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Jaroslav Maroušek Section of Employment Policies and Labour Market

Meeting of MISEP Correspondents Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009. The assistance system for employment of Ukrainian citizens in the Czech Republic. Jaroslav Maroušek Section of Employment Policies and Labour Market Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic.

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Jaroslav Maroušek Section of Employment Policies and Labour Market

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  1. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 The assistance system foremployment of Ukrainian citizens in the Czech Republic Jaroslav Maroušek Section of Employment Policies and Labour Market Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic

  2. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Management of TCNs’ labour migration in the CR • regulation of entry to the CR + regulation of entry to • the Czech labour market • promotion and facilitation of legal labour migration • sanctions in case of illegal procedures • prevention: ■ dissemination of information – on legal labour migration and risks of illegal labour migration - translations into TCNs’ languages (leaflets, brochures,Section Foreign - Employment Matters on Integrated Portal of MoLSA: http://portal.mpsv.cz/sz/zahr_zam) ■ counselling (LOs,LIs,MoLSA,NGOs)

  3. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Reasons for establishment of the AS • insufficient preventive tools + risks of illegal procedures • “client system” • Ukrainian citizens’ socio-cultural features • need to facilitate temporary and circular migration + • inclusion of migrants • →necessity to inform more potential migrants/potential • victims of the “client system” adequately before their • decision • → necessity to assist directly and individually by • preventive system of providing complex services • (legal alternative to the “client system”)

  4. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Financial and technical matters • temporary/circular migration – new issue (financial sources, legal and administrative framework, unexpected development and needs) • demanding issue (need of safety measures: risks connected to the “client system” and crime structures in both countries, risk of corruption and preferential treatment at all levels, subject trustful to all parties for a realisation,effective tender,safety conditions set up for co-operation of assistance centres with migrants and employers)

  5. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Tender and financing • financed from: the public tender of the MoLSA“Realisation of preventive activities against illegal work migration to the CR from Ukraine” (Czech part + informative seminars on Ukraine + the mediator for communication among Czech and Ukrainian parts and the Czech embassies; duration: 9/2007 – 3/2008; later prolonged till June 2008) + the development policy project of the Ministry of Interior “Prevention of misuse of workers at the European labour market, in particular in the CR” (1/2007 –12/2007)

  6. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Tender and financing • selected to realise both:Caritas Czech Republic • presented to a public both in the CR and in Ukraine: pilot "The assistance system of employment of Ukrainians in the CR implemented with the support of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Interior„ • price (1/2007 – 3/2008): MoLSA: 115 287,2 EUR + M of I: 74 589,4 EUR = circa 189 876,6 EUR

  7. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Description of the Assistance system I. • aims: ■ prevent illegal work migration ■ facilitate temporary/circular legal workmigration ■ for both non-qualified and qualified migrants (presumption: less capable – victims of clients) ■ as illegal migrants are concerned: get advice only!, standard legal conditions – have to return • possibility for migrants: any part of the service/ complex service of a mediation of work in the CR (free of charge; payment of all standard administrative fees) • not provided: payment of costs, loans, accommodation, medical treatment, assistance to migrant/employer who breaks the law

  8. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Description of the AS II. • network of centres: Ukraine (3) and CR (5): a) contacts employers – employees b) job mediation in the CR c) social + legal counselling for migrants and employers d) assistance to migrants (e.g. with authorities, with filling in the applications for residence and work permits), to employers (recruitment directly in Ukraine) e) information about legal and illegal procedures connecting with work in the CR and promotion of the Assistance system f) monitoring and analysis of work migration in the CR/ Ukraine g) a mediator for communication among Czech – Ukrainian parts – the Czech embassies

  9. Description of the AS III. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 • website: www.praceproukrajince.cz – information for migrants and employers, contacts, communication platform, internal database – CZ, UA languages • information about the A. s. /migration topic provided to all relevant stakeholders (potential migrants, state administration, employers etc.): • information letters and emails • leaflets distribution • information seminars • TV spots and advertisements • personal consultations • providing information in the framework of the Inter-ministerial Body for Combating Illegal Employment of Foreigners • information provided to ČTK (Czech Press Agency)

  10. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Results of the A. s. I. • circa 500 migrants took advantage of some of services provided • circa 200 employers took advantage of some of services provided • 48 migrants entered a job

  11. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Results of the A. s. II. • Monitoring studies were elaborated every month: • average migrant: man (¼ women), middle age, secondary to higher level of qualification, demanded profession: qualified craftsman, driver, qualified technical professions, economist • average expectation of a migrant: sometimes unrealistic ideas; willingness to work on position with demanded lower qualification than is the migrant’s qualification; hard work; longer time work

  12. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Results of the A. s. II. • average profile of an employer: SME; possibility of accommodation; experiences with illegal structures • average expectation of an employer: priority of quality to price of work force; sometimes unrealistic idea – speed up the visa process; demanded profession: non-qualified worker, worker in services and shops, qualified craftsman, medical personnel, highly skilled workers

  13. Meeting of MISEP Correspondents, Prague, Czech Republic 5-6 March 2009 Thank you for your attention!

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