Skills knowledge and employability
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Skills knowledge and employability

The changes brought about by the transition to market economy in the Central and Eastern European region ( e.g. production system, shift of jobs from agriculture and manufacturing to services, emerging new occupations) have not been accompanied by the development and modernization of education and training provision. Shortcomings of the formal education system are compounded by an under-developed system for adult training or re-training that, in turn, put foremost at a disadvantage those population groups with low or obsolete skills. In parallel, the capacity of existing enterprises – especially micro and small-sized enterprises – to deliver workplace training is very limited.

To redress labour market disadvantages and social exclusion that are strongly correlated to a poor skills base, the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe provides assistance in developing human resources, methodologies, programmes and tools and helps the countries of the region to formulate an integrated system that links skills and employability to local economic development initiatives.

What's new

  1. New EU programme, implemented by the ILO, supports human capital and employment in Albania with €3 million

    10 February 2012

    A €3 million project, with funding by the European Union to improve the employability of the Albanian labour force was launched on 10th of February, 2012 in Tirana, Albania. Implemented by the International Labour Organisation in partnership with relevant ministries and the social partners the project will seek to enhance the capacity of the Labour Inspectorate to assess working conditions, introduce health and safety legislation in line with EU law and close the existing gap between the skills demanded by the market and those taught through vocational education and training.

  2. Joint UNDP and ILO initiative in Ukraine: helping people with disabilities to find a job

    01 February 2011

    Today, there are 2.43 million people with disabilities living in Ukraine, while only every second person of working age has a permanent job. In 2008 only one in three were permanently employed. Unemployed people with disabilities are isolated, just as they used to be in the Soviet system. It is difficult for them to adapt to the market economy and find their place in the labour market.

  3. Recovering from the Crisis: Implementing the Global Jobs Pact in Ukraine

    21 May 2010

    A National tripartite conference on "Recovering from the Crisis: Implementing the Global Jobs Pact in Ukraine" was organized on 20-21 May 2010 in Kiev, Ukraine to present to the ILO's constituents the Global Jobs Pact and three studies that included key policy recommendations for Ukraine's economic recovery.

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