Bijelo Polje, 21 August 2020

Employment in the Meat Processing Industry with the Support from Norway

The Kingdom of Norway through the project "Norway for you - Montenegro" provides support for the implementation of vocational training for 12 butchers in Bijelo Polje, which will be conducted by the company "Meso-Promet", while ten of them will be employed.

The Kingdom of Norway through the project "Norway for you - Montenegro" provides support for the implementation of vocational training for 12 butchers in Bijelo Polje, which will be conducted by the company "Meso-Promet", while ten of them will be employed.

Through the public call for the implementation of vocational training projects, the company "Meso-promet" was approved USD 21,179.38 to conduct training in an efficient way in order to create the necessary personnel, in a short period of time.

"This is one of the most important projects of our company, which is funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the project "Norway for you - Montenegro". This project will provide employment to ten people, which leads to a reduction in unemployment, and the participants will have theoretical and practical classes," said the representative of the company "Meso-promet" Milica Drašković.

In Montenegro, it is not possible to acquire the qualification for a butcher, because there is no vocational school, so the project will create the possibility of training staff who are deficient, and extremely needed by the labor market of Montenegro. The four-month training for butchers will be attended by 12 participants, including women and young people, and after testing, the best ten will be employed by the company "Meso-promet".

"The main goal of the Public Call that we conducted was to contribute to the employment of vulnerable groups in less developed areas of Montenegro by increasing competencies. The trainings will be conducted for at least 60 unemployed people through the organization of professional trainings and the employment of at least 30 participants," said Milena Vujović, "Norway for you - Montenegro" Project Associate.