29, in LTU (12+ months),

20 people 54 young people

June 2013 July 2014 June 2013 Sept. 2014 June 2013 March 2014 Aug. 2013 May 2014

FK/KP - $ 9,100 UNDP - $17,380

$ 26,480

EO, Municipality, LAG, UNDP, Health for All

$ 38,892 EO, LAG, VTC Pristina, DON FK/KP - $ 13,000 BOSKO Centre, VTC Ferizaj, UNDP UNDP - $ 25,892
FK/KP -$ 162,500 UNDP - $ 45,500 FK/KP - $26,000 UNDP - $ 29,235

Households living under 40 families/ households living in extreme poverty extreme housing conditions; 220+ people Unemployed jobseekers 40 employed 5 LTU jobseekers, preferably Incentives for promotion of minorities members 25 people employment for vulnerable individuals through public works 6 Incentives for work integration of Unskilled women in LTU (24+ months) 18 women low-skilled and unskilled long-term unemployed women 7 Rural households in 33 rural Formalization of employment possession of 0.5 - 1ha microthrough upgrading of rural microarable la221nd. enterprises / enterprises 66 people 4 Providing safe housing conditions for

$ 208,000 $ 55,235

Municipality, LAG, UNDP, Health for All EO, Municipality, LAG, UNDP, Social Enterprise EO, LAG, UNDP

Aug. 2013 $25,310 FK/KP - $ 9,100 July 2014 UNDP - $ 16,210 July 2013 $ 160,000 FK/KP - $130,000 Oct. 2014 UNDP - $ 30,000

DoA, LAG, UNDP

493 beneficiaries
Wage employed Self-Employed Micro-enterprises established

TOTAL

$567437
Organizations established Improved living conditions for

149

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Annexes
ANNEX 1: Profiling vulnerable individuals/TEP beneficiaries
No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Female Age 16-29 years of age Over 40 years of age Family status Member of 5+ family Single female Female with children Education / Drop Outs Up to 4 years Up to 8 or 9 years Education / Early school-leaver Left high-school before graduating Vocational Qualification Person with no Vocational Qualification Economic situation36 Family with average incomes up to 1.55/adult/day Family receiving Economic Aid member Residence Sub-urban Rural Minority member Roma / Ashkali / Egyptian/ Bosniak / Kosovo Serb Returnee or Repatriated Returnee / Repatriated Disabilities Partial disabilities (but able to work) Employment history First-time-job seeker Long-term unemployed (over 1 year) Underemployed (worked up to 25% of the time last 1 or 2 years37) Language Individuals whose mother tongue is not Albanian Skills level No skills Low skilled Beneficiary of employment promotion programmes Never benefitted from Did not benefit in the last 2 years 2 1.5 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 1.5 1 1.5 3 1.5 2

Characteristics
Gender

Points35
1.5

Scoring with be revised (multiplied if needed) once interventions finalized Each potential beneficiary qualifies only for one of the alternatives, either 8 or 9 and not for both. 37 As per local EOs applicant individual file
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ANNEX 2: Declaration of impartiality and confidentiality

Pact Action Ref: _____________________________________________________________

I, the undersigned, hereby declare that I agree to participate in the evaluation of the abovementioned competition/application procedure. By making this declaration, I confirm that I have familiarized myself with the information available to date concerning this competition/application procedure. I further declare that I shall execute my responsibilities honestly and fairly. I am independent of all parties, which stand to gain from the outcome of the evaluation process. To the best of my knowledge and belief, there are no facts or circumstances, past or present, or that could arise in the foreseeable future, which might call into question my independence in the eyes of any party; and, should it become apparent during the course of the evaluation process that such a relationship exists or has been established, I will immediately cease to participate in the evaluation process. I confirm that I, my family members and no organisation or company that I am involved with outside of my position with the institution/organization I represent shall make any financial gain from the results of this tender process. I agree to hold in trust and confidence any information or documents (confidential information) disclosed to me or discovered by me or prepared by me in the course of or as a result of the evaluation and agree that it shall be only used for the purposes of this evaluation and shall not be disclosed to any party. I also agree not to retain copies of any written information or prototypes supplied. Confidential information shall not be disclosed to any employee or expert unless they agree to execute and be bound by the terms of this Declaration.

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ANNEX 3: Expression of Interest/Application Form

TERRITORIAL PACT
to promote employment generation and social inclusion of vulnerable individuals in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality

UNDP/UNKT logo

Insert here

LOCAL ACTION GROUP

Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje

Municipality Logo

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Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality and UNDP, on behalf of the Local Action Group, launch this

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/APPLICATIONS (Select accordingly)

Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality and UNDP, in the framework of Building a better future for citizens of Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obili project, are implementing a Territorial Pact to promote employment generation and social inclusion of vulnerable individuals in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality.
Action no. ____ of the pact envisages ... (provide a short description of the action: what sector, when - timeframe, whom-preferably, how/service line) ...

