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1. National Career Guidance Conference
Career Guidance and Counselling
in the Republic of Serbia
Belgrade,December 5th 2013

2. STRATEGIC AND LEGAL
FRAMEWORK
Action plan for National Youth
Strategy implementation from
2009 to 2014
National Youth Strategy
МoYS
Strategy of Career
Guidance and Counselling
in the Republic of Serbia
with its Action Plan from
2010 to 2014
Law on Youth
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3. STRATEGY OF CAREER GUIDANCE AND
COUNSELLING IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
(“Offical Gazzette RS”, No 16/10)
CGC affirm and promote 3 main social goals:
lifelong learning goal
labor market goal
social equality and inclusion goal
Career guidance and counselling are one of the very basic
instruments of human resources development, by
which educational goals (improving the efficiency of
the educational system), economic development goals
and goals of social equality and inclusion are achieved.
Strategic goals of the Strategy:
1. Establishing and Developing the System of Career
Guidance and Counselling
2. Development of the career guidance and counselling
system in education
3. Developing the system of career guidance and
counselling in employment
4. Continuing promotion of career guidance and
counselling
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4. YOUTH INDICATORS RELEVANT TO CGC
-From 41 EU Youth Indicators which objective is to provide a quick and comprehensive
cross-sectoral view of youth situation 16 indicators are directly linked to career guidance,
counselling and information.
- In the field of Education and Training – 5 indicators follow Early leavers from education
and training; Achievements on PISA tests; Tertiary education attainment; Young people
aged 20-24 having completed at least upper secondary education; Learning at least two
foreign languages;
-In the field of Employment and Entrepreneurship – 5 indicators follow Youth
unemployment; Youth unemployment ratio; Self-employed youth; Young people who
would like to set up their own business; Young employees with a temporary contract;
-In the field of Social Inclusion – 5 indicators follow At-risk-of-poverty or exclusion rate;
At-risk-of-poverty rate; Severe Material deprivation rate; Living in households with very
low work intensity; Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET);
- In the field of Volunteering – 1 indicator follows Formal recognition of participation in
voluntary activities

5. YOUTH – FACT AND FIGURES
(education - employment)
According to the ILO youth are
three times more likely to be
unemployed compared to
adults
Nearly 75 million young
people globally are
unemployed
-.
At the EU 13% of young
people (age 18-24) are
not included in any
education nor in
employment or in
training programs (NEET)
Serbia- 10-25% (?)
The youth
unemployment(age15-30)
rate in Serbia is 40.4%,
(age 15-24) 49,7% while in
the EU this percentage is
almost twice lower – 23 %
In Serbia, almost 25% of
young people in the
labor force are without
basic qualifications
Despite the economic crisis, there are
more than 2 million unfilled vacancies
in the EU
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6. CAREER PLANING –
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
OF YOUNG PEOPLE
The unemployment rate of the
population is high particularly
youth unemployment rate
Certain companies can not fill
the vacancies with staff that
have the appropriate
knowledge, skills and abilities
Lack of practice, work skills, work
experience, inability to apply knowledge
acquired through education, lack of
information on labor market needs
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7. SERBIAN CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
SYSTEM
Ministry of
Finance
Ministry of
Education,
Science and
Technological
Development
EDUCATION
school, faculty, universities,
institutes,
centers for career guidance
at the universities
Miinistry of
Economy
National resource
center for career
guidance and
counseling
Euroguidance
center
School
administrations
officies (MESTD)
Ministry of
Labour,
Employment
and Social
Policy
Ministry of Youth
and Sport
Ministry of
Regional
Development and
Local-self
Government
EMPLOYMENT
branches of National
employment service,
agencies, different kind of
centers
Local authorities, Youth
offices
LABOUR MARKET
EMPLOYERS
ASSOCIATIONS

8. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY
Working group for the implementation of SCGC was established by Decision of
the RS Government in April 2011 , consisting of representatives of five
ministries, National Employment Service, the Chamber of Commerce, the
Conference of Universities of Serbia, Standing Conference of Towns and
Municipalities and NGOs.
MOS submits periodical reports to the Government on the Working group’s
activities and the implementation of SCGC, and so far have produced two
comprehensive reports provided by the Government to its members (available
on the portal www.zamislizivot.org)
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9. FUND FOR YOUNG TALENTS
Since its establishment (2008) the Fund has awarded and provided financial support to
over 11300 high school pupils and university students and for that purposes allocated
over twenty eight million €
From 2010, these grants have been named “Dositeja”, in honor of our famous educator
Dositej Obradović
So far Fund for Young Talents signed memorandums of understanding with Microsoft,
National Employment Office, JAT Airways, Piraeus Bank, Erste Bank, NIS Gazpromneft, etc.
Center for carieer guidance and counseling of young talents is established with the aim of
supporting scholars of the Fund for Young Talents in their future professional and
academic development in 2009. So far, more than 2500 young talents used the services of
this Centre; Career Planning Guide, published in 2012 and How to develop my Career published in 2011.
Common presentations with TEMPUS office were held in order to give timely and
comprehensive information to students about the possibilities of studying abroad, as well
as about the national grants

10. PARTICIPANTS IN CGC POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION
Ministries and Institutions
(Working Group for Strategy
Implementation)
University Career
Centers
Schools
International Partners
NGOs
Local Youth Officies
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11. MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS (1)
1. It is necessary to harmonize all strategic and legal documents in Serbia in order for
them to reflect essential elements of the European paradigm in CGC.
2. Include essential ELGPN findings and recommendations and key elements of the
European strategic CGC documents within the new Strategy of CGC of the Republic of
Serbia.
3. It is essential to create national team which would represent Serbia in ELGPN in
order to include Serbia in the further development of CGC on both national and
European level.
4. Establishment and institutionalization of the National resource centre for CGC.
5. Establishment of the National forum for lifelong quidance (for example: expanded
membership of the Governmental Working Group) in order to improve policy- and
decision-making, to build leadership capacity, to manage reform and innovation
processes and to rethink demanding cross - sectoral cooperation arrangements.
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12. MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS (2)
9. Inclusion of as many age groups as possible in CGC system (children, students,
youth, adults, etc.), promotion of CGC system and more accessible career centers.
10.Development and improving of existing and opening of new career centers – the
formation of career centers network for informing and professional counseling,
introduction of modern technologies in CGC, development of the competencies of
career services employees to users from vulnerable groups.
11. Capacity building and connecting those who provide CGC services in public and
private sector and in civil society.
12. Career management skills (CMS) should be developed through education
(compulsory theme across the curriculum or through extra curicular activities) and
CMS programme should be integrated within the initial and further training of teachers
and trainers.
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13. Ministry of Youth and Sport
Sector for Youth
Snezana Klasnja, Assistant minister
snezana.klasnja@mos.gov.rs
WWW. МОS.GOV.RS
WWW.ZAMISLIZIVOT.ORG