The Macedonian Red Cross and the Crafts’ Chamber of city of Skopje organized a roundtable on a topic “Opportunities and challenges for employment of socially vulnerable persons” held on 11 May 2017, Thursday, at the premises of Macedonian Red Cross.

The event was attended and opening statements were given by the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Ibrahim Ibrahimi, the General Secretary of the Macedonian Red Cross, Mr. Sait Sait, and the President of Crafts’ Chamber of city of Skopje, Mr. Nikola Petrov. As well, the event was attended by representatives from relevant stakeholders.

The roundtable was organized as part of the activities within the project “Take Action for Better Competitiveness in the Labor Market”, which aims to contribute to increasing the participation of 40 people at social risk and those who are socially excluded in the labor market in order to reduce poverty.