In the election year of 2016 the Employment Agency of Montenegro employed nearly fifteen hundred workers more than the Work Program envisaged at the beginning of the year. Namely, instead of the planned 1,350 jobs, the Agency, in the eve of the parliamentary elections, created jobs for as many as 2,845 persons.
The programs of the Employment Agency are used for short-term employment, which essentially do not solve the problem of unemployment in the country, instead they are an ideal way for creating jobs in pre-election periods.
The Agency’s program, adopted in February 2016, within the four employment programs, envisaged giving jobs to 1,350 workers and for this purpose a sum of €1.75 million was allocated. Under the program aimed at public works employment of 750 worker was planned to be employed, under the education and training program 350 adults, the program for employees training envisaged to create jobs for 200 persons and the program “The youth is our potential, give it a chance” 50 persons. Their engagement was supposed to end in early summer, when the announcement of parliamentary elections was expected.
Although a certain employment level was projected at the beginning of the year, as early at the end of March 2016, the Agency decided to hire 258 persons, within the public works program, which is related to environmental protection and social care of children and young people, instead of the planned 190, for a period of one to three months.
Furthermore, although at the beginning of the year the recruitment of 210 teaching assistants, who would provide assistance to children with special educational needs in primary and secondary schools, was envisaged, as well as the employment of 200 personal assistants, who would provide support to persons with disabilities in the associations’ centers, a decision to hire 258 teaching assistants and 220 personal assistants was reached at the end of March.
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