Skopje, 11 December 2013 – Minister of Labour and Social Polic

y Dime Spassov and EU Ambassador Orav Aivo today addressed to the guests at the awarding ceremony of the completion of the Integrated program for employment competencies development to 240 participants.

The Integrated program is implemented under the EU project Increase of the employment potential for women from ethnic minorities in the labor market, financed by the IPA under the Operational Programme for Human Resources Development 2007-2013, which was attended by 240 women aged to 35 years of Tetovo, Gostivar, Struga and Skopje.

The participants had the opportunity through training and self-employment, training for computer skills and vocational training, as well as through appropriate practices in local companies to gain the necessary skills for employment and actively participate in the labor market.

The project is implemented by the Centre for non formal education TRIAGOLNIK in the

period from November 2012 till February 2014 in the amount of 249.556,26 EUR.