Norway for you - Montenegro: Jobs for women with disabilities through strengthening entrepreneurial knowledge and skills

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Details: 03 June 2020

Five unemployed women with disabilities will be trained for ready-made jobs, and after receiving the certificate, three of them will be employed for a period of one year, it was announced at the press conference on the beginning of the project "Training and Employment of women with disabilities in the Protection Workshop".

Today, in the hall of the Municipal Assembly, a cooperation Agreement was signed on the project between the Secretariat for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and the Association of Paraplegics Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac, whose goal is to improve entrepreneurial infrastructure and strengthen entrepreneurial knowledge and skills through employment of vulnerable groups - women with disabilities.

"This project will contribute to the improvement of the position of persons with disabilities, ie equality of persons with disabilities on the labor market, through the effective implementation of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination and the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities." Based on the Law on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities, during the training, selected participants will receive a monthly monetary compensation of 15% of the average gross salary in Montenegro in the amount of 127.90 USD "- said Samedin Agović from the Secretariat for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Bijelo Polje.

Armin Čekić, project manager of the United Nations Office for Project Services, pointed out that the call "Support of the Kingdom of Norway to the development of the Western Balkans - Norway for you - Montenegro" seeks to bring the business sector and local governments closer together.

"So here we have a combination of that, the relevant institution, the Secretariat for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, which helps the development of economic activities at the municipal level and also encourages employment, and on the other hand we have a relevant partner, the Association of Paraplegics, which guarantees that the project will achieve desired results. We will monitor the implementation of the activities themselves, but more from the aspect of support, than the classic monitoring, so that we will be available to the project team and project beneficiaries" said Čekić.

On behalf of the Association of Paraplegics Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac, Milka Stojanović thanked the Government of Norway, the Municipality of Bijelo Polje and the Secretariat for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and said that thanks to this project the sustainability of the Protection Workshop, managed by her Association, will be ensured.

"Since there is no rulebook on financing special organizations for the employment of people with disabilities, this project will enable us sustainability. Also, these funds mean a lot to us in terms of increasing the personnel capacities of persons with disabilities, because women with disabilities are doubly discriminated against in relation to other persons with disabilities" Stojanović pointed out.

The Secretariat for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje received funds through a grant from the project "Support of the Kingdom of Norway to the Development of the Western Balkans - Norway for You - Montenegro".

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BIJELO POLJE WEATHER

R E L I E F S:

Municipal Decision on tax reliefs

Article 4

Companies and entrepreneurs referred to in Article 3 shall be introduced and identified the following financial incentives:

exemption from payment of communal fee for construction land,
exemption from payment of the fee for the use of municipal roads,
exemption from payment of surtax on personal income tax,
exemption from paying tax on real estate above 0.1% of the market value of the real estate.

Article 5

The tax exemption from Article 4 item 1 investor (company and entrepreneur) is realized in the amount up to 7,000.00 euros per one newly employed worker, or newly opened workplace, and can be used only if by investing, it increases the number of employees for 5 or more employees.

The incentives referred to in Article 4 item 2, 3 and 4 of this Decision shall also apply to existing companies and entrepreneurs in the area of the Bijelo Polje municipality for the extension of the economic activity referred to in Article 3 of this Decision, and can only be used if the expansion increases the number of employees for 5 or more workers and is valid for a period of 3 (three) years.

Note: The new Regulation on Business Zones was adopted on December 13, 2016 and was published in the Official Journal of Montenegro, No. 77/2016.

The municipality is obliged to until 21.06.2018, in accordance with the Government Regulation, adopt a new Business Zone Decision.

We are also referring to the Decision on the fee for communal equipment for construction land that was published on 29.12.2015. in the "Official Journal of Montenegro - Municipal Regulations" No. 48/15.

Tax reliefs – New Government Regulation on business zones

Article 15

For employed people working in a business zones, the business zone user does not pay:

1) Contributions for compulsory social insurance for salaries (contributions for pension and disability insurance, contribution for health insurance, unemployment insurance contribution) and contributions for the Labor Fund;

2) Personal income tax;

The amount of the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article can not exceed the maximum allowable aid intensity of 60% for medium and 70% for small companies, in accordance with the regulations governing state aid.

The user of the business zone may use the incentives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, for a maximum period of five years from the date of employment of persons in the business zone.

For the employee referred to in paragraph 1, item 1 of this Article, the user of the business zone calculates, suspends and pays the employee from the earnings of the employee: the contribution for the pension and invasive insurance at the rate of 15,0% contribution to health insurance at a rate of 8.5% and contribution to insurance against unemployment at a rate of 0.5% upon payment of earnings.

The basis for calculating the contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be gross employee earnings.

The user of the business zone pays the calculated surtax of income tax.

In addition to the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the beneficiary of the business zone shall also exercise the right to other incentives in accordance with the law and special regulations governing state aid, although they must not exceed the maximum allowable amount of incentive in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

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