Orienting vocational skills toward the job market

Projekt abgeschlossen
Vocational students in Durrës, Albania
Vocational students in Durrës, Albania. ©SDC SDC

Albania’s economic and employment growth is hampered by a shortage in quality technical skills.  In response to this the government of Albania wants to improve vocational skills development (VSD) and to reorient it towards labour market needs. The Skills for Jobs project will support this reorientation.

Land/Region Thema Periode Budget
Albanien
Beschäftigung & Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen
KMU Förderung
01.03.2015 - 28.02.2019
CHF 7'800'000
Hintergrund

The Skills for Jobs project strengthens vocational education and training and orients it towards the labour market while making it attractive to youth. The project engages with private and public providers to fill gaps in skills, knowledge, and attitude among graduates seeking employment. This project complements the Swiss funded Skills Development for Employment Programme that supports VSD reforms at the macro-level.

Ziele

To strengthen labour market oriented education and  training in attractive sectors with growth potential

Zielgruppen

Albanian youth

Vocational skills providers

Mittelfristige Wirkungen

  1. Market-oriented formal and non-formal education and training in selected sectors
  2. Stronger role of the private sector in providing VSD in selected multifunctional centers
     

Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt DEZA
Kreditbereich Ostzusammenarbeit
Projektpartner Vertragspartner
Privatsektor
Schweizerische Non-Profit-Organisation
  • Schweizerischer Privatsektor
  • Swisscontact


Budget Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF   7'800'000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF   7'794'462
Projektphasen Phase 2 01.05.2019 - 30.06.2023   (Laufende Phase) Phase 1 01.03.2015 - 30.04.2019   (Completed)

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