Competences

The agency is competent to:

• in the field of employment, he represents the Agency within his competence, cooperates with competent agencies, institutions and international organizations in these areas;

• in coordination with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina) fulfills the assumed international obligations in the field of employment, while cooperating with the competent entity employment offices and the Employment Office of the Brčko District of BiH;

• monitors the application of international standards and policies in the field of employment and participates in their implementation in cooperation with the entity employment offices and the Employment Office of Brčko District BiH;

• initiates the conclusion of international agreements in the field of employment and participates in conducting negotiations for the conclusion of international agreements in the field of social insurance for part of unemployment and monitors their implementation in cooperation with the employment institutes of the entity and Brčko District of BiH;

• coordinates activities in domestic and international projects in the field of employment that are of interest to Bosnia and Herzegovina and cooperates with entity employment offices and the Employment Office of Brčko District of BiH in their implementation;

• collects foreign and domestic requests and information on the supply and demand of domestic and foreign labor and in cooperation with the entity employment offices and the Employment Office of the Brčko District of BiH realizes the same within the limits of its competences and the possibilities of the labor market in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

• monitors, analyzes and investigates economic, social and other trends, the state of employment and unemployment, and their mutual influences in cooperation with the entity employment offices and the Employment Office of the Brčko District of BiH, on the basis of which they propose the necessary measures and activities to improve employment;

• initiates the necessary activities at the entity employment offices and the Employment Office of the Brčko District of BiH to jointly and in cooperation with employers, trade unions, educational institutions and other associations organize and implement programs of professional orientation and education with the aim of greater employment and other forms of active employment policy;

• coordinates the employment of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina abroad within the limits of their legal competences and in cooperation with the entity employment offices and the employment office of Brčko District of BiH;

• performs the necessary analyzes and compiles reports and documents in the field of employment, prepares drafts, proposals and working materials of documents that are adopted and passed by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the expressed requests of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the relevant ministry, if necessary in cooperation with the entity institutes and the Employment Institute of the Brčko District of BiH;

• proposes to the Council of Ministers a long-term, medium-term and annual plan on labor market policy guidelines and active employment measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina together with the entity employment offices and the Employment Office of the Brčko District of BiH, through the line ministry of BiH;

• in cooperation with the entity employment institutes and the Employment Institute of the Brčko District of BiH, gives the line ministry of BiH an opinion and proposals for the employment of foreigners (quotas);

• in cooperation with the entity employment offices and the Employment Office of the Brčko District of BiH, provides the necessary data in the field of unemployment, especially those related to the fulfillment of international obligations;

• submits its regular annual work reports and annual work programs to the BiH Council of Ministers,

• conducts training and development of its staff in order to respond to the requirements and challenges of international obligations and integration processes, and initiates the same at entity employment offices and the Brčko District Employment Office".