Within the project “Partnership for quality jobs and competitiveness”, the training of the first group of 5 persons for welders and the second group of 9 persons for CNC operators was completed. All trainees are from Prnjavor, they are unemployed and most of them are young people. Training for welders and CNC operators lasting 40 school hours was performed at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Banja Luka. The training participants are very satisfied with the opportunity provided and with quality of the training. The training of a new group of welders begins on Monday, December 3rd, 2018.
Local partnership Prnjavor is one of 19 partnerships established in the country within the project “Support to Local Employment Partnerships in B&H”, funded by the European Union with 4 million EUR and implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO), which aims to re-qualify nearly 2,000 unemployed persons and employ at least 620 of them in 22 local government units.
The partnership consists of Enterprise Development Agency Eda (lead partner), Municipality of Prnjavor, Employment Bureau, Secondary School Center “Ivo Andrić” and companies MI Trivas and Topling.