The Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat is looking for committed and qualified candidates who

have knowledge and experience in employment policy to support RCC in managing mutual learning
activities among Western Balkan economies under the Employment and Social Affairs Platform (ESAP),
to apply for the position of:

Expert for the assessment of policies in combating informal employment and rapid appraisal of applicability and transferability of EU policies to Montenegro

The Job and key responsibilities:
The scope of services under this assignment includes the following deliverables:


Task 1: Review and in-depth assessment of direct and indirect policy approaches and related
institutional set-ups, and identification of needs and barriers to formalisation.
This particular objective aims to answer the following key questions:

  • What is the extent and nature of undeclared work in Montenegro?
  • What are direct and indirect policy approaches to tackling undeclared work in Montenegro?
  • What are the institutional set-ups for tackling undeclared work using direct and indirect policy
  • approaches?
  • What are the barriers preventing the adoption of a wider range of direct and indirect policies?
  • What are the identified needs which will further foster more effective formalisation of undeclared work using direct and indirect policy approaches?

Methods: To identify the direct and indirect policy approaches and to understand organisation of the
fight against undeclared work it is necessary to first carry out a comprehensive literature review of the
undeclared work in Montenegro followed by desk-based survey of the institutional structures that
employ direct and indirect policies in tackling undeclared work. In order to close the gaps in
understanding and provide up-to- date information on policies an e-survey based on Dekker et.al’s
(2010) survey instrument can be used. This survey instrument should contain a set of carefully
engineered questions along the lines of Dekker et.al’s (2010) e-survey that was used to analyse
undeclared work in EEA countries. E-survey should involve all relevant stakeholders and social partners
in Montenegro involved in the fight against undeclared work. Finally, in-depth interviews should cast
additional light on the results of e-survey and offer richer understanding of policy approaches and
institutional set-ups in Montenegro.

Output: The above analysis should be able to explain the scale and nature of undeclared work in
Montenegro, describe and asses the direct and indirect policy approaches, analyse the organisation of
the fight against undeclared work with regard to direct and indirect policy approaches and identify
barriers to formalisation and needs in the area of undeclared work. All the results should be compiled
into a working paper and published on ESAP website.

The envisioned level of effort is set at a maximum of 25 days of expert input.

Task 2: Policy recommendations and rapid appraisal of applicability and transferability of best EU
policies to Montenegro.

This particular objective aims to answer the following key questions:

  • Taking into account the identified barriers to formalisation and needs what are the prospective policy recommendations for Montenegro with regard to the fight against undeclared work?
  • What are the EU policies that ‘best’ match each economy’s identified barriers to formalisation and needs by rapid appraisal of applicability and transferability of these EU policies to Montenegro?

Methods: Apart from the methods listed in the previous section it is crucial to make use of a knowledge-
bank that has been created by Eurofund. With over 186 examples of policies tackling undeclared work in
36 European countries Eurofund database is invaluable source of ‘smart ideas’ for more effective
approach to undeclared work in Montenegro.


Output: The output of the above exercise are policy recommendations with special focus on policy
transfer of the EU policies that ‘best’ match identified barriers and needs in Montenegro setting. Each
proposed relevant EU policy should be analysed within the scope of transferability and applicability and
enforcement in local context. A working paper with policy recommendations for Montenegro should be
written and published on ESAP website.

The total level of effort is set at a maximum of 15 days of expert input.

Qualifications and Skills Required:
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in the fields of labour markets, labour policies and informal economy in Montenegro;
- Extensive experience in analysing respective quantitative and qualitative data;
- Good knowledge of labour policies and informal employment issues in the EU countries;
- A record of projects and publications in the fields of labour economics and informal economy;
- Excellent communication and report writing skills;
- Analytical skills and ability to conceptualise and write concisely and clearly;
- Able to interact with professionals of and representatives from the national administrations in the
SEE region;
- Fluency in English, as the official language of the RCC;
- Knowledge of other languages of the region desirable.

 

To view further information regarding the vacancy please click on the following link:
https://www.rcc.int/consultancies

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