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Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi participated in the ceremony of awarding the grant agreement within the Call Wish-Employment Program for Women-Phase II which was held in the building of the National and University Library. Along with the Prime Minister the Minister of Labor and Pension System Josip Aladrovi attended the ceremony. The Prime Minister pointed out that the Wish-Womens Employment Program was launched in 2017 as a wisely conceived project funded by the European Social Fund right in a niche that was critical. Prime Minister Plenkovi said that this program is an instrument ie one of the measures of active employment which returns our fellow citizens of mature age in rural areas to the labor market and at the same time engages local self-government units and associations and provides necessary care for the elderly. We have achieved several goals through this measure it is its highest quality and that is why I congratulate the Minister of Labor and Pensions Aladrovic and his associates and the director of the Croatian Employment Service Loncar on quality implementation said the Prime Minister adding Wherever I come to In Croatia everyone is asking if their program can be extended if there will be new funds and how to go further. 6000 women employed care for 30000 elderly people in the first phaseThe Prime Minister stated that 6000 women were employed in the first phase who provided care for 30000 elderly people. The largest number of projects was concluded in Osijek-Baranja County a total of 59 almost 1300 women were employed and care was provided for 6000 elderly people. In Vukovar-Srijem County 34 projects were implemented 810 women were employed and care was provided for 3700 people in Split-Dalmatia County 29 projects were employed 623 women were employed and care was provided for 2718 elderly people. This synergy gives us the right to look optimistically at the use of funds from the European Social Fund said the Prime Minister noting that in this financial period which is slowly coming to an end in 2020 we had at our disposal 14.4 billion kuna from the European Social Fund. fund and so far over 9 billion kuna has been contracted . To illustrate when our government started in 2016 only 135 million kuna was paid to users while so far a total of 5.26 billion kuna has been paid said Prime Minister Plenkovi adding that this shows the capacity absorption during the term of this Government. 106 contracts handed over for projects with a total value of more than HRK 192 millionPrime Minister Plenkovi said that the total financial allocation of this Call amounts to HRK 550 million. Today 106 contracts were awarded for projects with a total value of more than HRK 192 million in grants and these projects will employ 2117 unemployed women who will provide care for 13000 elderly and or infirm people in their homes. The rebalance provided 6 billion kuna and salaries for more than half a million workers in the private sectorI would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Croatian Employment Service for all the activities you have undertaken from April until today for effective administration of measures for compensation of employers. that is salaries for workers measures of 3250 and 4000 kuna for March April and May and the continuation of these activities in those sectors of the Croatian economy that still need this type of support said the Prime Minister. He added that this is one of the key examples that showed that the state and its institutions ie operational bodies function well quickly and efficiently. I am glad that we have secured salaries for more than half a million of our fellow citizens in the private sector that we have secured 6 billion kuna through budget redistribution and rebalance the Prime Minister continued emphasizing that such a move was unprecedented. at the maximum efficient and high level of performance throughout Croatia.
