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- Country
- Kosovo
- LuxDev's country office
- Kosovo Office
- Sector
- Education, vocationnal training and employment
- Implementation period
- 2 November 2023 - 31 October 2026
- Total duration
- 36 months
- Total budget
- 10,000,000 EUR
- Contribution breakdown
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- Luxembourg Government
10,000,000 EUR
The overall objective of the project Skills for sustainable jobs in Kosovo is to contribute to a sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation, inclusiveness, and social development in a greener Kosovo. The specific objective aims to enhance job prospects for young people and women by strengthening the vocational education and training to meet market demands.
The project focuses on four main results:
- strengthening the cooperation between the private sector and vocational education and training (VET) schools by incentivising private sector involvement;
- operationalisation of two VET centres – one on ICT and the other on renewable energy/energy efficiency (RE/EE));
- strengthening research skills in ICT;
- supporting lifelong learning by developing/strengthening skills and knowledge, especially of women, in RE/EE and ICT.
The project’s first component focuses on promoting and supporting the role of the private sector in enhancing VET. It encourages the collaboration between public schools and private companies, particularly for Work-Based Learning within dual education.
The second component has two main focusses. On the one hand, it supports the operationalisation of the ICT center of competence. On the other hand, it supports the establishment of a VET center, which will be integrated within an existing school, dedicated to RE/EE.
The third component focuses on fostering collaboration between the University of Luxembourg/SnT and Kosovo. This collaboration seeks to improve the quality of doctoral and master’s education in the field of research in ICT and elevate the quality of public research in general.
Latest news
KOSOVO - Sustainable jobs workshop: empowering women
Published on 20 February 2024 By
The Skills for sustainable jobs in Kosovo project organised a workshop on 13 February with representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) working in gender inclusion and representation to forge partnerships that increase the participation of women as beneficiaries across all project activities.
CSOs received a briefing on the project's objectives, with particular emphasis on Result 4 of the project, which focuses on integrating women into lifelong learning and the reskilling/upskilling to meet labour market demands. The project is committed to ensuring that least half of beneficiaries in all activities of this component are women, reflecting its dedication to gender inclusivity and addressing skill needs.
Project Manager Ralph ROTHE explained the project's aims to bolster crucial Vocational Education and Training (VET) profiles by cultivating skills in Information and Communication Technology, Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency, Food Processing, Wood Processing, and Creative Industries.
Representing the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Ryve PREKOROGJA highlighted the importance of Dual-VET (an educational approach that combines traditional classroom learning with practical, on-the-job training in a workplace setting) in employing youth and women, emphasising the need for job positions to align with evolving technologies.
The CSO representatives working with and for women presented their activities, programmes, and objectives. To fine-tune the approach, participants suggested holding information sessions with parents, conducting a study with primary schools and parents, identifying more reliable data on women's employment situations, and enhancing support for technical profiles in primary and secondary education, among other recommendations.
Participants agreed to increase sharing information and ideas to pave the way for new partnerships for short-term and vocational trainings.
The Skills for sustainable jobs project aims to contribute to sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation, inclusiveness, and social development in a greener Kosovo. The specific objective aims to enhance job prospects for young people and women by strengthening vocational education and training to meet market demands.
The Skills for sustainable jobs project is financed by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by LuxDev, the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency.