CORE COMPETENCIES 

The competences of the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

a) represents the Agency in the field of employment in the areas within its competences, cooperate with agencies, institutions and international organizations competent in these fields;
b) discharges international commitments undertaken in the field of employment in coordination with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the line ministry of BiH) and in cooperation with competent entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH;
c) monitors the application of international standards and policies in the field of employment and participates in their implementation in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH;
d) initiates conclusion of international agreements in the field of employment and participates in negotiations of international agreements in the field of social insurance pertinent to unemployment and monitors their implementation in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH;
e) co-ordinates activities in domestic and international projects in the field of employment which are to the interest of Bosnia and Herzegovina and cooperates with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH in their implementation;
f)  collects foreign and domestic requests for and information on supply and demand of domestic and foreign labour force and executes them in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH within the limits of its competence and labour market potentials in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
g) monitors, analyses and explores economic, social and other trends, situation in employment and unemployment and their mutual impacts in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH and proposes measures and activities to enhance employment;
h) initiates necessary activities in entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH to organize and implement jointly and in cooperation with employers, trade unions, educational institutions and other associations vocational guidance and education programs towards greater employment and other forms of active employment policy;   
i) co-ordinates activities in employment of Bosnia and Herzegovina nationals abroad within the limits of its competence and in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BIH; 
j) carries out necessary analyses and produces reports and documents in the field of employment, creates drafts, proposals and working documents which are adopted and enacted by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon requests made by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the line ministry, where appropriate, in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH;
k) proposes to the Council of Ministers, through the line ministry of BiH, long-term, midium-term and annual plans for labour market policies guidelines and active employment measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina together with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH;   
l) gives opinion on and proposals for employment of foreigners (quotas) to the line ministry of BiH in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH;
m) provides in cooperation with entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH necessary data in the field of unemployment, in particular those related to discharging of international commitments;
n) submits its regular annual activity reports and annual activity programs to the Council of Ministers of BiH;
o) delivers training to its staff to meet requirements and challenges of international commitments and integration processes and initiates the like in entity employment services and the Employment Service of the Brčko District of BiH.