Linking labour markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey

The Bilateral Cooperation Protocol between the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Turkish Employment Agencyhas been signed in Skopje today, 10th March. 

The Bilateral Cooperation Protocol between the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Turkish Employment Agencyhas been signed in Skopje today, 10th March. The Protocol has been signed by Mr. Adnan Delić, Director of Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mr. Asim Goker Keskin, Deputy Director General of the Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR).

The aim of the Protocol is to develop cooperation in the fields of labour market and employment between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Turkey.  The Protocol will facilitate improvement in the functioning of Vocational Training Centres in the fields of education, retraining and developing skills of unemployed persons, as well as exchange of information on the labour markets, employment and unemployment, and enable sharing of experiences in the fields of employment of vulnerable groups, youth, women, disabled people and people aged over 45.   Furthermore, the Protocol will enable strengthening of capacities of the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in view of further developing and streamlining its IT system, as well as exchange of information on the utilization of the European Union funds.  The Protocol has been concluded for the period of 5 years with the possibility of its automatic extension.

Linking of labour markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Turkey is an opportunity to decrease unemployment in our country.  For this reason, the Labour and Employment Agency has already intiated an employment agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Turkey and sent it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further procedure.  Taking account of the fact that more than 120 Turkish-owned companies operate in Bosnia and Herzegovina, some of them employing several thousands of workers, and that the Turkish economy is undergoing great expansion, the agreement would constitute a new employment opportunity for our citizens.