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The most popular vacancies on the Ukrainian labor market have been named
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Read moreWhy has workforce become increasingly expensive for foreign investors?
In recent times, Serbian government representatives have claimed that workers in Serbia are no longer “cheap labour,” a notion seemingly supported by the rise in net wages and overall labour costs in foreign currency in recent years. However, Danas interviewees argue that much more is needed for a dignified life. For years, Serbia has attracted […]
Read moreNew Pre-Departure Orientation Information Centre Launched at Kazakhstan’s Labour Mobility Centre in Turkistan
On 4 November, a new pre-departure orientation (PDO) information centre opened its doors at the Labour Mobility Centre (LMC) in Turkistan, a city of over 200,000 people. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and IOM Kazakhstan, this centre seeks to improve the experiences of local citizens […]
Read moreADB Georgia continues to provide help for skill development
The Asian Development Bank, Georgia has been providing all kinds of assistance for the skill development of Georgian youth. The bank is implementing the project “Modern skill for better employment” in this direction. It is worth noting that the Asian Development Bank of Georgia has been working for a long time to significantly upgrade the […]
Read moreSerbia will lack 100,000 workers in the next decade
The Institute for Innovation and Development (IRI) reports that, despite the potential for creating a unified labour market among Western Balkan countries, labour migration within the region is minimal and directed toward European Union countries.
According to an analysis presented at the conference “How to Increase Labour Mobility in the Western Balkans”, the future of the region will be shaped by the labour market. Higher incomes and better working conditions will make Serbian workers move to far more developed EU countries, and Serbia will face a shortage of 80,000 to 100,000 workers in the next decade.
Miodrag Milosavljević, Deputy Director of the Open Society Foundation, acknowledged the impossibility to prevent migration, but he called for a balanced approach between inflow and outflow to ensure continuous development, as a lack of workforce hinders the growth.
Unfortunately, the data from IRI researcher Milica Anđelković Đoković report the persistent outflow of workers to Western Europe.
Dragan Todorović, president of the Independent Union of Belgrade, said that apparently only foreign workers recruited from distant countries who are not intending to stay come to Serbia. They do not work for lower wages than locals but instead face “time-dumping” in their work hours.
Todorović warned that instead of working five days for eight hours, foreign workers work six or seven days for 10 to 12 hours a day, so appear to employers to be more productive. But it actually doesn’t mean a higher productivity, but a simple denial of labour rights. These workers will return home or move on, if they are more educated or resourceful.
Bojan Stanić, Deputy Director for Strategic Analysis at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, noted that solutions are on the horizon, despite the difficult situation. According to him, it is necessary to create regional labour market in the Western Balkans as short-term measures, but even this has its limits, as worker shortages are faced by all regional economies, and no one wants to ‘pull’ workers from another country, diminishing their growth potential. Stanić explained that the solution was to attract returnees, who have been educated or started careers abroad by offering them not only the opportunity to work and earn but also to further develop in a healthy, environmentally-friendly setting.
As Nenad Jevtović added, joint participation in a unified labour market by regional states, drafting National Economic Migration Strategies, as Serbia has done, and improving infrastructure were included in some of IRI’s recommendations. He warned that it is impossible to expect high labour mobility if it takes hours to travel between Skopje and Niš, or if the only efficient way to get from Belgrade to Tirana is by plane.
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Read moreUkraine starts preparing to integrate into European labour market
The Ukrainian government has approved its plan for joining the European Network of Employment Services (EURES) at a meeting on 29 October. Ukraine is now beginning its preparatory stage for joining the European employment framework, in line with the recommendations of the European Commission presented in the Ukraine Progress Report under the EU’s 2023 Enlargement […]
Read moreSerbia will face a shortage of 100,000 workers in the next decade
Despite the potential for creating a unified labour market among Western Balkan countries, labour migration within the region is minimal, with the majority of migration still directed toward European Union countries, according to the Institute for Innovation and Development (IRI). An analysis presented at the conference “How to Increase Labour Mobility in the Western Balkans” […]
Read moreKazakhstan introduced a visa for modern nomads
Neo Nomad is aimed at foreigners who combine work and leisure New Neo Nomad visa for “modern nomads” introduced in Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic announced. “By order of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokaev, a new type of Neo Nomad visa has been introduced. This visa […]
Read moreShalva Papuashvili: under the government of “Georgian Dream” unemployment has halved and decreased from 26.7% to 13.7%
Under the “Georgian Dream” government, unemployment has halved and decreased from 26.7% to 13.7%, – Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili writes about this on the social network. As Papuashvili claims, in four years, the unemployment rate will be at the lowest rate since independence and will be 4%, which is lower than the average […]
Read moreRegional differences in Serbia in employment and construction
The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia’s publication “Regions in the Republic of Serbia” reports that 40% of Serbia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated in the Belgrade region. The Vojvodina region has a 26.4% share. Then come the Šumadija and Western Serbia regions with an 18.4% share and the Southern and Eastern Serbia region with 15.2%.
The publication says that the GDP per capita in the Belgrade region is 58.3% higher than the national average (1.6 million dinars). The average monthly income per household reached 87,973 dinars in 2023, while household expenditures for personal consumption attained 88,244 dinars (an increase by 12.2% compared to 2022).
Regular employment is the largest source of cash income (52.5%), followed by pensions (30.9%), income from agriculture, hunting, and fishing (4%), in-kind consumption (2.6%), income outside of regular employment (2.4%), social security benefits (2.4%) and 5.2% from other sources.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages have the largest share of personal consumption expenditures (36.8% on average, 37.9% in the Southern and Eastern Serbia region and 34.5% in Belgrade).
The largest share of expenditures for housing and utilities (electricity, water, or gas) is held in the Šumadija and Western Serbia region (16.6%), while the smallest one is in the Southern and Eastern Serbia region (16.1%).
Construction work carried out in Serbia in 2023 had the value of approximately 717 billion dinars.
Vojvodina was the leader in 2023 (31%), followed by the Belgrade region (28.4%), Šumadija and Western Serbia (25.2%). The Southern and Eastern Serbia region was last (15.3%).
Buildings had a share of 40.3% of the value of work.
Transport infrastructure, pipelines, communication and electrical lines, complex industrial facilities and other unspecified buildings had a share of nearly 60% of the value of the work.
Residential buildings had a share of 40.1% in the value of work, and non-residential buildings’ share was almost 60%.
They completed a total of 35,652 apartments of the average size of 75.5 m² in 2023.
The average net salary in Serbia in 2023 was 86,007 dinars, while the average gross salary was 118,599 dinars (nominal increase by 14.8% and in real terms by 2.4%, compared to 2022).
The Belgrade region had the highest average net salary, amounting to 109,431 dinars (nominally 15.4% higher than in 2022).
The Šumadija and Western Serbia region had the lowest average net salary (71,642 dinars).
The Belgrade region had the highest employment rate (55.5%) and the lowest unemployment rate (7.1%). The Southern and Eastern Serbia region had the lowest employment rate (44.7%). In the Vojvodina region and the Šumadija and Western Serbia region the unemployment rate was 9% and 9.8%, respectively. The highest unemployment rate at 12.8% was recorded in the Southern and Eastern Serbia regions.
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