Interested individuals meeting the following criteria are invited to apply: - a; (ex. residence, age, sex, land ownership, unemployed job-seeker, member of community, etc.) - b; - c; Priority is given to: - 1; - 2; Successful applicants are provided: - a; (description of the relevant service lines) - b; - c; Support is conditional to: - 1; - 2. Expression of Interest/Application Forms can be collected: (web-site, EO, Department of Agriculture, other) Original Eoi/A Forms must be submitted, in hard copy, to _______________________________________ before ___________________ 2013, 15:00. Please contact ________________________________ for any clarification and assistance you may need in filling in the Form. Please help us promote this Call by informing other people you think might have an interest to apply for this opportunity.

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ANNEX 4: Expression of Interest/Application Form Template

TERRITORIAL PACT
to promote employment generation and social inclusion of vulnerable individuals in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality

Action no. _______

(Type title of the action.)...................................

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST/APPLICATION (select one) FORM

Name/Surname: __________________________________________________________ Gender: M F Birthday: ____/____/19_____ ID no: ________________
Civil Status: ________________________ Family members: _____________

Part A38
8/9-12

Residence: ____________________________________ (village/town) 5-8/9

Completed years of education: 1-4

Did you ever receive vocational If Yes, please specify: __________________________________________ training? Yes No __________________________________________________________________ Is your family currently receiving social assistance? Yes No What are the family average monthly incomes for the last 6 months? __________,_____ Please check one of the boxes, if you belong to one of the minority groups: Roma Ashkali Egyptian Bosniak Kosovo Serb Other: specify ______________________ Please check if you belong to one of the following: Returnee Repatriated Are you able to work in the job/sector Do you have any disability? Yes No Yes No If Yes, please specify: ______________________________ envisaged in the action? Please indicate you mother-tongue: Albanian Other: Specify _______________________________

Have you ever worked formally or informally before? If you answered YES please indicate if you were:
Out or work for the last 12 months or more; or

Yes

No Employment Office. The

information provided is Correct Not correct Specify: ______________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Correct Not correct Specify: ______________________

To be completed by the

Worked during the last 12 months, but less than 25% of the time; or None of these apply.

Please select the category you fall under:

I have more than 2 years of training and/or working experience; I have no training and/or working experience at all.

I have more than 1 but less than 2 years of training/working experience; ________________________________
________________________________ Correct Not correct Specify: ______________________

Did you ever benefit from employment promotion programmes provided by the Employment Office or other organizations? Yes No

If you answered YES, please specify when: (m/y)_______________________

___________________________

____________________________________________________

Signature of the applicant

________/___________/2013

date

name/surname of the person assisting the applicant (if applicable)

_____________________________________________________________________________

Only in Action no. 7 the applicants shall fill in Part-B of the Application Form providing details of their farms.
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ANNEX 5: Evaluation Form

TERRITORIAL PACT
to promote employment generation and social inclusion of vulnerable individuals in Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality

EVALUATION FORM
Evaluator: ______________________________________ Qualifying criteria: 1. Does the applicant meet qualifying criteria a (specify)? 2. Does the applicant meet qualifying criteria b (specify)? 3. Does the applicant meet qualifying criteria c (specify)? Yes Yes Yes Applicant: _______________________________________ No
If the applicant does not meet one of the qualifying criteria s/he is not eligible to benefit by the Action.

NOTE: The Evaluation Panel can consider for evaluation ONLY applicants meeting qualifying criteria M (0) F (1.5) 1 Gender 16-29 (2) 40+ (2.5) None (0) 2 Age 5+ members (1) <5 members (0) 3 Family status Single female Mother (3) None (0)
(1.5) headed family

Part A
________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts _________pts
_______________

4 5 6 7 8

Education Vocational qualifications Economic situation Residence Minority members

9 Returnee or Repatriated 10 Employment history 11 Mother tongue 12 Skills level 13 Beneficiary of employment promotion programmes

<4 years (2) 4-9 years (1.5) 9-12 years (1) Yes (0) No (2) Receive (2) <1.55/adult a None (0) economic aid day (1) Rural (3) Sub-urban (2) Urban (0) Roma (1) Ashkali (1) Egyptian (1) Bosniak (1) Kosovo Serb (1) None (0) Returnee (1) Repatriated (1) None (0) First-time job LTU (2) Underseeker (3) employed (1) Albanian (0) Not Albanian (2) 1-2 years of No >2 years of experience (3) training/work (2) training/work (0) 2+ years ago Never (3) Yes, in the last (1.5) 2 years (0)

Subtotal Part A (max 30 points)

NOTE: Part B of the Evaluation Form, is only applicable under Action no.7 of the Pact (Formalization of employment through upgrading of rural micro-enterprises). The evaluator shall look at the feasibility of the farming household and their farm to run the agricultural activity envisaged in the Action. The maximum score for this part is 20 points... Both parts MUST be printed in one single sheet, if necessary, back and forth, to avoid confusion for the Evaluation Panel members.

....

Subtotal Part B (max 20 points)

THE EVALUATOR
____________________________ ________________________________________
date and place name/surname signature

____________

TOTAL SCORE ________________

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ANNEX 6: Evaluation form action 4

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Applicant / Household representative POINTS 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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ANNEX 7: Stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Pact

Fush Kosov/Kosovo Polje Municipality Local Action Group Employment Office Health for All Organization United Nations Development Programme Ideas Partnership Organization Integrohu Organization Pristina Vocational Training Centre Ferizaj Vocational Training Centre Socio-Educational Centre Don Bosko

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