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The project will enhance the employability of young people by improving the Technical Vocational Education and Training System (TVET) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This will be achieved by ensuring that practical training is conducted on the job and that collaboration among employers, TVET schools and education authorities is institutionalised and anchored in the regulatory framework. TVET students will acquire labour market relevant skills that will allow them to find decent jobs, while private sector will be more competitive with skilled labour. The quality of the TVET system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is still below international standards and has led the country into a situation of significant skills shortages and low productivity. The skills mismatch between the TVET system and the labour market causes difficulties in school-to-work transition and contributes to high youth unemployment (30% m, 37.5% f). As a consequence, TVET has a bad reputation in BiH as it often prepares youth for low skilled jobs with poor salaries and limited perspectives, creating more exclusion in society. The private sector is however more and more interested in TVET as it is facing increasing challenges to find skilled labour force which significantly hinders its competitiveness. This seriously impacts on the economic development which heavily depends on the SME sector which accounts for 68% of all jobs and contributes 62% of total value added in the country. The administrative complexity of the country with 12 different TVET systems, resulted in a fragmentation of the TVET stakeholder landscape. TVET is also gender-biased with young women underrepresented in TVET with a share of only 30%.
Objectives Young women and men in selected regions benefit from an institutionalised dual oriented Technical Vocational Education and Training System allowing them to find attractive and decent jobs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
