Action Plan for Achieving Gender Equality 2013-2017.

Action Plan for Achieving Gender Equality in Montenegro represents a development document for the implementation of gender equality policy.
In order to ensure implementation of the Action Plan for Achieving Gender Equality 2013-2017. In every area, one strategic goal is set, as well as the objectives and measures to be taken. Holders of activities have also been defined as well as partners, the time frame, indicators, reporting and necessary financial resources for implementation.
In order to ensure implementation of the Action Plan for Achieving Gender Equality 2013-2017. In every area, one strategic goal is set, as well as the objectives and measures to be taken. Holders of activities have also been defined as well as partners, the time frame, indicators, reporting and necessary financial resources for implementation.
Regarding the reduction of the rural poverty, the government plans to increase employability of women and eliminate all forms of discrimination of women in labour through, among others, the following strategies: (i) implementation of active employment policy measures (especially hard-to-employ categories of women, members of RE population, refugees and displaced persons), (ii) actively implement measures to combat grey economy and illegal employment with gender sensitive statistics, (iii) introducing tax incentives and benefits for employers who employ women from particularly vulnerable groups (RE population, refugees and displaced persons), (iv) initiate introduction of tax incentives for self-employed women, women entrepreneurs and women employed in agriculture, (v) financial support for agricultural activities of women and funding projects headed by rural women, (vi) initiate the development of the program of records and registry of monitoring changes in gender-sensitive health status of vulnerable groups (poor women, women with disabilities, rural women, Roma, refugees and internally displaced, (vii) initiate the development of the program of records and registry of monitoring changes in gender-sensitive health status of vulnerable groups (poor women, women with disabilities, rural women, refugees and internally displaced, (viii) regularly inform the public about international obligations concerning the protection of women’s human rights, particularly those stemming from the UN and EU.
In the context of governance, an annual report on the implementation of APAGE will be prepared by the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights based on the reports of responsible persons. The report should contain assessments of the state of gender equality in specific areas, the results of implemented measures, details of funds spent, and recommendations to improve the situation. The report also includes reports of non-governmental organization involved in the implementation of APADE. The Ministry of human and minority Rights submits to the government annual report on the implementation of APAGE. The Annual report will be made public after the adoption by the government on the website of the Ministry and it will be available to the public.