Population drops in 86% of Serbia’s villages; every other rural child (45.1%) faces deprivation, and 76% of unemployed women in rural areas have never heard of any active labor market measures. For decades, young people are migrating from rural to urban areas. However, for the last 10 years, there is a large number of youth which are leaving the country, searching for better jobs. By establishing Regional Employment Center, we will implement several different sets of trainings in order to provide conditions for new jobs in our municipalities.

MOTIVATIONAL TRAINING

We will start a series of trainings with a motivational training, which will be attended by participants of all seminars / trainings that we will implement during the project. We believe that these vulnerable target groups, unemployed young people and women in rural areas, beside the standard trainings to provide them with information on the possibilities of new employment and self-employment and education or IT jobs, need further incentives to be concerned with such significant changes as their lives can bring about IT business in a small environment. We believe that motivational seminar will help them develop self-confidence, feel that they are strong enough for new challenges, that they can truly contribute to the quality of life of their own and their families. Trainings will be delivered both in Coka and Deta.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING

In a modern business, especially in IT industry, English language is obligatory. Regardless most of young people both in Serbia and Romania learn it in the school, they did not gain usable and practical knowledge. Even worse situation is with elderly citizens, especially women from rural areas. Having in mind their represent significant part of our target group, we should provide pre-conditions for their equal participations in our training programs, which is impossible without knowing of English language. So, during 3 months, we will organize 3 different English language trainings, depending on the level of knowledge of different participants, both in Coka and Deta.

BASIC IT TRAININGS

The same as with English language, elementary IT knowledge, such as preparing of documents, creating of tables, designing of presentation, are the base for the modern business management of any kind. This is the tool we would like to provide to our citizens. Training of using of some MS Office programs, such as MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, will help them to improve or to starts their own business. When it comes to systematic Microsoft Office training, many would questioned whether it is necessary to undertake professional training for a software that we are already using in our everyday lives. Most of us feel pretty comfortable with using MS Office programs already. We will organize 36 training days in Coka, so as in Deta in order to provide the opportunity for all citizens to learn it.

TRAINING IN SME ESTABLISHING

Being an entrepreneur teaches you that things don’t happen as you wish, things happen as you do. You cannot ask someone else to do it for you or expect a colleague to help. You are on your own and only actions will bring your idea to life. For potential entrepreneurs it is very important to be informed about basic rules in SME management: how to establish your business, what is the legal basis, how to organize marketing of your products/services. During 1 month, we will organize 4 training days for potential SME owners. Trainings will be delivered in Coka and Deta.

WEB DEVELOPMENT AND WEB DESIGN TRAININGS

One of the most wanted experts is web site developers and web designers. They are mostly very young people, highly educated, but also, very often, self-taught. They gained basic knowledge on trainings, live or online. We would like to organize these kind of training, having in mind it is very interesting for young people, and especially because possibility for remote work. That’s way youth from rural areas will gain the opportunity for excellent jobs, without need for leaving their birth place. During 8 months, we will organize 96 training days for web developing in Coka so as in Deta. Online mentoring will be available for 1 extra month. This kind of trainings will be tailored for people with some basic IT knowledge and skills, and this education will provide them new level of practical knowledge. There are many reasons why young people should pursue a career in web development, both professional and personal. If no other reason inspires, one might be the decent earnings potential. Besides that, that job is creative, interesting, fast. A large amount of developers out there don't have any formal qualifications. Also, the mobile sector is booming and web developers can easily transition into mobile development. With similar interfaces, creating mobile applications can access a different market while also making developers much more attractive to potential employers. And the last, but not the least, freelance developers enjoy higher wages and more creative freedom. Thanks to high demand for their skills, freelance developers have the opportunity to pick and choose their projects and the progression of their career, by sitting at their homes. To say the least web design is not a dying career but an evolving one just like any other. Having a digital marketing strategy facilitates an efficient budgeting of the necessary marketing activities, the right online marketing activities and the scheduling of appropriate content distribution. Though there are marketing planners that are readily available on the online platform, the knowledge and experience of a web designer who is an active help to get the best from your marketing activities. Web design is still viable as a profession to those who are willing to learn new ideas and incorporate them into their designs.

