Enhancing Youth Employability as a Result of Creating Linkages between Vocational Education Sector and Private Agricultural Sector in Kosovo

Type Journal Article - Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Title Enhancing Youth Employability as a Result of Creating Linkages between Vocational Education Sector and Private Agricultural Sector in Kosovo
Author(s)
Volume 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 61-74
URL http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/ajis/article/view/6336
Abstract
The agribusiness and Agriculture sector is the main field of economy in Kosovo and it is sector that contributes to social
viability, employment and economic development. While in Kosovo on the basis of statistics from the results of the Kosovo
labor force survey 2014, shows that Kosovo stands in the worst labor market situation in comparison to the Western Balkan
countries and the 27 European Union member countries. The unemployment rate in Kosovo is 30%, from these percentage
55.9% of the unemployed were young people (aged 15-24 years) and the share of female population is higher 68.4%. The
labor force participation rate in Kosovo is 40.5 % while the participation rate in Western Balkan countries ranges between 60 to
68% and it is 71.8% in European Union countries. Part of these differences is due to the fact that Kosovo has such a young
population and many of these young people are still in education (and therefore classified as inactive). A concern is that over
time the potential for the inactive population to grow remains high as each year approximately 36,000 young people will enter
the working age population (i.e., 14 year olds will become 15 year olds) while only approximately 10,000 will leave the working
age population (i.e., 64 year olds becoming 65 year olds).Very strikingly, the labor force participation rate of women is
significantly lower in Kosovo than its neighbors1. This study intends to serve as a key tool for identifying the gaps between
vocational education sector and private agricultural sector in Kosovo, which impact directly to the unemployment rate. The
research addressed identified gaps of the VET schools and Private sector, their needs, areas of focus, specific needed
activities in order to create the favorable conditions to link these two important sectors and enhance youth employability.

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