The sub-activity Mentors’ program for inspectors includes useful mentoring guidance, emphasizing the notion, types of mentoring, the roles of mentor and mentee and the need for their mutual collaboration, implementation stages, formalization of mentoring, and of course the exceptional benefits of mentoring for developing work competencies. Based on the previous experience during the project life-span, it was concluded that the State Inspectorates should take advantage of their own knowledge and potential, in order to get young inspectors involved in independent/individual inspection supervision. Through instructions, case studies and given templates and close collaboration with counterparts, we (Modernizing Inspection Authorities project – MIA) developed a Handbook: “Mentors’ Program for Inspectors”. The Inspectorates must rely on their own resources in the first place in order to self-sustain and continue the legacy from MIA project after the project is done.

In November and December 2019, four (4) mentors’ trainings were held for the State Market Inspectorate. On December 24th, mentors’ trainings were held also for State Labor Inspectorate and State Administrative Inspectorate. The total number of participants was 86 inspectors. These working sessions were facilitated by Rozalija Vasilevska (MIA Project) and Risto Ivanov (external expert).