STARTING NEW JOBS BY USING IT TECHNOLOGIES

After our trainees finish their IT courses, they will not be employed immediately. New knowledge and skills are not enough to get a job. It is completely new science in finding jobs in IT industry. Have a public persona. To show that you're interested in the tech industry, you need to use tools and sites made by the tech industry. Show off your skills. Have a project to talk about. More not-working than networking. Find companies you want to work for. Job boards. Present your résumé well. How to prepare your first email. These are just some of advices for finding job in IT sector. Even the best IT experts in the world will have trouble finding consistent and profitable work if they are unable to build a positive and well-known reputation. One of the best ways to showcase talents is to utilize an online portfolio, which can highlight the very skills that a web developer/designer wants to use in his or her day-to-day work. Branding one's self is important as well. While an online portfolio is a key component of this, branding also requires having business cards and looking for networking opportunities, both offline and online, to participate in. We will organize 4 trainings on this topic for all our IT trainees in Coka and the same kind of trainings will be delivered in Deta.

TRAININGS FOR TRADITIONAL WAY OF WINE PRODUCING

Grapes and wine form very significant part of Coka’s history. Story began in 1903, when Count Artur Lederer inherited the „Kaštel“ castle and numerous hectares of the fruitful Northern Banat soil from his father-in-law, Count Marcipan, who, in the early 19th century, was a distinguished and enterprising squire.  Lederer was a worthy successor to his father-in-law. He expanded vineyards, built the cellar and encouraged peasants to grow vine. The Count was the first to be recorded in the history of viniculture in the Tisa river basin, which has been yielding divine potions for more than a century. Making wine involves several steps in order to transform grapes into a delicious wine. Each step can be executed differently, using different equipment. Every process influences the quality of the final product. Wine producers choose what and how to use every technique, according to their taste or the desired final product. Today, we would like to remind inhabitants of Coka municipality on that tradition and to try to encourage them to continue with the grape and wine production. We will organize 24 trainings during 2 months.

TRAININGS FOR TRADITIONAL BEEKEEPING

The cultivation of the bee has become a profitable and massive business only a few years ago, which, can bring more than decent wages. A four-member family who is seriously involved in the production of honey in 150 hives of this work can live a decent life. Beekeepers from Serbia have discovered a much more lucrative business than honey production - collecting a bee's poison that reaches a price of as much as 70,000 to 100,000 eur per kilogram. What is needed for quality honey? Good grazing bee? Regular removal of hives? Experienced beekeeper? Proper winter nutrition? These question will be answered during training sessions. In order to encourage people in Coka Municipality to starts with the beekeeping, we will organize 24 trainings during 2 months.

OLD CRAFTS TRAININGS

In the era of high technology, there are still numerous artisans in Romania trying to preserve old crafts and family traditions. They are trying to protect the ancient manufacturing processes and techniques working in small shops, in old houses or cellars. Today traditional artisan tools, semi-manufactured goods, products and inventory of certain artisan shops can be seen in valuable museum collections. They are a segment of material cultural heritage and a testimony of a time that disappeared in the process of universal modernization and globalization of everyday life. Most people think of crafting as a fun hobby, but in fact, it’s a very big business. Traditional handicrafts could be a source of employment for hardly employable categories in the community. Craft products are mostly handmade, which is especially appreciated today and such products can be sold in small series, at high prices. We will organize 72 trainings during 6 months in Deta.

RURAL TOURISM TRAININGS

Ordinary tourism is no longer enough for the 21st century traveller who wants more. Rural tourism might be a response to human curiosity or to the pure desire of exploring, but it could be, as well, a natural reaction to a future that seems to remove the past. More and more rural tourism programs are developed in Romania, making this aspect one of the most important for the Romanian tourism market. We will organize 36 training days during 3 months, in Deta.