Subject: RE: Macro-financial assistance - Condition 7 - Draft Labour Market Strategy of Georgia - EU comments
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:28:18 +0000

Dear Joern,

Many thanks for sending us your feedback. It is important for us.

As to the specific issues you’ve raised, let me inform you that information on pacing, and the resourcing (financial and human) of actions and on the roles and responsibilities of all the institutions will be included in the action plan. As we’ve already informed you action plan is being elaborated and consulted with stakeholders. It is foreseen to be adopted after the Strategy is approved by the Government. We will provide you with the final draft version of the action plan.

The social partners have always been involved in the process since we started elaboration of the strategy. As to the final draft, following MFA review mission, it was communicated and consulted with social partners. Currently, we are collecting their comments/suggestions which will be considered while reviewing the draft.

Terms “aims” and “objectives” – definitely a translation issue.

We’ll be working on the improvement of the draft.

Once again thank you for your feedback.

Best regards,

Lika

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ლიკა  კლიმიაშვილი | Lika Klimiashvili

შრომისა და დასაქმების პოლიტიკის დეპარტამენტის შრომითი ურთიერთობებისა და სოციალური პარტნიორობის სამმართველოს უფროსი | Head of the Labour Relations and Social Partnership Division at the Labour and Employment Policy Department

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Subject: Macro-financial assistance - Condition 7 - Draft Labour Market Strategy of Georgia - EU comments

Dear Lika, colleagues,

Many thanks for consulting us on the draft strategy. We welcome that the strategy has been substantially improved compared to the previous version and that many of our previous comments have been taken into account.

Having collected the views from colleagues in the Commission, and including the European Training Foundation, we would like to raise the following issues to your attention:

1.                      The draft strategy refers to an action plan in Section 4.3 and lists several key elements of such a plan. While you have provided a “log frame” with a list of indicators and the implementation timeframe, we also see a need to include information on the pacing, and the resourcing (financial and human) of actions and on the roles and responsibilities of all the institutions to be involved – either in a standalone document (action plan) or as part of the strategy (alternatively, although not ideal, in a somewhat extended version of the log frame). Regarding the pacing, the document would be more usable and credible if it gave a sense of sequencing, i.e. which actions should come first and which actions should follow by when (rather than stating 2023 for all actions/indicators, as is the case in the current log frame).

2.                      The strategy (p20) includes a reference to a Law on Supporting Employment, which is being drafted. A specific commitment to the adoption of this law, with a timetable/target date, and to its implementation (e.g. the establishment of a Public Employment Service) should be included as an action point in the log frame (or other document, see Point 1). We consider this important, as the MFA condition includes an explicit reference to the “completion of the employment-related legal framework”.

3.                      In a number of other areas, specific actions and/or indicators of success appear to be missing and could usefully be added. The attached documents provide specific examples of such gaps.

4.                      A clearer differentiation between the terms “aims” and “objectives” could be considered (although this may at least partly be a translation issue).

5.                      Regarding the process, we are not sure whether the social partners have been consulted on the draft strategy document. If not, we would strongly encourage such a consultation, as also discussed during the MFA review mission in May. We would be grateful if you could let us know what steps you are planning to take on this or have already taken since mid-May.

We remain available to discuss.

Best regards,

Joern

The action plan is also being elaborated and consulted with stakeholders. It is foreseen to be adopted after the Strategy is approved by the Government of Georgia. We will provide you with the final draft version of the action plan.

The social partners have been involved in the process since we started elaboration of the strategy. As to the final draft, it was communicated and consulted with social partners and their comments/suggestions will be taken into consideration.

Griesse
Deputy Head of Unit
Neighbourhood countries – macrofinancial assistance
Tel. +32 2 29-96350

European Commission
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