Centre for Civil Initiatives (CCI) has started the campaign ‘Posao narodu’ with the aim of raising awareness about unemployment in BiH. The campaign is follow up of last year’s activities, conducted within the EU funded project “Improving efficiency of Public Employment Bureaus for more employment opportunities and labour’s rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

The EU is funding this project under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EDIHR) in the amount of 192.126 EUR. Its overall objective is strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights and political participation in reforming social programmes as well as increasing accountability of elected officials.   
 
In addition to raising awareness the project, which is implemented by CCI, is working on:

• Improving legislation on Public Employment Bureaus (PEBs) in order to reduce their
administrative tasks vs. providing employment opportunities for unemployed and to enable financial security for people who lost their jobs;

• Increasing accountability and efficiency of the PEBs in BiH through monitoring
implementation of their work programmes, conducting public hearings in entity parliaments on creation of PEB’s’ annual work programmes, advocating for passing recommendations from reports and engaging NGOs in social service reforms.

More information on the campaign is available on the website designed by the CCI with aim to inform citizens on the project activities: www.posaonarodu.ba