Subject: BS Indicator 2.3 - proposal
From: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>
To: "GHERMAN Catalin (EEAS-TBILISI)" <[email-masked]>, "Handley, David" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Duffner, Heinrich" <[email-masked]>, Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>, Nino Veltauri <[email-masked]>, "KOCHISHVILI Nika (EEAS-TBILISI)" <[email-masked]>, "JUODSNUKYTE Jurate (EEAS-TBILISI)" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Timo Kuusela <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 11:32:14 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

Following the intensive dialogue and discussions concerning changes in indicator 2.3 - Share of territorial employment offices nationwide applying the new employment service model, we would like to propose the following formulations:

Full achievement: Implementation of the full set of employment services as determined by the NSM in Tbilisi and all Regional Offices.  At least 35% of the clients actually served by each regional office of SESA, except Tbilisi, come from the remote areas/municipalities without SESA office.

Partial achievement: Implementation of the full set of employment services as determined by the NSM in Tbilisi and six Regional Offices.  At least 35% of the clients actually served by 6 regional offices of SESA, except Tbilisi, come from the remote areas/municipalities without SESA office.

The rationale behind the need of amendments lies in the recent institutional changes. As you are aware, State Employment Support Agency (SESA) was established under the Ministry of IDPs, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia in October 2019 and is operating since January 1 2020.  Unlike Social Service Agency, SESA do not have 70 service centers throughout the country and current indicators are not relevant anymore.

SESA consists of 15 offices, including City Office in Tbilisi with 5 District Offices. Considering the small number of offices, Agency will not be able to cover all municipalities / districts countrywide, SESA plans to extend the coverage so that beneficiaries from remote area benefit from employment services.

In view of al above said, changes are inevitable and is in compliance with  Activity 2.1.1 of the Action Plan for 2019 -2021 which foresees the establishment of all Regional Offices and the delivery of full employment support services by 2021 (Activity Outcome Indicators 2.1.1.2 and 2.1.1.3) and extension of coverage.

Attached please find the passport of indicators with relevant changes.

As soon as we have final approval from your side, we will send the official letter.

Thank you,

Regards,
Lika

პატივისცემით   |   Respectfully

ლიკა  კლიმიაშვილი | Lika Klimiashvili

პოლიტიკის დეპარტამენტის შრომისა და დასაქმების პოლიტიკისა და კოლექტიური შრომითი დავების სამმართველოს უფროსი |Head of Labour and Employment Policy and Collective Labour Disputes Division, Policy Department

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From: GHERMAN Catalin (EEAS-TBILISI)
Sent: 24 June, 2020 14:19
To: Handley, David ; Lika Klimiashvili
Cc: Duffner, Heinrich ; Tamar Barkalaia ; Nino Veltauri ; KOCHISHVILI Nika (EEAS-TBILISI) ; JUODSNUKYTE Jurate (EEAS-TBILISI) ; [email-masked]
Subject: RE: BS Indicator 2.3 - estimate

Indeed, thanks in advance for wrapping this asap, both the indicator and its passport

Thanks in advance

Catalin

From: Handley, David <[email-masked]>
Sent: 24 June 2020 14:10
To: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>
Cc: Duffner, Heinrich <[email-masked]>; Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>; Nino Veltauri <[email-masked]>; GHERMAN Catalin (EEAS-TBILISI) <[email-masked]>; KOCHISHVILI Nika (EEAS-TBILISI) <[email-masked]>; JUODSNUKYTE Jurate (EEAS-TBILISI) <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]
Subject: FW: BS Indicator 2.3 - estimate
Importance: High

Dear Lika

A further clarification – it is not only the final version of the amended indicator that is needed, but also the full explanatory text that should go with it.

As Heinrich mentioned, we are available to provided support, should it be needed.

