Bridging the gender and age gap on the labour market through capacity building and promotion of new job opportunities in cross border region – CBC job gender and age equalizer

Bridging the gender and age gap on the labour market through capacity building and promotion of new job opportunities in cross border region – CBC job gender and age equalizer

September 2023 – March 2025

Bridging the gender and age gap on the labour market through capacity building and promotion of new job opportunities in cross border region – CBC job gender and age equalizer is a European project funded by the program Cross-border Cooperation Programme for Serbia and North Macedonia.

The Association of Business Women in Serbia started work on the project in September 2023. The activities will be carried out for 18 months, ending in March 2025.

The main goal of the project CBC job gender and age equalizer is aimed at increasing the participation of women, young people and vulnerable groups of women in the labor market through the introduction of innovative pilot support measures.

Strategic goals include: professional training of women and young people and improvement of their (self) employment opportunities in well-paid “male” work sectors; establishment of partnerships for replication and further development of pilot support measures; increased visibility and awareness in local communities about the benefits of pilot measures.

Within the project, the following activities will be implemented:

  • organization of trainings on gender stereotypes;
  • organization of trainings on professions in “male” activities, including ICT, metal processing and construction;
  • visits to employers;
  • organization of the mentoring program;
  • conclusion of public-private partnerships;
  • conducting an awareness campaign against gender stereotypes;
  • creation of documents with recommendations for further development;
  • organization of visibility and cross-border networking.

 

Partners

The consortium implementing the project consists of 4 partners from Serbia and North Macedonia:

Association of Business Women in Serbia (Serbia) – coordinator

MIR Foundation (North Macedonia)

Association of Business Women Vranje (Serbia)

Association Pravedni i profesionalni (North Macedonia)

The project is co-financed by the European Union within the financial instrument of pre-accession assistance (IPA II) through the Cross-Border Cooperation Program Serbia – North Macedonia 2016-2020. The contract for co-financing with the funds of the European Union was signed with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia – Sector for contracting and financing of programs from the funds of the European Union.