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President of the Economic and Social Council (GSV) Kresimir Sewell He said on Wednesday that the government will focus on building public rental apartments in the coming period, mainly to provide housing for young people and the conditions for starting a family.

“As the Prime Minister has said, the Government will Andrei Plenkovicpay more attention to the construction of public rental apartments, which will make Affordable housing For those who are interested in this, especially young people. Among the reasons for emigrating, young people mentioned, among other things, the lack of conditions for starting a family, since it is expensive for them to pay rent for an apartment, and it is equally expensive to buy a house. Take out a loan to buy an apartment, “Sever told reporters after the GSV meeting, who also attended the Plenković meeting.

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Sefer said that according to some studies, three quarters of young and able-bodied people in Croatia live with their parents, noting that this is why national housing policy will soon be the subject of a special session of the GSV.

“We have very specific examples when it comes to unions. Following the Austrian modelpeople can rent an apartment very cheaply and then buy it back after a certain number of years, but it’s not a race where someone drives the price per square meter or the price of a rental apartment to the sky,” Seifer said.

The GSV president noted that Croatia today operates a rentier model, where tenants of apartments or flats earn high incomes but pay very low taxes.

He added: “During that period, you could no longer find a studio apartment in Zagreb for less than 500 or 600 euros a month, even on the outskirts of the city.”

However, Sefer warned that existing apartment and housing policies are not enough. Sefer stressed the need to make progress on decent wages and job security, which could be achieved by increasing the number of workers covered by collective agreements.

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“Electronic collective contract” to be implemented in autumn

The Minister of Labor, Pensions, Family and Social Policy announced that this autumn the “electronic collective agreements” application will be launched to the public, which will provide monthly updated data on the number of signed collective agreements and the percentage of workers covered by collective agreements. Malin Piletic.

“All signatories to collective agreements will be invited to submit their contracts to this application so that we know exactly what percentage of Croatian workers are covered by collective agreements. The often repeated figures, i.e. 40 to 45 percent, are based on academic research conducted a few years ago,” he said.

Piletić added that the aforementioned applications will first be submitted to social partners in early July.

“This will be the starting point for developing an action plan to promote collective agreements, which we must adopt after amending the Minimum Wage Act,” the minister said.

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Establishment of the Government Office for Social Partnership

The establishment of a Government Office for Social Partnership was also on the agenda of the GSV meeting. The same office had already been established once during the mandate. Yvis Lakanand was abolished during his term Zoran Milanovich.

“We will certainly involve representatives of trade unions and employers in drafting regulations regarding the organisations themselves and the scope of work,” Piletić said.

GSV Vice Chairman from Employer Representative Ivan Misetich He listed population, education and tax system reform as key issues, and emphasized reducing workload.

“Young people should be provided with access to technology and education. Another important goal is the competitiveness of the national economy and innovation, which in turn is related to education and young people,” Misetich concluded.