With best regards

David

DAVID HANDLEY

Team Leader

and Skills Development Expert

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Technical Assistance to Skills Development for Matching Labour Market Needs in Georgia

An EU-funded project under the Skills4Jobs Programme, Phase 2

Implemented by a Consortium led by GOPA Worldwide Consultants

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From: Duffner, Heinrich <[email-masked]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 14:02
To: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>; Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>; Nino Veltauri <[email-masked]>
Cc: KOCHISHVILI Nika (EEAS-TBILISI) <[email-masked]>; JUODSNUKYTE Jurate (EEAS-TBILISI) <[email-masked]>; Handley, David <[email-masked]>; Diakonidze, Ana <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: BS Indicator 2.3 - estimate

Dear Lika,

David just told me that the EU Delegation has not yet received the proposal on the Indicator 2.3. Could you be so kind as to send them the formulation you agreed to in your mail from Friday as the official proposal by the Ministry? Please let me know if you need some additional support in finalising this issue.

Best regards,

Heinrich

From: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>
Sent: 19 June 2020 13:54
To: Duffner, Heinrich; Tamar Barkalaia; Nino Veltauri
Cc: Handley, David; Diakonidze, Ana
Subject: RE: BS Indicator 2.3 - estimate

Dear Heinrich,

Thank you for suggesting stylistic changes in the formulation.

To clarify, when formulating the indicators we meant clients actually served by SESA but if beneficiaries somehow mean all the persons registered in Worknet, person not willing to get services and job, than we would accept your suggestions to change the formulation.  Considering your suggestions the indicator will be the following:

Full achievement: Implementation of the full set of employment services as determined by the NSM in Tbilisi and all Regional Offices.  At least 35% of the clients actually served by each regional office of SESA, except Tbilisi, come from the remote areas/municipalities without SESA office.

Partial achievement: Implementation of the full set of employment services as determined by the NSM in Tbilisi and six Regional Offices.  At least 35% of the clients actually served by 6 regional offices of SESA, except Tbilisi, come from the remote areas/municipalities without SESA office.

Thank you!

Regards,

Lika

From: Duffner, Heinrich <[email-masked]>
Sent: 19 June, 2020 14:20
To: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>; Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>; Nino Veltauri <[email-masked]>
Cc: Handley, David <[email-masked]>; Diakonidze, Ana <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: BS Indicator 2.3 - estimate

Dear Lika,

as mentioned in my previous mail, I made some -admittedly crude - calculations regarding the workload implied by the Indicator. We could make more precise calculations with the data from the WorkNet and, maybe, with the assumption on the time required per client, but I don't think the result would be very much different. I would therefore strongly suggest to take the number of clients actually served by the SESA offices as the basis for calculation of the 35%, and not the number of beneficiaries in the remote municipalities and regions.

Best regards,

Heinrich

From: Duffner, Heinrich
Sent: 19 June 2020 06:50
To: Lika Klimiashvili; Tamar Barkalaia; [email-masked]
Cc: Handley, David; Diakonidze, Ana
Subject: BS Indicator 2.3 - further explanation

Dear Lika,

I want to come back to my proposed ‘stylistic’ change in the formulation of the indicator: At least 35% of the beneficiaries of each regional office, except Tbilisi, come from the remote areas/municipalities without SESA offices. If we calculate the persons receiving services in accordance with the NSM as the beneficiaries (clients) of the regional office and take them as the basis for the calculation, then we have a number that can be easily controlled by the SESA. On the other hand, 35% of the beneficiaries from the remote areas/municipalities could be quite a big number if beneficiaries means recipients of TSA registered as jobseekers on the WorkNet. This number would also include those persons who are not able to work (or maybe don’t want to). Moreover, since the regional office has no possibility to force them to show up and claim its services, it could become difficult to comply with the Indicator.

To get a better picture on the distribution of beneficiaries it would be useful to have information on the number of TSA recipients in the regions and the locations of the regional offices. If the relation between the population of the municipality with the regional office and the remaining area can be taken as a guide for an estimation, then we could expect that between 70 and 90% of TSA recipients of a region come from remote areas/municipalities. (Adjara with some 52% of the population living outside Batumi is an exception.) I will do some calculations also related to the regional labour force and unemployed during this morning and send them to you. But it would be best to have the figures of TSA recipients according to regions and locations of the regional offices.

I’m not sure how much time we will have to make a final proposal to the EU Delegation, but with the statistics on ‘jobseekers’ according to the WorkNet we could hammer out a well-founded proposal over the weekend. Please let me know what you think about this.

Best regards,

Heinrich

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